- σπουδαῖος
- σπουδ-αῖος, α, ον ([etym.] σπουδή) prop.A in haste, quick,
σ. τοὺς πόδας Poll. 1.197
, 3.149;τὸ σ. τῆς πορείας Polyaen.6.24
:—but in ordinary use denoting energy or earnestness:I of persons, earnest, serious, X.Cyr.2.2.16 ([comp] Sup.), cf. Smp.8.3; active, zealous, in canvassing, Plu. Aem.1.2 good, excellent in their several kinds, Hdt.8.69; opp. φαῦλος, Pl.Lg.757a, 814e, Arist.Po.1448a2;ἀκροαταὶ-ότεροι Isoc.12.271
; σ. αὐλητής, opp. ἄνθρωπος μοχθηρός, Antisth. ap. Plu.Per.1;κιθαριστής Arist.EN1098a9
;σκυτεύς Id.EE1219a22
;ἀνδράποδον D.9.31
;σ. τὴν τέχνην X.Mem.4.2.2
;περί τι Pl.Lg.817a
.3 in moral sense, good, opp. πονηρός, X.HG2.3.19; opp. φαῦλος, Id.Cyr.2.2.24, Zeno Stoic.1.52;οἱ σ. Λακεδαιμονίων X.HG3.1.9
;σ. τὰ ἤθη Isoc.1.4
;τῷ ἀρετὴν ἔχειν σ. λέγεται Arist.Cat.10b8
, cf. EN1166a13, Top.131b2; σπουδαῖον = ἀγαθον, Id.EN1136b8, 1137b4: generally, of all virtuous objects or qualities, Id.Metaph.1021b24, 1051b24, EN 1151a27, al.II of things, worth serious attention, weighty, χρῆμα, πρῆγμα, Thgn.65,70,116, etc.; τὰ -έστερα ([etym.] -έστατα)τῶν πρηγμάτων Hdt.1.8
, 133 (v.l. -ότερα, -ότατα), cf. Iisoc.2.50;ταῦθ' ὑμῖν σπουδαιότατ' ἐστίν D.24.4
; opp. γελοῖος, Ar.Ra.392 (lyr.); τί γελᾷς ἐπὶ σπουδαίοις πράγμασιν; Pl.Euthd.300e.2 good of its kind, excellent,σ. νομαί Hdt.4.23
; ἡ σπουδαιοτάτη [τῶν ταριχεύσεων] the most elaborate, costliest, Id.2.86, cf. PSI4.413.26 (iii B.C.); ἡ ἰσηγορίη χρῆμα ς. Hdt.5.78; λόγος ς. Pi.P.4.132;μουσική Pl.Lg.668b
;τιμαί Id.R.519d
;σπέρματα X.Mem.4.4.23
; δῶρον οὐ σ. εἰς ὄψιν not goodly to look on, S. OC577; τραγῳδία ς. Arist.Po.1449b17;σ. ὑπόδημα Id.EE1219a22
:— a play on senses 11.1 and 11.2 in Arist.EN1176b25, 1177a3; ironically, σ. χρῆμα a fine thing, h.Merc.332.III Adv. σπουδαίως with haste or zeal, seriously, earnestly, well, X.Cyr.1.3.9, Pl.Cra.406b, etc.: [comp] Comp.-ότερον X.Cyr.2.3.20
;-οτέρως Plu.Nob.15
: [comp] Sup. τὰ -ότατα most carefully, in the best way, Hdt.2.86.—Besides the regul. [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup., we find in [dialect] Ion. the forms -έστερος, -έστατος, Hdt. 1.8, 133, Hecat. ap. Eust.1441.15, Eus.Mynd.4.
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