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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 τοσοῦτον ἐδέησε τοῦ ταῦτ’ ἤδη πράττειν αἱρεῖσθαι, ὥσθ’ ὅσον πρόσθεν χρηστὸσ ἦν καὶ δημοτικὸσ καὶ τῆσ πολιτείασ ἀκριβὴσ σπουδαστὴσ, τοσοῦτον νῦν ἐξέστη τῆσ ὑποθέσεωσ, καὶ τοὐναντίον ἢ πρόσθεν τοῖσ πράγμασι χρῆται· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:6)
  • καίτοι ὅταν ἐξ ἀτελείασ, ὦ Δημόσθενεσ, τὰ τῶν λειτουργιῶν κατὰ μικρὸν ὑπορρέῃ καὶ τούτων αὐτὸσ ᾖσ σπουδαστὴσ, πῶσ οὐκ ἀτεχνῶσ τοῖσ θεοῖσ πολεμεῖσ, ἁκεῖνοι καλῶσ ἔθεσαν, ταῦτ’ αὐτὸσ οἷσ ποιεῖσ διαφθείρων καὶ τήν γε χάριν αὐτῶν τὸ κατὰ σαυτὸν ἀνατρέπων; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 12:2)

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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