# βουλή
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* βόλλα (bólla) — Aeolic
* βωλά (bōlá) — Doric, Arcadocypriot, Boeotian

### Etymology

From βούλομαι (boúlomai, “I wish, will”) +‎ -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buː.lɛ̌ː/ → /βuˈli/ → /vuˈli/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /buː.lɛ̌ː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /buˈle̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /βuˈli/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /vuˈli/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /vuˈli/

### Noun

βουλή • (boulḗ) f (genitive βουλῆς); first declension
* will, determination, decision
* plan, project, intention
* counsel, advice
* council, senate
    Synonyms: γερουσῐ́ᾱ (gerousĭ́ā), ἐκκλησῐ́ᾱ (ekklēsĭ́ā), σῠ́γκλητος (sŭ́nklētos)

#### Derived terms

* ἀριστόβουλος (aristóboulos)
* Ἀριστόβουλος (Aristóboulos)
* βᾰθῠ́βουλος (băthŭ́boulos)
* βουλεύω (bouleúō)
* βουληγόρος (boulēgóros)
* βουληφόρος (boulēphóros)
* Εὔβουλος (Eúboulos)
* Θρασύβουλος (Thrasúboulos)
* Κλεόβουλος (Kleóboulos)
* Κριτόβουλος (Kritóboulos)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βούλομαι (> DER > βουλή)”, 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

### Further reading

* “βουλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “βουλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “βουλή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* βουλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* βουλή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* βουλή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* G1012 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. advice idem, page 15.council idem, page 176.counsel idem, page 176.decision idem, page 201.design idem, page 215.determination idem, page 219.parliament idem, page 593.plan idem, page 617.precept idem, page 634.proposal idem, page 653.resolve idem, page 702.scheme idem, page 739.senate idem, page 751.suggestion idem, page 836.warning idem, page 964.

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vuˈli/
* Hyphenation: βου‧λή

### Noun

βουλή • (voulí) f (plural βουλές)
* (government, politics) parliament, legislative body, house of elected representatives
* Congress
    Synonyms: γερουσία (gerousía), κοινοβούλιο (koinovoúlio), σύγκλητος (sýgklitos)
* (chiefly in the plural) will, ruling, decision, verdict, judgment, counsel, decree
    Synonyms: απόφαση (apófasi), γνώμη (gnómi), θέληση (thélisi), κρίση (krísi), συμβουλή (symvoulí)
    οι βουλές του Θεού ― oi voulés tou Theoú ― the will of God

#### Related terms

* αντικοινοβουλευτικός (antikoinovouleftikós, “antiparliamentary”, adjective)
* αντικοινοβουλευτισμός m (antikoinovouleftismós, “antiparliamentarianism”)
* βούλευμα n (voúlevma, “parliamentary bill”)
* βουλευτήριο n (vouleftírio, “parliamentary chamber”)
* βουλευτής m or f (vouleftís, “member of parliament”)
* βουλευτικός (vouleftikós, “parliamentary”, adjective)
* βουλευτιλίκι n (vouleftilíki, “member's term in office”)
* βουλευτίνα f (vouleftína, “member of parliament”)
* Βουλή f (Voulí, “the Parliament”)
* κοινοβουλευτικός (koinovouleftikós, “parliamentary”)
* κοινοβούλιο (koinovoúlio, “parliament”)

#### Further reading

* Βουλή των Ελλήνων on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$
* βουλή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language