LSJ
will, wish, be willing, Hom., etc.: usu. implying choice or preference (cf. IV) opp. ἐθέλω ‘consent’, εἰ βούλει, ἐγὼ ἐθέλω Pl. Grg. 522e, cf. R. 347b, 437b; ἐὰν βούλῃ σὺ . . ἐὰν θεὸς ἐθέλῃ Id. Alc. 1.135d; ἂν οἵ τε θεοὶ ʼθέλωσι καὶ ὑμεῖς βούλησθε D. 2.20; οὔτʼ ἀκούειν ἠθέλετʼ οὔτε πιστεύειν ἐβούλεσθε Id. 19.23; but ἐθέλω is also used = ‘wish’, λέξαι θέλω σοι, πρὶν θανεῖν, ἃ βούλομαι, E. Alc. 281 (so ἐθέλω εἰπεῖν Pl. Prt. 309b, but φράσαι τι βούλομαι Ar. Pl. 1090): Hom. uses βούλομαι for ἐθέλω in the case of the gods, for with them wish is will: ἐθέλω is more general, and is sts. used where βούλομαι might have stood, e.g. Il. 7.182.—Construct.: mostly c. inf., Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο κῦδος ὀρέξαι 11.79, etc.; sts. c. inf. fut., Thgn. 184; c. acc. et inf., Od. 4.353, and freq. in Prose: when βούλομαι is folld. by acc. only, an inf. may generally be supplied, as καί κε τὸ βουλοίμην (sc. γενέσθαι) Od. 20.316; ἔτυχεν ὧν ἐβούλετο (sc. τυχεῖν) Antiph. 18.6; πλακοῦντα β. (sc. σε λέγειν) Id. 52.11; καὶ εἰ μάλα βούλεται ἄλλῃ [Ποσειδάων] (sc. τοῦτο γενέσθαι) Il. 15.51; so εἰς τὸ βαλανεῖον βούλομαι (sc. ἰέναι) Ar. Ra. 1279; βουλοίμην ἄν (sc. τόδε γενέσθαι) Pl. Euthphr. 3a.
III
clever, skilful, first in Hdt. 5.23 ἀνὴρ δ. τε καὶ σοφός; of Odysseus, γλώσσῃ . . δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ S. Ph. 440, cf. OC 806, Antipho 2.2.3, Lys. 7.12; σοφὸς καὶ δ. Pl. Prt. 341a; opp. σοφός, of practical ability, Id. Phdr. 245c, Tht. 164d; opp. ἰδιώτης, D. 4.35: c. inf., δεινὸς εὑρεῖν A. Pr. 59; δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι Id. Fr. 373; δ. λέγειν clever at speaking, S. OT 545, etc.; δ. εἰπεῖν is rare, D. 20.150; νόσος δ. φαγεῖν Ar. Nu. 243; δ. πράγμασι χρῆσθαι D. 1.3; αἱ εὐπραξίαι δ. συγκρύψαι τὰ ὀνείδη are wonderfully liable to . ., Id. 2.20: c. acc., δ. τὴν τέχνην Ar. Ec. 364; δ. περὶ τοὺς λόγους τοὺς εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια Pl. Euthd. 304d; ἐς τὰ πάντα Ar. Ra. 968; δ. περὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖν, περὶ Ὁμήρου, Pl. R. 405c, Ion 531a; δ. ἀμφί τι Arr. Tact. 9.5; δ. κατὰ χειρουργίαν Ael. VH 3.1; ἐν λόγοισι δ. Ὑπερείδης Timocl. 4.7 (but also of the forcible, vehement, style in oratory, Demetr. Eloc. 240, al.); in bad sense, over-clever, Pl. Euthphr. 3c; δ. ὑπὸ πανουργίας Id. Tht. 176d, cf. Arist. EN 1144a27. (For δϝεινός, cf. Δϝενία, gen. of pr.n. Δεινίας, IG 4.858.)
