βουλή, ἡ,
Doric dialect βωλά Decrees Byzantine cited in [
Refs 4th c.BC+],
Aeolic dialect βόλλα [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:
accusative plural βουλᾰς [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: (βούλομαι):—
will, determination, especially of the gods, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2)
counsel, design, βουλὰς βουλεύουσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally,
counsel, advice, opposed to μάχεσθαι, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; νυκτὶ βουλὴν διδόναι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. ποιεῖσθαι, ={βουλεύεσθαι}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν βουλῇ γενέσθαι πότερον. [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; τούτοις οὐκ ἔστι κοινὴ β. they have no common
ground of argument, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in
plural,
counsels, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν βουλαῖς ἄριστος, ἐν βουλαῖσι κράτιστος, [
Refs]
3)
deliberation, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
4)
decree, β. εἰσηγεῖσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
Council of elders, Senate, βουλὴν ἷζε γερόντων [
Refs 8th c.BC+] or
Senate of [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; commonly called ἡ β. (or ἡ β. οἱ πεντακόσιοι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; also β. ἀπὸ κυάμου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in other states, as at Argos, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Roman [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; of local
senates, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; βουλῆς εἶναι to be
of the Council, a member of it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] made a
substantive βουλῆς, ὁ); ἀνὴρ βουλῆς τῆς Ῥωμαίων [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]