Ἐβούλετο

[he/she] wished

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Nov 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

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[The form should be e)bou/leto] but not h)bou/leto:¹ for e)bou/leto [is] more Attic.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐβούλετο· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἠβούλετο· Ἀττικώτερον γὰρ τὸ ἐβούλετο.

Betacode

*)ebou/leto: a)ll' ou)k h)bou/leto: *)attikw/teron ga\r to\ e)bou/leto.

(Entry transmitted only in the margins of mss AM, Adler reports.)
cf. eta 24. According to LSJ s.v., "forms with augm. h)- are found in Att. Inscrr. from 300 B.C. onwards, as IG 2(2).657, al., and occur frequently in Mss. as h)bou/lonto v.l.in Th. 2.2, 6.79, h)bou/lou Hyp.Lyc.11; [....] said to be Ionic in An.Ox.2.374."