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

  • νὴ Δί’ ὦ φίλη γύναι, λέγε δῆτα τὸ σπουδαῖον ὅ τι τοῦτ’ ἐστί σοι. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Prologue 3:10)
  • σπουδαῖον γὰρ ἐν αὐτέοισιν οὐδέν, κενεὰ δὲ πάντα καὶ ἀτόμων φορὴ καὶ ἀπειρίη. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 13:16)
  • ἐν αὐταῖσ δὲ ταῖσ ἑπτὰ σπουδαῖον μὲν οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ἀγοραῖον διοικήσασθαί μοι συγκεχώρηται, πίνειν δὲ καὶ μεθύειν καὶ βοᾶν καὶ παίζειν καὶ κυβεύειν καὶ ἄρχοντασ καθιστάναι καὶ τοὺσ οἰκέτασ εὐωχεῖν καὶ γυμνὸν ᾅδειν καὶ κροτεῖν ὑποτρέμοντα, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ἐσ ὕδωρ ψυχρὸν ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν ὠθεῖσθαι ἀσβόλῳ κεχρισμένον τὸ πρόσωπον, ταῦτα ἐφεῖταί μοι ποιεῖν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 2:7)
  • λογιζόμενοσ γάρ ὅτι ταὐτὰ μὲν ἀναγκασθήσεται ποιεῖν, οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν δὲ χάριν ἕξει παρὰ τοῖσ πολίταισ, ἀλλὰ πάντων ὁμοίωσ ἃ κέκτηνται κατατιθεμένων μόνῳ τῷ ἀρξαμένῳ προσθήσουσι τὴν τιμήν, ἠρώτα τὸν Ἆγιν εἰ δίκαιον ἄνδρα καὶ σπουδαῖον ἡγεῖται γεγονέναι Λυκοῦργον. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 10 1:3)
  • τὰ γὰρ πολλὰ τοιαῦτα τῶν ἐν ταῖσ οἰκίαισ, σκευάρια κείμενα καὶ θεραπαινίδια καθεζόμενα καὶ σπουδαῖον οὐδὲν οὐδ’ ἐπιτερπέσ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 124)
  • καὶ ἔμελλέν γε ἐκεῖνοσ περὶ ὀρχηστικὴν οὐ μετρίωσ σπουδάσεσθαι, ὅσ γε καὶ τὰ μικρὰ οὐκ ὤκνει μανθάνειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰσ τὰ διδασκαλεῖα τῶν αὐλητρίδων ἐφοίτα καὶ παρ’ ἑταίρασ γυναικὸσ οὐκ ἀπηξίου σπουδαῖόν τι ἀκούειν, τῆσ Ἀσπασίασ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 25:2)

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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