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βουληθείς, of set purpose] Βούλομαι and θέλω, though largely coincident in sense, and often capable of being interchanged, never really lose the distinction indicated by Ammonius, De diff. verb. p. 31, βούλεσθαι μὲν ἐπί μόνου λεκτέον τοῦ λογικοῦ, τὸ δὲ θέλειν καὶ ἐπὺ ἀλόγου ζῴου, and again (p. 70), θέλειν καὶ βούλεσθαι ἐὰν λέγῃ τις, δηλώσει ὅτι ἀκουσίως τε καὶ εὐλόγως ὀρέγεταὶ τινος (quoted though not accepted by W. Dindorf in Steph. Thes.).
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Ammonius on Βούλομαι and θέλω
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Re: Ammonius on Βούλομαι and θέλω
βούλεσθαι is spoken only of one possessed of reason, but ἔθελειν also of an animal devoid of reason.Mike Baber wrote:βούλεσθαι μὲν ἐπί μόνου λεκτέον τοῦ λογικοῦ, τὸ δ' ἐθέλειν καὶ ἐπὶ ἀλόγου ζῴου
If someone says they θέλειν and βούλεσθαι, it will be clear that they yearn for something both willingly and with good reason.Mike Baber wrote:θέλειν καὶ βούλεσθαι ἐὰν λέγῃ τις, δηλώσει ὅτι ἀκουσίως τε καὶ εὐλόγως ὀρέγεταὶ τινος
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Re: Ammonius on Βούλομαι and θέλω
I noticed you corrected "επυ" to "επι" but isn't "τὸ δ' ἐθέλειν" supposed to be "το δε θελειν"?Stephen Carlson wrote:βούλεσθαι is spoken only of one possessed of reason, but ἔθελειν also of an animal devoid of reason.Mike Baber wrote:βούλεσθαι μὲν ἐπί μόνου λεκτέον τοῦ λογικοῦ, τὸ δ' ἐθέλειν καὶ ἐπὶ ἀλόγου ζῴου
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Re: Ammonius on Βούλομαι and θέλω
θέλω and εθέλω are by-forms of the same verb.David Lim wrote:Stephen Carlson wrote:I noticed you corrected "επυ" to "επι" but isn't "τὸ δ' ἐθέλειν" supposed to be "το δε θελειν"?
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Re: Ammonius on Βούλομαι and θέλω
Exactly right. I looked up the text in TLG and corrected it to reflect what that edition says.timothy_p_mcmahon wrote:θέλω and εθέλω are by-forms of the same verb.David Lim wrote:Stephen Carlson wrote:I noticed you corrected "επυ" to "επι" but isn't "τὸ δ' ἐθέλειν" supposed to be "το δε θελειν"?
The Koine form has lost the initial ἐ- in the present, but the initial can still be seen in the form of the augment for the "past" tenses; e.g.Gal 4:20 ἤθελον.
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