βούλομαι
( also βόλομαι, q. v.), Dor. βώλ- (q. v.), Aeol. βόλλ- (v. βόλομαι), Thess. βέλλ- IG 9(2).517.20, Boeot. βείλ- ib.7.3080, βήλ- SIG 1185.18 (Tanagra, iii B. C.), Locr. and Delph. δείλ- IG 9(1).334.3, GDI 2034.10, Coan, etc. δήλ- (q. v.), Ion. 2 sg. βούλεαι Od. 18.364, Hdt. 1.11: impf. ἐβουλόμην Il. 11.79, etc.; ἠβουλόμην E. Hel. 752, D. 1.15, etc.; Ion. 3 pl. ἐβουλέατο codd. in Hdt. 1.4, 3.143: fut. βουλήσομαι A. Pr. 867, S. OT 1077, etc.; later fut. βουληθήσομαι v.l. in Aristid. Or. 48(24).8, Gal. 13.636: aor. ἐβουλήθην, also ἠβ- (v. infr.), βουληθείς S. OC 732, IG 22.1236, etc., but aor. subj. 3 sg. βούλεται (from Βόλς-ε-ται) Il. 1.67: pf. βεβούλημαι D. 18.2; also βέβουλα (προ-) Il. 1.113 (ἐβέβουλε dub. in Epigr. in Berl.Sitzb. 1894.907): -
I
1. forms with augm. ἠ- are found in Att. Inscrr. from 300 B.C. onwards, as IG 22.657, al., and occur frequently in Mss. as ἠβούλοντο v.l.in Th. 2.2, 6.79, ἠβούλου Hyp. Lyc. 11; said to be Ionic in An.Ox. 2.374. - An Act. βούλητε (= βούλησθε) Mitteis Chr. 361.10 (iv A. D.): - 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 ’θέλωσι καὶ ὑμεῖς βούλησθε D. 2.20; οὔτ’ ἀκούειν ἠθέλετ’ 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.
2. in Hom. of gods, c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Τρώεσσιν.. ἐβούλετο νίκην he willed victory to the Trojans, Il. 7.21, cf. 23.682: later c. acc., τὸ βουλόμενον τὴν πολιτείαν πλῆθος that supports the constitution, Arist. Pol. 1309b17.
II Att. usages:
1 βούλει or βούλεσθε folld. by Verb in subj., βούλει λάβωμαι; would you have me take hold? S. Ph. 761; βούλει φράσω; Ar. Eq. 36, cf. Pl. Phd. 79a, R. 596a; ποῦ δὴ βούλει ἀναγνῶμεν; Id. Phdr. 228e.
2. εἰ βούλει if you please, S. Ant. 1168, X. An. 3.4.41; also εἰ δὲ βούλει, ἐὰν δὲ βούλῃ, to express a concession, or if you like, Pl. Smp. 201a, etc.; εἰ μὲν β., φρονήσει, εἰ δὲ β., ἰσχύι Id. R. 432a.
3. ὁ βουλόμενος any one who likes, Hdt. 1.54, Th. 1.26, etc.; ἔδωκεν ἅπαντι τῷ βουλομένῳ D. 21.45; ὁ β. the ’common in former’, Ar. Pl. 918 (whence, in jest, βούλομαι ib. 908); ὅστις βούλει who or which ever you like, Pl. Grg. 517b, Cra. 432a.
4. βουλομένῳ μοί ἐστι, c. inf., it is according to my wish that.., Th. 2.3; εἰ σοὶ β. ἐστὶν ἀποκρίνεσθαι Pl. Grg. 448d; also τὰ θεῶν οὕτω βουλόμεν’ ἔσται E. IA 33; τὸ κεἰνου βουλόμενον his wish, ib. 1270; but with pass. sense, τὸ β. the object of desire, Luc. Am. 37, Plu. Art. 28.
5. τί βουλόμενος; with what purpose? Pl. Phd. 63a, D. 18.172; τί βουληθεὶς πάρει; S. El. 1100.
III
1. mean, Pl. R. 362e, 590e, etc.; τί ἡμῖν βούλεται οὗτος ὁ μῦθος; (folld. by β. λέγειν ὡς..) Id. Tht. 156c; τί β. σημαίνειν τὸ τέρας D.H. 4.59; βούλεται εἶναι professes or pretends to be, Pl. R. 595c; β. τὸ ὄνομα ἐπικεῖσθαι Id. Cra. 412c; freq. in Arist., τὸ ἀκούσιον βούλεται λέγεσθαι οὐκ εἰ.. EN 1110b30; β. ἄσωτος εἶναι ὁ ἕν τι κακὸν ἔχων ib. 1119b34; β. ὁ πρᾶος ἀτάραχος εἶναι ib. 1125b33; tend to be, ἡ τοῦ ὕδατος φύσις β. εἶναι ἄχυμος Id. Sens. 441a3; β. ἤδη τότε εἶναι πόλις ὅταν.. Id. Pol. 1261b12, cf. 1293b40; ἡ φύσις β. μὲν τοῦτο ποιεῖν πολλάκις, οὐ μέντοι δύναται ib. 1255b3, cf. GA 778a4, al.