ἐξετάζω, fut. ἐξετάσω, rarely ἐξετῶ Isoc. 9.34, cf. AB 251: aor. ἐξήτασα Ar. Th. 438, S. OC 211 (lyr.), etc., Dor. ἐξήταξα Theoc. 14.28: pf. ἐξήτακα Pl. Tht. 154d, etc.:— Pass., fut. -ετασθήσομαι D. 2.20: aor. -ητάσθην (v. infr.): pf. -ήτασμαι (v. sub fin.):—
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throw darkness or obscurity over, τῇ κρίσει Sor. Vit.Hippocr. 13, Arist. Rh. 1354b11; ταῖς τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιμελείαις Isoc. 1.6; τὸ πρὸς χάριν ῥηθὲν ἐ. τῷ καθορᾶν Id. 8.10, cf. D. 2.20; οἶνος τῷ φρονεῖν ἐπισκοτεῖ Eub. 135 = Ophelio 4; ἐ. γὰρ τῷ φρονεῖν τὸ λαμβάνειν Antiph. 250; τὸ δʼ ἐρᾶν ἐ. ἅπασιν, ὡς ἔοικε Men. 48; ἡ ὀργὴ ἐ. τοῖς λογισμοῖς Phld. Ir. p.78 W.:— Pass., to be in the dark or in uncertainty, ἐπισκοτεόμενος τῇ ἀπειρίῃ Hp. Praec. 8; ἐπισκοτεῖσθαι καὶ κωλύεσθαι Plb. 2.39.12; to be obscured, ὑπό τινος Id. 12.25d. 7; to be blinded, τὰς ὄψεις ὑπὸ θεοῦ J. AJ 9.4.3, cf. Ph. 2.62.
II
possession by an evil spirit, Ar. Pl. 501, X. Mem. 2.3.19, D. 2.20.
II
Pass., go on prosperously, succeed, opp. πταίειν, Th. 6.12, cf. D. 11.11, Men. Epit. 339; opp. ἡττᾶσθαι, ἔν τινι Isoc. 4.124; opp. ἀτυχεῖν, ib. 48; opp. ἁμαρτάνειν, Arist. EN 1106b31, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.295; κ. τῷ σώματι Pl. Lg. 654c; of success in war, X. Mem. 3.1.3; τῇ μάχῃ, τοῖς ὅλοις, Plb. 2.70.6, 3.48.2; περί τινας τῶν πράξεων Isoc. 7.11; τὸ κατορθοῦν success, D. 2.20.
πταίω, Th. 1.122, etc.: fut. πταίσω D. 2.20: aor. ἔπταισα Hdt. 9.101, etc.: pf. ἔπταικα Men. 675, Bato 1, Plb. 3.48.4, ( προσ-) Isoc. 6.82:— Pass., v. infr. 1:
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make a false step or mistake, Th. 2.43, D. 2.20, Men. 672, etc.; ἐὰν πταίωσί τι when they make a blunder, of medical men, Philem. 75.5; οὐκ ἐλάττω, ἐλάχιστα, τὰ πλείω π., Th. 1.122, 4.18, 6.33; ἔν τισι D. 18.286; λογισμοῖς Men. 380; τῇ μάχῃ, τοῖς ὅλοις, τοῖς πράγμασι, etc., Plb. 18.14.13, 3.48.4, 1.10.1, etc.; ἀψευδὴς ὢν καὶ μὴ π. τῇ διανοίᾳ περὶ τὰ ὄντα Pl. Tht. 160d; also π. ὑπʼ ἀνάγκας S. Ph. 215 (lyr.); ὑπό τινος π. τῇ πατρίδι Plb. 5.93.2; ἐκ τύχης Id. 2.7.3.
cover up or completely, [ ὅπλοις] δέμας E. Heracl. 721; conceal, Hp. Fract. 20, E. IT 1052, Fr. 683, X. Cyr. 8.1.40, D. 2.20; πενίαν Amphis 17; τῷ λόγῳ σ. τι D. Prooem. 37 ( συγκρύψεται Schäfer); δυσμένειαν Plu. Galb. 18.
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throw into obscurity, συγκρύψαι καὶ σ. τὰς ἁμαρτίας D. 11.13, cf. 2.20 (v.l.); τὰ τῆς φύσεως ἀπόρρητα Ph. 1.635; of events, overshadow, ὁ . . πόλεμος σ. τὸ περὶ τὴν γυναῖκα πάθος Eun. Hist. p.254 D.:— Pass., φράσις συνεσκιασμένη obscure, Porph. in Ptol. 181 Prooem.; εἰ μὴ ἀπάτῃ συσκιάζεσθε are not under the shadow of a delusion, Hp. Ep. 11.