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

  • τῷ δὲ φευκτὸν ἢ οὐ σπουδαστὸν τὸ ἐπαρκεῖν, μοχθηρῷ ὄντι· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 160:1)
  • καὶ διὰ ταῦτα, ὡσ ἐοίκε, σπουδάζομεν καὶ τὴν φρόνησιν καὶ τἆλλα πάντα τὰ καλά, ὅτι τὸ ἔργον αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ ἔκγονον σπουδαστόν ἐστι, τὸ ἀγαθόν, καὶ κινδυνεύει ἐξ ὧν εὑρίσκομεν ἐν πατρόσ τινοσ ἰδέᾳ εἶναι τὸ καλὸν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 98:2)
  • καὶ κοινῆσ καὶ δαψιλοῦσ ἀπολαύειν προνοίασ ἢ μετρίων δή τινων τυγχάνειν τῶν σπουδαστῶν; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 7:9)

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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