βούλομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βόλομαι (bólomai) — Epic
  • βόλλομαι (bóllomai) — Aeolic
  • βέλλομαι (béllomai) — Thessalian
  • βείλομαι (beílomai), βήλομαι (bḗlomai) — Boeotian
  • δείλομαι (deílomai) — Locrian, Delphic
  • δήλομαι (dḗlomai) — Coan
  • βώλομαι (bṓlomai) — Doric

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

 

Verb

βούλομαι • (boúlomai)

  1. usually stronger than ἐθέλω (ethélō), implying choice or preference: (transitive, intransitive) to will, wish, be willing, want [+accusative = something]; [+infinitive = to do something]
  2. (transitive) to mean
  3. (intransitive) to pretend, claim [+infinitive = to do something]
  4. (transitive) to prefer [+accusative = something]; [+infinitive = to do something]; often with μᾶλλον ἤ (mâllon ḗ) or ἤ: over something else

Inflection

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