Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σπουδαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπουδαῖος σπουδαῖη σπουδαῖον

Structure: σπουδαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spoudh/

Sense

  1. earnest, serious, active, zealous
  2. good, excellent
  3. of character and importance
  4. good
  5. worth one's serious attention, serious, weighty
  6. good, excellent
  7. seriously, earnestly, well, most carefully, in the best way

Examples

  • παραινῶ μέντοι σοι φιλοφρονεῖσθαι μὲν πρὸσ ἅπαντασ τούτουσ καὶ ἔχειν ἡδέωσ, πείθεσθαι δὲ τοῖσ πλεῖστον νοῦν ἔχουσιν αὐτῶν, ἵνα καὶ τούτοισ αὐτοῖσ ἔτι σπουδαιότεροσ δοκῇσ εἶναι καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ πολίταισ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 67:3)
  • ὅτι τὴν μὲν παράκλησιν ἐδέξατο, σπουδαιότεροσ δὲ ὑπάρχων αὐθαίρετοσ ἐξῆλθεν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ. (PROS KORINQIOUS B, chapter 7 36:1)

Synonyms

  1. earnest

  2. good

  3. of character and importance

  4. good

  5. good

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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