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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