ἐπιτηδ-εύω,
imperfect ἐπετήδευον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 64a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπετήδευσα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἐπιτετήδευκα, passive -ευμαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 304b, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.65: (as if a _compound_ of ἐπί, Τηδεύω, but it is formed directly from ἐπιτηδές)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—pursue or practise a thing, make it one's business, c.accusative, εὐπαθείας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.135, etc.; ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς..ἀνάγκη κἀπιτηδεύειν κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 309; λαλιάν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1069; εὐσέβειαν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.11; τὸ δ᾽ ἐπὶ κακουργίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἀρετῇ ἐπετήδευσαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέχνην, μουσικήν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 149a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.13, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τι πρός τι invent with a view to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.125 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be practised, ὅσα κακὰ καὶ αἰσχρά τινι ἐπιτετήδευται [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.65 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, to be made so and so by art, opposed to to being so by nature, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.98 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of dogs, to be carefully trained, πρός τι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.40. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with infinitive. take care to do, use to do, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.18, 4.170, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 524c, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.3d, etc.; also ἐ. ὅπως.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.102. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]