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συμβουλ-εύω ,
A.advise, counsel, c. dat. pers. et inf., advise one to do a thing, Hdt.1.53,59, 2.107, Th.1.65, etc.; οὐ συμβουλεύων Ε´ρξῃ στρατεύεσθαι advising him not . ., Hdt.7.46: rarely c. acc. et inf., συμβουλεύω . . συμβῆναι ὑμᾶς I advise that you should . ., Pl.Prt. 337e, cf. Gal.16.501.
2. without inf., “ς. τινί τι” Hdt.1.71, etc.; “ὅτι ἂν δύνωνται ἀγαθὸν Ἀθηναίοις” IG12.106.19; “τοῖς ὀλίγον διαπνεομένοις ἀσιτίαν” Gal.15.508; “τινὶ περί τινος” Pl.Prt.319d, etc.; “εὖ ς. τινί” Thgn.38; ς. τι recommend a measure, “τὰ ἄριστα” Hdt.7.237; “χρηστόν τι” Ar.Nu.793; “πορείαν” X.An.5.6.12, etc.: but c. acc. cogn., ς. συμβουλάς give advice, Pl.Grg.520d:—Pass., συμβουλεύεταί τι advice is given, Id.Ep.330d; “τὰ παρὰ τῶν θεῶν συμβουλευόμενα” X.Cyr. 1.6.2; “τὰ συμβουλευθέντα” Isoc.3.13; “τὰ -βεβουλευμένα” res de consilii sententia actae, IG7.413.58 (Oropus, i B.C., Senatus consultum); of persons, to be advised, “ὑπό τινος” POxy.118.3 (iii A.D.).
3. folld. by a relat., “ς. περί τινος ὡς . . ” X.Vect.4.30; “σύμ μοι βούλευσον, ποτέρην ἄγω” Call.Epigr.1.5.
4. abs., advise, give advice, S.OT1370, etc.; ὁ συμβουλεύων or -εύσας adviser, Arist.Rh.1354b31, Lex ap.And.1.96; τὰ συμβουλεύοντα τῶν ποιημάτων didactic poems, Isoc.2.42.
II. Med., consult with a person, i.e. ask his advice, τινι Hdt.2.107, Pl. Ep.331a, Thg.122a, etc.; τι in a matter, Th.8.68; ς. τι μετά τινος debate a matter with another, Ar.Nu.475: abs., consult, deliberate, X.Cyr.2.1.7, etc.—Act. and Med. opposed, συμβουλευομένου ἂν συμβουλεύσειε τὰ ἄριστα if one asked his advice he would give him the best, Hdt.7.237; [“τοῖς Ἕλλησι] συμβουλευομένοις συνεβούλευσε τάδε” X.An.2.1.17.
2. = Act., Sch.Hes.Sc.338, f.l. in X.HG6.5.34.
3. agree, make a contract, “θύρας λιθίνης ἧς συνεβουλεύσατο κόψαι” PMich.Zen.37.3 (iii B.C.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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