STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: σπουδάζω

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be eager

σπουδάζω,

[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1143, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 471 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: Attic dialectfuture -άσομαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.213] Refs 5th c.BC+], later -άσω [[2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.5.8, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.58, etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: aorist ἐσπούδασα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 507, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐσπούδακα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 694, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 236b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future see above:—passive, future σπουδασθήσομαι [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 4.13 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐσπουδάσθην [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 24 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: perfect ἐσπούδασμαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 219e (see. below): ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__I intransitive,

__I to be busy, eager to do a thing, with infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1143, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 817, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 293a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν.. ταχέως make haste.. , [[ NT.2Tim.4.9 ] NT]; ὅτ᾽ ἐσπούδαζες ἄρχειν wast eager to rule, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 337 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, ἐσπ. διδάσκων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.1: frequently σ. περί τινος or τι, [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.3.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330c, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.77; εἰς τὰ σά [prev. author] 21.195; πρός τι [prev. author] 22.76; ἐπί τισι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.2: with _dative_, σ. γάμῳ 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 2.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ὅπως.. endeavour that.. , [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.12, “SIG” 312.10 (Samos, 4th c.BC): _absolutely_, ἐσπουδακυῖα] Refs 4th c.BC+] in haste, hurriedly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 572 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσπουδακώς eagerly, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 562. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]

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__II.1 with accusative of things, do anything hastily or earnestly, be earnest about, τὸ αὑτοῦ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 507; τὰς περὶ τὸ μανθάνειν ἡδονάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to παρέργοις χρῆσθαι, [[ [prev. author] “Euthd.” 273d, compare “Ti.” 21c; τὰ ἑαυτοῦ ἡδέα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.17; σ. τοῦτο, ὅπως.. [prev. author] “Eq.” 11.10:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, σπουδάζεταί τι is zealously pursued, πᾶν ὅ τι σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 761; σ. ἀγών 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 10.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρήματα μετὰ πολλῆς δαπάνης σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 485e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κωμῳδία διὰ τὸ μὴ σπουδάζεσθαι.. ἔλαθεν because it was not taken up seriously, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐ πάνυ σπουδάζεται ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν is not much valued, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 11 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: especially frequently in perfect participle, πᾶσα ἡ τοιαύτη σπουδὴ οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐστὶν ἐσπουδασμένη [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 219e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προοίμια θαυμαστῶς ἐσπουδασμένα elaborately worked up, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 722e, compare 659e ] Refs]; so τὰ μάλιστα ἐσπ. σῖτα καὶ ποτά the choicest, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐσπ., of writing tablets, the best quality, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.9.7 (also κλίνας καὶ δίφρους καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ σπουδαζόμενα [prev. work] 5.3.2)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἐσπουδασμένα ἐν γράμμασιν ἐτέθη if those pains were seriously bestowed on letters, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 344c; αἱ ἐσπουδασμέναι παιδιαί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1371a3, compare “Pol.” 1336a34. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]