Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σπουδαστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπουδαστός σπουδαστή σπουδαστόν

Structure: σπουδαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spouda/zw

Sense

  1. that deserves to be sought or tried zealously

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ Ἀρτοξέρξησ ἤδη πρεσβύτεροσ ὢν ᾐσθάνετο τοὺσ υἱοὺσ ἀγῶνα περὶ τῆσ βασιλείασ ἐν τοῖσ φίλοισ καὶ τοῖσ δυνατοῖσ ἔχοντασ, οἱ μὲν γὰρ εὐγνώμονεσ ἠξίουν, ὡσ ἔλαβεν αὐτόσ, οὕτωσ ἀπολιπεῖν πρεσβεῖα Δαρείῳ τὴν ἀρχήν, ὁ δὲ νεώτατοσ Ὦχοσ ὀξὺσ ὢν καὶ βίαιοσ εἶχε μὲν καὶ τῶν περὶ τὸ βασίλειον οὐκ ὀλίγουσ σπουδαστάσ, ἤλπιζε δὲ μάλιστα κατεργάσεσθαι τὸν πατέρα διὰ τῆσ Ἀτόσσησ. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 26 1:1)
  • καὶ σπουδαστὰσ ἔχει τῶν λόγων ἑκάτεροσ διὰ Καίσαρα καὶ Κάτωνα πολλούσ. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 54 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. that deserves to be sought or tried zealously

Derived

Similar forms

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

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