2. to be wont, X. An. 6.3.18. folld. by ἤ.., prefer, for βούλομαι μᾶλλον (which is more usu. in Prose), βούλομ’ ἐγὼ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι ἢ ἀπολέσθαι I had rather.., Il. 1.117, cf. 23.594, Od. 3.232, 11.489, 12.350; β. τὸ μέν τι εὐτυχέειν.. ἢ εὐτυχέειν τὰ πάντα Hdt. 3.40; β. παρθενεύεσθαι πλέω χρόνον ἢ πατρὸς ἐστερῆσθαι (for πολὺν χρόνον, μᾶλλον ἤ..) ib. 124, cf. E. Andr. 351; less freq. without ἤ.., πολὺ βούλομαι αὐτὴν οἴκοι ἔχειν I much prefer.., Il. 1.112, cf. Od. 15.88. (g[uglide]el-g[uglide]ol-, cf. the dialectic forms.)
G1014 — βούλομαι
2 person singular βούλει [Luk 22:42] (Attic for βουλή, cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 a.; Buttmann, 42 (37)); imperfect ἐβουλόμην (Attic ((cf. Veitch), yet commonly) ἠβουλομην); 1 aorist ἐβουλήθην ([Mat 1:19]) and ἠβουλήθην ([2Jo 1:12] R G; but others ἐβουλήθην cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 162); Winers Grammar, § 12, the passage cited; Buttmann, 33 (29)); the Sept. for אָבָה, חָפֵץ; (from Homer down); to will, wish; and
1. commonly, to will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded: followed by an infinitive, [Mar 15:15]; [Act 5:28], [Act 5:33] (L WH Tr text for R G T ἐβουλεύοντο); [Act 12:4]; (L T Tr WH for R ἐβουλεύσατο); [Act 18:27]; [Act 19:30]; [Act 22:30]; [Act 23:28]; [Act 27:43]; ; [2Co 1:15]; [Heb 6:17]; [2Jo 1:12]; [3Jo 1:10] (τούς βουλομένους namely, ἐπιδέχεσθαι τούς ἀδελφούς); Jude 1:5; [Jam 1:18] (βουληθείς ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς of his own free will he brought us forth, with which will it ill accords to say, as some do, that they are tempted to sin by God). with an accusative of the object τοῦτο, [2Co 1:17] (L T Tr WH for R βουλευόμενος); followed by an accusative with an infinitive [2Pe 3:9]. of the will electing or choosing between two or more things, answering to file Latinplacetmihi: [Mat 1:19] (cf. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι, ); (not L marginal reading); [Luk 10:22]; [Luk 22:42]; [Act 25:20]; ([1Co 12:11]); [Jam 3:4]; [Jam 4:4]; followed by the subjunctive βούλεσθε, ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω; is it your will I should release unto you? (cf. Winers Grammar, § 41 a. 4 b.; Buttmann, § 139, 2), [Joh 18:39]. of the will prescribing, followed by an accusative with an infinitive: [Phi 1:12] (γινώσκειν ὑμᾶς βούλομαι I would have you know, know ye); [1Ti 2:8]; [1Ti 5:14]; [Tit 3:8].
2. of willing as an affection, to desire: followed by an infinitive, [1Ti 6:9] (οἱ βουλόμενοι πλουτεῖν); [Act 17:20]; [Act 18:15]; ἐβουλόμην (on this use of the imperfect see Buttmann, 217f (187f); (cf. Winers Grammar, 283 (266); Lightfoot on [Phi 1:13])), [Act 25:22]; [Phi 1:13]. On the difference between βούλομαι and θέλω, see θέλω, at the end
βαύλομαι ,
[in LXX for H2654, H14, H3289, etc.;]
to will, wish, desire, purpose, be minded, implying more strongly than θέλω ( q.v. ), the deliberate exercise of volition ( v. Hort on [Jas 1:18]): c . inf . ( M , Pr., 205; Β 1., § 69, 4), [Mar 15:15], [Act 5:28]; [Act 5:33]; [Act 12:4]; [Act 15:37]; [Act 17:20]; [Act 18:15]; [Act 18:27]; [Act 19:30]; [Act 22:30]; [Act 23:28]; [Act 27:43]; [Act 28:18], [2Co 1:15], [1Ti 6:9], [Heb 6:17], [2Jn 1:12], [3Jn 1:10], Jud 1:5 ; c . acc , [2Co 1:17]; c . acc et inf ., [Php 1:12], 1Ti 2:8 ; [1Ti 5:14], [Tit 3:8], [2Pe 3:9]; of the will making choice between alternatives, [Mat 1:19]; [Mat 11:27], [Luk 10:22], [Act 25:20], [1Co 12:11], [Jas 3:4]; [Jas 4:4]; εἰ βούλει ( cl ., a courteous phrase = θελεις , colloq.; Bl., § 21, 8; LS , s.v. ), [Luk 22:42]; c . subjc ., adding force to a question of delibera-tion (Bl., § 64, 6), [Joh 18:39]; βουληθέις , of set purpose ( v. Hort , in l ), [Jas 1:18]; impf ., ἐβουλόμην ( = cl . βουλοίην ἄν ; Bl., § 63, 5; Lft ., [Phm 1:13]) [Act 25:22], [Phm 1:13] ( v. also Cremer , 143). †