πρόβουλος

A. deliberating beforehand or for others, Ἄτα prob.in A. Ag. 386 (lyr.): but usu.

II. pl., standing committee to examine measures before they were formally proposed to the people, Arist. Pol. 1298b29, 1299b31, 1322b16; at Megara, Ar. Ach. 755; Corinth, Nic. Dam. 60 J.; Corcyra, IG 9(1).682.12; Delphi, GDI 2642.26; of the ἀμνήμονες at Cnidus, Plu. 2.292a; ἀπαγγέλλειν . . δήμου προβούλοις A. Th. 1011.

2. of the delegates of the twelve Ionian states at the Panionium, Hdt. 6.7; of delegates appointed to consult on the mode of meeting Xerxes, π. τῆς Ἑλλάδος Id. 7.172.

3. at Athens, committee of Ten, appointed after the Sicilian defeat (cf. Th. 8.1), Decr. ap.Arist. Ath. 29.2, Ar. Lys. 421, Lys. 12.65, Arist. Rh. 1419a28.

4. of the Roman consuls, D.H. 4.76, 5.1.