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πρόβουλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόβουλος πρόβουλον

Structure: προβουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: boulh/

Sense

  1. debating beforehand
  2. commissioners to examine measures before
  3. deputies, the deputies
  4. a committee of Ten

Examples

  • τοιαῦτ’ ἀπήντηκ’ ἐσ τοιαυτὶ πράγματα, ὅτε γ’ ὢν ἐγὼ πρόβουλοσ, ἐκπορίσασ ὅπωσ κωπῆσ ἔσονται, τἀργυρίου νυνὶ δέον, ὑπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν ἀποκέκλῃμαι ταῖσ πύλαισ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode17)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ βουλευτὴσ δημοτικόν, ὁ δὲ πρόβουλοσ ὀλιγαρχικόν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 258:1)

Synonyms

  1. debating beforehand

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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