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

  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ βασιλεὺσ αὐτὸσ οὕτω διέφθαρτο τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπὸ γυναικῶν καὶ πότων ὥστε, ὁπότε νήφοι μάλιστα καὶ σπουδαιότατοσ αὑτοῦ γένοιτο, τελετὰσ τελεῖν καὶ τύμπανον ἔχων ἐν τοῖσ βασιλείοισ ἀγείρειν, τὰ δὲ μέγιστα τῆσ ἀρχῆσ πράγματα διοικεῖν Ἀγαθόκλειαν τὴν ἐρωμένην τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ τὴν ταύτησ μητέρα καὶ πορνοβοσκὸν Οἰνάνθην. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 33 2:1)
  • ὡσ οὐχ ὁ μακρότατοσ βίοσ ἄριστοσ ἀλλ’ ὁ σπουδαιότατοσ οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ πλεῖστα κιθαρῳδήσασ ἢ ῥητορεύσασ ἢ κυβερνήσασ ἀλλ’ ὁ καλῶσ ἐπαινεῖται. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 17 1:1)

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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