βούλομαι
Etym. The Root is ΒΟΛ, which appears in epic βόλομαι, Lat.volo: hence βουλή.
Dep.
I. "to will, wish, be willing", Hom., etc.:—mostly c. inf. or c. acc. et inf., id=Hom., etc.: when βούλομαι is foll. by acc. only, an inf. may be supplied, Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο νίκην "he willed" victory to the Trojans, or Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο κῦδος ὀρέξαι, — both in Il.
II. attic usages:
1. βούλει or βούλεσθε foll. by subj., adds force to the demand, βούλει λάβωμαι "would you have" me take hold, Soph.
2. εἰ βούλει, a courteous phrase, like Lat. sis (si vis), if you please, id=Soph.
3. ὁ βουλόμενος, Lat. quivis, the first that offers, Hdt., attic
4. βουλομένωι μοί ἐστι, "nobis volentibus est", c. inf., it is "according to my wish" that.., Thuc.
5. "to mean" so and so, τί βούλεται εἶναι; "quid sibi vult haec res"? Plat.:—hence, βούλεται εἶναι "professes or pretends" to be, "would fain" be, id=Thuc.
III. followed by ἤ, "to prefer", for βούλομαι μᾶλλον, βούλομ᾽ ἐγὼ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι, ἢ ἀπολέσθαι "I had rather" the people were saved "than" lost, Il.