Explained vocabulary

Wish, desire — βούλομαι

βούλομαι

boulomai

The participle identifies people who want more than their share and pursue it through unjust counsels (LXII.7).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
wish, desire

Meaning

The participle identifies people who want more than their share and pursue it through unjust counsels (LXII.7). Desire here is not morally neutral in context: its object, τὸ πλέον, and the surrounding qualification of their plans expose the excess.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

βουλομένοις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXII.7

Lexical references

LSJ βούλομαι (n20621)