βουλεύω
Etym. βουλή
I. "to take counsel, deliberate, concert measures", and in past tenses "to have considered" and so "to determine, resolve":
1. absol., οἷος ἔην βουλευέμεν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι such as he was "in council" and in battle, Od.; ἔς γε μίαν βουλεύσομεν [sc. βουλήν] "we shall agree" to one plan, id=Od.:—in Prose, this sense belongs chiefly to the Mid.
2. c. acc. rei, "to deliberate on, plan, devise", Od., Hdt., attic:—Pass. with fut. mid., aor1 ἐβουλεύθην: perf. βεβούλευμαι:— "to be determined or resolved on", Aesch., etc.; τὰ βεβουλευμένα ῀ βουλεύματα, Hdt.
3. c. inf. "to resolve" to do, Od., Hdt.
II. "to give counsel", τὰ λῷστα β. Aesch.; c. dat. pers. "to advise", Il., Aesch.
III. in polit. writers, "to be a member of Council", Hdt.; esp. "of the Council of" 500 at Athens, Plat., Xen., etc.
B. Mid., fut. -εύσομαι: aor1 ἐβουλευσάμην, epic βουλ or in pass. form ἐβουλεύθην: perf. βεβούλευμαι:
1. absol. "to take counsel with oneself, deliberate", Hdt., attic
2. c. acc. rei, "to determine with oneself, resolve on", Il., Hdt.
3. c. inf. "to resolve" to do, id=Hdt., Plat.; β. ὅπως.., Xen.