βουλευτικός

A. of or for the council, β. ὅρκος oath taken by the councillors, X. Mem. 1.1.18; νόμοι ap.D. 24.20; β. τιμαί CIG 1716 (Delph.); ἀρχὴ β. right to sit in the βουλή, Arist. Pol. 1275b19; of the Roman Senate, τίμημα, ἐσθής, D.C. 54.17, 40.46; ‐κά,τά, funds at the disposal of a council, POxy. 1416.3 (iii A. D.).

2. able to advise or deliberate, ὁ β., opp. ὁ πολεμικός, Pl. R. 434b, cf. 441a, Arist. EN 1140a31, 1152a19; τὸ β. the deliberative faculty, Id. Pol. 1260a12.

II. Subst., ‐κόν,τό, in the Athen. theatre, seats reserved for the Council, Ar. Av. 794, Hsch.

2. the deliberative and judicial element in the state, Arist. Pol. 1329a31; at Rome, senatorial order, Plu. Rom. 13.