βούλομαι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From *gʷelH- (“to hit by throwing”), but with unexplained o-grade in the present.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) According to Beekes and LIV from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel(h₃)- (“to want, wish”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bǔː.lo.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbu.lo.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβu.lo.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvu.lo.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvu.lo.me/
Verb
βούλομαι • (boúlomai)
- usually stronger than ἐθέλω (ethélō), implying choice or preference: (transitive, intransitive) to will, wish, be willing, want [+accusative = something]; [+infinitive = to do something]
- (transitive) to mean
- (intransitive) to pretend, claim [+infinitive = to do something]
- (transitive) to prefer [+accusative = something]; [+infinitive = to do something]; often with μᾶλλον ἤ (mâllon ḗ) or ἤ: over something else
Inflection
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | βούλομαι | βούλῃ, βούλει |
βούλεται | βούλεσθον | βούλεσθον | βουλόμεθᾰ | βούλεσθε | βούλονται | ||||
| subjunctive | βούλωμαι | βούλῃ | βούληται | βούλησθον | βούλησθον | βουλώμεθᾰ | βούλησθε | βούλωνται | |||||
| optative | βουλοίμην | βούλοιο | βούλοιτο | βούλοισθον | βουλοίσθην | βουλοίμεθᾰ | βούλοισθε | βούλοιντο | |||||
| imperative | βούλου | βουλέσθω | βούλεσθον | βουλέσθων | βούλεσθε | βουλέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | βούλεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | βουλόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | βουλομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | βουλόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: ἐβουλόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐβουλόμην | ἐβούλου | ἐβούλετο | ἐβούλεσθον | ἐβουλέσθην | ἐβουλόμεθᾰ | ἐβούλεσθε | ἐβούλοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | βουλόμην | βούλου | βούλετο | βούλεσθον | βουλέσθην | βουλόμε(σ)θᾰ | βούλεσθε | βούλοντο | ||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠβουλόμην | ἠβούλου | ἠβούλετο | ἠβούλεσθον | ἠβουλέσθην | ἠβουλόμεθᾰ | ἠβούλεσθε | ἠβούλοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future: βουλήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | βουλήσομαι | βουλήσῃ, βουλήσει |
βουλήσεται | βουλήσεσθον | βουλήσεσθον | βουλησόμεθᾰ | βουλήσεσθε | βουλήσονται | ||||
| optative | βουλησοίμην | βουλήσοιο | βουλήσοιτο | βουλήσοισθον | βουλησοίσθην | βουλησοίμεθᾰ | βουλήσοισθε | βουλήσοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | βουλήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | βουλησόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | βουλησομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | βουλησόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| passive | indicative | βουληθήσομαι | βουληθήσῃ | βουληθήσεται | βουληθήσεσθον | βουληθήσεσθον | βουληθησόμεθᾰ | βουληθήσεσθε | βουληθήσονται |
| optative | βουληθησοίμην | βουληθήσοιο | βουληθήσοιτο | βουληθήσοισθον | βουληθησοίσθην | βουληθησοίμεθᾰ | βουληθήσοισθε | βουληθήσοιντο | |
| passive | |||||||||
| infinitive | βουληθήσεσθαι | ||||||||
| participle | m | βουληθησόμενος | |||||||
| f | βουληθησομένη | ||||||||
| n | βουληθησόμενον | ||||||||
Aorist: ἐβουλήθην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| passive | indicative | ἐβουλήθην | ἐβουλήθης | ἐβουλήθη | ἐβουλήθητον | ἐβουληθήτην | ἐβουλήθημεν | ἐβουλήθητε | ἐβουλήθησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | βουληθῶ | βουληθῇς | βουληθῇ | βουληθῆτον | βουληθῆτον | βουληθῶμεν | βουληθῆτε | βουληθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | βουληθείην | βουληθείης | βουληθείη | βουληθεῖτον, βουληθείητον |
βουληθείτην, βουληθειήτην |
βουληθεῖμεν, βουληθείημεν |
βουληθεῖτε, βουληθείητε |
βουληθεῖεν, βουληθείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | βουλήθητῐ | βουληθήτω | βουλήθητον | βουληθήτων | βουλήθητε | βουληθέντων | |||||||
| passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | βουληθῆναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | βουληθείς | |||||||||||
| f | βουληθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | βουληθέν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Perfect: βεβούλημαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | βεβούλημαι | βεβούλησαι | βεβούληται | βεβούλησθον | βεβούλησθον | βεβουλήμεθᾰ | βεβούλησθε | βεβούληνται | ||||
| subjunctive | βεβουλημένος ὦ | βεβουλημένος ᾖς | βεβουλημένος ᾖ | βεβουλημένω ἦτον | βεβουλημένω ἦτον | βεβουλημένοι ὦμεν | βεβουλημένοι ἦτε | βεβουλημένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | βεβουλημένος εἴην | βεβουλημένος εἴης | βεβουλημένος εἴη | βεβουλημένω εἴητον/εἶτον | βεβουλημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | βεβουλημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | βεβουλημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | βεβουλημένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
| imperative | βεβούλησο | βεβουλήσθω | βεβούλησθον | βεβουλήσθων | βεβούλησθε | βεβουλήσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | βεβουλῆσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | βεβουλημένος | |||||||||||
| f | βεβουλημένη | ||||||||||||
| n | βεβουλημένον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Related terms
- ἐθέλω (ethélō)
References
- “βούλομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βούλομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βούλομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βούλομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “βούλομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1014 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- care idem, page 113.
- choose idem, page 131.
- consent idem, page 162.
- denote idem, page 210.
- desire idem, page 215.
- dispose idem, page 237.
- incline idem, page 428.
- long idem, page 498.
- mean idem, page 519.
- prefer idem, page 634.
- rather idem, page 673.
- ready idem, page 675.
- want idem, page 961.
- willing idem, page 979.
- wish idem, page 983.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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