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 Proto-Indo-European *gʷel-, but with unexplained o-grade in the present.

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 (mâllon ḗ) or : over something else

Conjugation

References

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