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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=61/62–before 117 AD, Pliny the Younger|origins=grc βουλή}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''būlē''' ''f'' (genitive būlēs, accusative būlēn, ablative būlē); first declension (Greek type)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(TLL)

+ Köbler also records the forms ''būla'' and ''bōlē''.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|βουλή|tr=boulḗ|t=will, decision; council]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Beekes derives the Greek noun from [[m|grc|βούλομαι|tr=boúlomai|t=to want, wish]], a verb whose prehistory he calls much discussed and unresolved.^(Beekes 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in Pliny the Younger,^(Köbler 2010) in the tenth book of his letters, of the councils of Greek cities: one passage speaks of the whole council being invited, another of the council and the assembly agreeing.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It refers to the council of a Greek city.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Pliny cites the Pompeian law, which did not require those enrolled in the council by the censors to pay a fee.^(TLL) Inscriptions of the 2nd century name the council of Ephesus beside the city, and the city and council of Arados.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 61/62–before 117 AD – Pliny the Younger uses it of Greek city councils.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 2nd century AD – An inscription names the council and city of Ephesus.^(TLL)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A Greek [[m|en|council]] or [[m|en|senate]], the [[m|en|boule]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Bulē'' is also found in inscriptions as a Greek woman's name.^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}