ἀσχολ-έω,
engage, occupy, τινά[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Zeux.” 7:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —middle, imperfect ἠσχολεῖτο (see. below): future -ήσομαι[[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 12.2, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.423 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; -ηθήσομαι [[LXX.Sir.39.1] LXX]: perfect ἠσχόλημαι[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 71.10] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἠσχολησάμην[[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.657,] Refs 2nd c.AD+] and -ήθην [[1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.32, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Macr.” 8] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—to be occupied, busy, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 205, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 999, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 204, etc.; ἀσχολούμεθα ἵνα σχολάζωμεν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1177b4] Refs 4th c.BC+]; περί or ἐπί τι, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.40, 17.94; πρός τινας 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor ] Refs 1st c.BC+] [same place], compare 2.178J.: with participle, λαλῶν ἠσχολεῖτο[[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.12, etc.: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀ. ἀσχολίας ἀνωφελεῖς 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 47.23] Refs 1st c.AD+]; exercise a function, [[ “POxy.” 44.7, 23 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II active intransitive, in same sense as middle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1333a41, 1338a4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 220] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be engaged in one's own business, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1299b33.] Refs 4th c.BC+] —Not used in the best _Attic dialect_