Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From βουλή (boulḗ, decision, counsel) +‎ -εύω (-eúō, denominative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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βουλεύω (bouleúō)

  1. to take counsel, deliberate, concert measures; (in past tenses) to determine or resolve after deliberation
    1. (intransitive)
    2. (transitive) to deliberate on, plan, devise
    3. (control verb) to take counsel; to resolve [with infinitive ‘to do’]
  2. to give counsel
  3. (in political writers) to be a member of council
  4. (middle voice)
    1. (intransitive) to take counsel with oneself, deliberate
    2. to act as member of a council, to originate measures
    3. (transitive) to determine with oneself, resolve on
    4. (control verb) to resolve [with infinitive ‘to do’]
    5. (rarely followed by a relative)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βούλομαι (> DER > βουλεύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231

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