βουλή : (1) counsel,
plan, decree;
βουλὴ δὲ κακὴ νι?κησεν ἑταίρων,
Od. 10.46; Διὸς
δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή, the ‘will’ of
Zeus, Il. 1.5
; οὔ τοι ἄνευ θεοῦ ἥδε γε βουλή,
Od. 2.372, also in
plural.—(2) the council of nobles or elders,
γερόντων,
Il. 2.53, 194,
202, Od. 3.127,
distinguished from the ἀγορά, or
assembly.