εὐβουλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔβουλος (eúboulos) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.buː.lí.aː/ → /eβ.βuˈli.a/ → /ev.vuˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.buː.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.buˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eβ.βuˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ev.vuˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ev.vuˈli.a/

Noun

εὐβουλίᾱ • (euboulíā) f (genitive εὐβουλίᾱς); first declension

1. good counsel, discretion

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐβουλίᾱ; τῆς εὐβουλίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐβουλίᾱ hē euboulíā	τὼ εὐβουλίᾱ tṑ euboulíā	αἱ εὐβουλίαι hai euboulíai
Genitive	τῆς εὐβουλίᾱς tês euboulíās	τοῖν εὐβουλίαιν toîn euboulíain	τῶν εὐβουλιῶν tôn eubouliôn
Dative	τῇ εὐβουλίᾳ têi euboulíāi	τοῖν εὐβουλίαιν toîn euboulíain	ταῖς εὐβουλίαις taîs euboulíais
Accusative	τὴν εὐβουλίᾱν tḕn euboulíān	τὼ εὐβουλίᾱ tṑ euboulíā	τᾱ̀ς εὐβουλίᾱς tā̀s euboulíās
Vocative	εὐβουλίᾱ euboulíā	εὐβουλίᾱ euboulíā	εὐβουλίαι euboulíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ευβουλία (evvoulía)

Further reading

• “εὐβουλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐβουλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐβουλία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • discretion idem, page 231.
  • judgment idem, page 465.
  • judiciousness idem, page 465.
  • policy idem, page 624.
  • prudence idem, page 655.
  • sense idem, page 752.
  • thoughtfulness idem, page 868.
  • wisdom idem, page 982.