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ἐπιβουλεύω 1

I.to plan or contrive against, κακὸν πόλει Tyrtae.; θάνατόν τινι Hdt.:—c. dat. pers. only, to plot against, lay snares for, τῇ πόλει Aesch.; τῷ πλήθει Ar.;—absol., οὑπιβουλεύων the conspirer, Soph.: —c. acc. rei only, to plan secretly, scheme, plot, τὸν ἔκπλουν Thuc.
2.c. dat. rei, to form designs upon, aim at, πρήγμασι μεγάλοισι Hdt.; τυραννίδι Plat.
3.c. inf. to purpose or design to do, Hdt., Thuc.
II.Pass., with fut. mid. -εύσομαι: aor1 -εβουλεύθην:— to have plots formed against one, to be the object of plots, id=Thuc.
2.of things, to be designed against, πρᾶγμα, ὃ τοῖς θεοῖς ἐπιβουλεύεται Ar.; τὰ ἐπιβουλευόμενα plots, Xen.

1 fut. σω

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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