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σπεύδω,
Epic dialect infinitive σπευδέμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.324 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future σπεύσω [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 153 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 926, etc.; Cretan dialect σπευσίω “SIG” 527.42 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσπευσα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 161, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 45c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect σπεῦσα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.250 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive σπεύσομεν, for -ωμεν, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.121 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἔσπευκα [[ “Annuario” 8 /9.375 (Perga, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 7.15.11 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 151 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: future σπεύσομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.402 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— passive, perfect ἔσπευσμαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.895. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I transitive, set going, urge on, hasten, ταῦτα δ᾽ ἅμα χρὴ σπεύδειν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.236; οἱ δὲ γάμον σπεύδουσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.137, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; παῦσαι σπεύδων τὰ σπεύδεις[[ [prev. work] 206; σ. ἀθλίαν ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1226 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. οἱ μὲν ἴγδιν, οἱ δὲ σίλφιον, οἱ δ᾽ ὄξος procure quickly, get ready, [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 39; κλίμακας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1352 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; σπευσίω ὅτι κα δύναμαι κακὸν τᾷ πόλει [[ “SIG” [prev. cited] (in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.46, Δημοκρίτου σπεύσαντος, an _accusative_ must be supplied). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.b seek eagerly, strive after, μηδὲν ἄγαν σ. [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 335, 401 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; σ. βίον ἀθάνατον, μακροτέραν ἀρετάν, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.62, “I.” 4(3).13(31); εὐψυχίαν ἀντ᾽ εὐβουλίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 161; τὴν ἡγεμονίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16; χάριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1175; πόλεμον τέκνοις [prev. author] “HF” 1133. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.c promote or further zealously, press or urge on, τι τῶν φέρει φρήν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 599 (Lyric poetry); τὸ σὸν σ. ἅμα καὶ τοὐμόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 251; τὸ σὸν ἀγαθόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 120 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141; σ. ἀσπούδαστ᾽ ἐπὶ σοὶ δαίμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 201 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐναντία τῇ ἑαυτῶν ὠφελείᾳ σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in arguing, σεαυτῷ τὰ ἐναντία σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τοῦτο, ὅπως.. [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 687e; μὴ σπεῦδ᾽ ἃ μὴ δεῖ, μηδ᾽ ἃ δεῖ σπεύδειν μένε 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 344: with _dative_, οἱ Χαιρέᾳ σπεύδοντες] Refs 4th c.BC+] the partisans of Chaereas, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 6.1: ἐς τὰ Ἑλλήνων σ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 5.8 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: followed by a conjunctive, εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους σπεύσω σ᾽ ὅπως ἂν ἐγγραφῇς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 926 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, σπευδομένα θυσίαν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 151 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: —passive, ξυνὸν πᾶσι ἀγαθὸν σπεύδεται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσπευσμέναι χρεῖαι pressing needs, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 33. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.2 with accusative et infinitive, σπεύσατε.. Τεῦκρον ἐν τάχει μολεῖν urge him to come quickly, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 804 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπεῦσον.. κάπετόν τιν᾽ ἰδεῖν hasten to look out for.., [[[prev. work] 1165 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs]
__II more frequently intransitive, press on, hasten. διὰ δρυμὰ πυκνὰ καὶ ὕλην σπεύδουσ᾽ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.119, compare 8.191, 23.414, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 228 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. ἀπὸ ῥυτῆρος with loose rein, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 900; δρόμῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1556; πεζῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.49, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; exert oneself, strive eagerly or anxiously, of warriors fighting, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.232, compare 8.293, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a smith at work, [[ 18.373 ] Refs]; of beasts of draught, [[ 17.745 ] Refs]; of bees working, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 597: proverbial, ὅταν σπεύδῃ τις αὐτὸς χὠ θεὸς συνάπτεται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 742 (troch.)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σπεῦδε βραδέως festina lente, [[ 2nd c.AD: Gellius, Aulus Grammaticus Latinus 10.11.5] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. τινί exert oneself for another, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 309:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —Construct.,
__II.1 with participle, σπεῦσε πονησάμενος τὰ ἃ ἔργα (for σπουδαίως ἐπονήσατο) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.250, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 935, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 761 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 179: reversely, σπεύδων] Refs 8th c.BC+] in haste, eagerly, τὼ δὲ σπεύδοντε πετέσθην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.506; ἵκετο σπεύδων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.95; εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ.. σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθ᾽ ἥξει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 193 (_anapaest meter_); σ. ἐβοήθει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.1. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 with infinitive, to be eager to.., Hes [[ “Op.” 22,673, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.11(14), “N.” 9.21, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 601, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.41; σῴζειν θέλοντας ἄνδρα γ᾽ ὃς σπεύδῃ θανεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 812 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, σπευδομένα ἀφελεῖν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 360 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 with accusative et infinitive, to be anxious that.., εἰρήνην ἑωυτοῖσι γενέσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.74; ἔσπευδεν εἶναι μὴ μάχας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 672, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λεκτικοὺς γίγνεσθαι τοὺς συνόντας οὐκ ἔσπ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.1: also ἔσπευσεν τοῦ διατηρηθῆναι τὴν εὐφημίαν αὐτοῖς “IG” 22.1028.83. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 followed by ὡς, ὅπως, etc., σ. ὡς Ζεὺς μήποτ᾽ ἄρξειεν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 205 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ὅπως μὴ.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵνα.., ἵνα μὴ.., [[ [prev. author] “Plt.” 264a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.164 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε μή, with infinitive, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 57. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.5 followed by a preposition, σ. μάχην ἐς show eagerness for.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.225 (_middle_, σπεύσομαι εἰς Ἀχιλῆα, ἵνα] Refs 8th c.BC+].. hasten,[[ 15.402); εἰς ἄφενος σπεύδειν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 24; εἰς ἀρετήν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 403; ἐς θαλάμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 182 (_anapaest meter_); ἐς τὰ πράγματα [prev. author] “Ion” 599, etc.; εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ἡμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4; δώματος εἴσω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 100 (_anapaest meter_); ἐπί τι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 57 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; περὶ Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος struggle for him, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.121; ὑπέρ τινος “IG” 12(9).903 (Chalcis, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρός τινα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1026, etc.; also σ. ὁδόν “IG” 14.1729. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 with adverb, σ. οἷ θέλεις [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 334; δεῦρο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 179; ἔνθα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.14, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.7 to be troubled in mind, harassed, [[ LXX.Exo.15.15, LXX.1Ki.28.21, +others (Cf. σπουδή, σπούδαξ] LXX], Lithuanian spáudžiu 'press'.)
