pursue
ἐπιτηδ-εύω,impf.
A.
ἐπετήδευον
Pl. Phd. 64a
:aor.
ἐπετήδευσα
Th. 1.37
:pf. ἐπιτετήδευκα,
Pass.
-ευμαι,
Pl. Hp.Ma. 304b , Lys. 13.65 : (as if a compd. ofἐπί, Τηδεύω,but it is formed directly fromἐπιτηδές):—pursueorpractisea thing,makeitone's business,c.acc., εὐπαθείας
Hdt. 1.135
, etc. ; ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς..ἀνάγκη κἀπιτηδεύειν κακά
S. El. 309
; λαλιάν
Ar. Ra. 1069
; εὐσέβειαν
Antipho 2.3.11
; τὸ δ' ἐπὶ κακουργίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἀρετῇ ἐπετήδευσαν
Th. 1.37
;τέχνην, μουσικήν,
Pl. Tht. 149a , X. Ath. 1.13 , etc. ;ἐ. τι πρός τι inventwith a view to.., Hdt. 6.125 :— Pass. ,to be practised,
ὅσα κακὰ καὶ αἰσχρά τινι ἐπιτετήδευται
Lys. 13.65
; also,to be madeso and soby art,opp. to being so by nature, Hdt. 1.98 ; of dogs,to be carefully trained,
πρός τι
X. Cyr. 1.6.40
.
2. c.inf..take careto do,useto do, Hdt. 3.18 , 4.170 , Pl. Grg. 524c , Jul. Or. 1.3d , etc. ; also ἐ. ὅπως..
Hdt. 3.102
.
3. abs. inpart.,οὐδὲν αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύοντεςwithout anydeliberate purposeon our part, Speus. ap. Theol.Ar. 61 ; ἐπιτηδεύσας on purpose,
Hld. 5.31
.
