ἐπιτήδ-ευμα,
Cretan dialect ἐπιτάδουμα [[(“SIG” 721.12 (Delos (decree of Cnossus), 2nd c.BC))] Refs 2nd c.BC+], ατος, τό, pursuit, business, custom, τὰ ἐ. τῆς χώρας [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, compare 6.15; μάθημα ἢ ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 180a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τίνα τέχνην ἢ τί ἐ.; [[ [prev. author] “R.” 455a, compare “Euthd.” 275b; ἀρετὴ κάλλιστον τῶν ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.54 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἐ. everyday habits, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.10, etc.; ἐ. πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄλογον καὶ ἐς τὰ ἡμέτερα ἀξύμφορον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιτηδεύματα ἀρετῆς, καπηλείας, practice of.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 711b, 918a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 habit of life, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, ways of living, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 233d, “Lg.” 793d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]