βούλομαι

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Beekes and LIV, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel(h₃)- (to want, wish) (with no certain cognates), but with unexplained and pervasive o-grade in the present.[1] The root may be identical to *gʷelH- (to hit by throwing), via semantic shift "to throw" > "to throw (desires)" > "to want", but this is speculative.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

βούλομαι (boúlomai)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to will, wish, be willing, want (usually stronger than ἐθέλω (ethélō), implying choice or preference)
  2. (transitive) to mean
  3. (intransitive) to pretend, claim
  4. (transitive) to prefer

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βούλομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231

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