Βουλεία
council-ship
Translated by David Whitehead · 12 Oct 2000 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions
Translation
The act of someone in the [sc. Athenian] council doing business appropriate to councillors. So Dinarchus and Aristophanes [sc. use the word].1
Both the orators and Aristophanes customarily call serving on the council [boulh/ ] 'council-ship' (boulei/a ); for [Aristophanes] says "what councillor is there...who handed over his bouleia to another";2 the ancients used to call service on the council 'council-ship'.
Both the orators and Aristophanes customarily call serving on the council [
Greek original
Βουλεία· τὸ χρηματίζοντά τινα τῆς βουλῆς πράττειν, ἃ τοῖς βουλευταῖς προσήκει. οὕτω Δείναρχος καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης. Βουλείαν τὸ βουλεύειν καὶ οἱ δικανικοὶ καλοῦσι συνήθως καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· φησὶ γάρ· τίς βουλευτής ἐστι, παραδοὺς ἑτέρῳ τὴν βουλείαν; τὸ βουλεῦσαι βουλείαν ἔλεγον οἱ παλαιοί.
Betacode
*boulei/a: to\ xrhmati/zonta/ tina th=s boulh=s pra/ttein, a(\ toi=s bouleutai=s prosh/kei. ou(/tw *dei/narxos kai\ *)aristofa/nhs. *boulei/an to\ bouleu/ein kai\ oi( dikanikoi\ kalou=si sunh/qws kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: fhsi\ ga/r: ti/s bouleuth/s e)sti, paradou\s e(te/rw| th\n boulei/an; to\ bouleu=sai boulei/an e)/legon oi( palaioi/.
Notes (1)
- [1] Dinarchus fr. 15 Conomis; Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazousai 809 (web address 1); both cited from Harpokration s.v.↩
- 2Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazousai 808-9, slightly abridged (cf. the preceding note).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbours in Adler order
β428Βουλεύσαςhaving made a decisionβ429Βουλεύσεωςconspiracyβ430Βουλευτικόςfor the council, of the council, for the boule, of the bouleβ431Βουλείαcouncil-shipβ432Βούλει διαμάχεσθαι Γηρυόνι τετραπτίλῳdo you want to do battle with a four-winged Geryon?β433Βουλήcouncil, senateβ434Βουλὴ ἁγίωνcouncil of holy men
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