σπουδάζω, S. OC 1143, Ar. Pax 471 (lyr.), etc.: Att. fut. -άσομαι Pl. Euthphr. 3e, D. 21.213, later -άσω Plb. 3.5.8, D.S. 1.58, etc.: aor. ἐσπούδασα E. HF 507, Pl. Phd. 114e: pf. ἐσπούδακα Ar. V. 694, Pl. Phdr. 236b, etc.: - Med., fut. v. supr.: - Pass., fut. σπουδασθήσομαι Ael. NA 4.13: aor. ἐσπουδάσθην Str. 17.3.15, Plu. Per. 24: pf. ἐσπούδασμαι Pl. Ly. 219e (v. infr.):
I intr.,
1. to be busy, eager to do a thing, c. inf., S. OC 1143, E. Hec. 817, Pl. Euthd. 293a, etc.; σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν . . ταχέως make haste . ., [2Ti 4:9]; ὅτ’ ἐσπούδαζες ἄρχειν wast eager to rule, E. IA 337 (troch.): c. part., ἐσπ. διδάσκων X. Oec. 9.1: freq. ς. περί τινος or τι, Id. Mem. 1.3.8, Pl. R. 330c, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος D. 59.77; εἰς τὰ σά Id. 21.195; πρός τι Id. 22.76; ἐπί τισι X. Mem. 1.3.11, cf. D. 21.2: c. dat., ς. γάμῳ Aristaenet. 2.3; ς. ὅπως . . endeavour that . ., D. 43.12, SIG 312.10 (Samos, iv B.C. ): abs., ἐσπουδακυῖα in haste, hurriedly, Ar. Th. 572; ἐσπουδακώς eagerly, Men. 562 . c. acc. et inf., σπουδάσαντες τοῦτ’ αὐτοῖς παραγενέσθαι Pl. Alc. 2.141d, cf. [2Pe 1:15], BGU 1080.14 (iii A.D.), etc.
2. of persons, ς. πρός τινα pay him serious attention, Pl. Grg. 510c, etc.; εἴς τινα AP 9.422 ( Apollonid. ); ς. περί τινα to be anxious for his success, Isoc. 1.10, X. Cyr. 5.4.13, etc. (distd. fr. πρός τινα by Luc. Sol. 10 ); περί τινος X. Lac. 4.1; ὑπὲρ τῶν οἰκετῶν Aeschin. 1.17; ὑπέρ τινος D. 21.213, etc.; ς. τινί be a partisan or backer of, Plu. Art. 21, Arr. Epict. 1.11.27, PGiss. 71.6 (ii A.D.); ἀπό τινος Philostr. VS 2.27.6 .
3. to be serious or earnest, Ar. Ra. 813; opp. σκώπτειν καὶ κωμῳδεῖν, Id. Pl. 557; freq. in Pl., σπουδάζει ταῦτα ἢ παίζει; Grg. 481b, etc.; ἐσπούδακας, ὅτι ἐπελαβόμην ἐρεσχηλῶν σε; did you take it seriously, that I . .. Phdr. 236b; σπουδάζοντα τοῖς πράγμασι τοῖς ὀνόμασι παίζειν D.H. Lys. 14; ἐσπουδάκατον they have worked hard, Ar. V. 694; μάλα ἐσπουδακότι τῷ προσώπῳ with a very grave face, X. Smp. 2.17 .
4. study, Philostr. VS 1.7.2; lecture, teach, ib. 1.21.5 .
II trans.,
1 c. acc. rei, do anything hastily or earnestly, be earnest about, τὸ αὑτοῦ E. HF 507; τὰς περὶ τὸ μανθάνειν ἡδονάς Pl. Phd. 114e, etc.; opp. παρέργοις χρῆσθαι, Id. Euthd. 273d, cf. Ti. 21c; τὰ ἑαυτοῦ ἡδέα X. Smp. 8.17; ς. τοῦτο, ὅπως . . Id. Eq. 11.10: - Pass., σπουδάζεταί τι is zealously pursued, πᾶν ὅ τι ς . E. Supp. 761; ς. ἀγών X. Lac. 10.3; χρήματα μετὰ πολλῆς δαπάνης ς . Pl. R. 485e; ἡ κωμῳδία διὰ τὸ μὴ σπουδάζεσθαι . . ἔλαθεν because it was not taken up seriously, Arist. Po. 1449b1; οὐ πάνυ σπουδάζεται ὑπ’ αὐτῶν is not much valued, Luc. Cont. 11: esp. freq. in pf. part., πᾶσα ἡ τοιαύτη σπουδὴ οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐστὶν ἐσπουδασμένη Pl. Ly. 219e; προοίμια θαυμαστῶς ἐσπουδασμένα elaborately worked up, Id. Lg. 722e, cf. 659e; so τὰ μάλιστα ἐσπ. σῖτα καὶ ποτά the choicest, X. Cyr. 4.2.38; τὰ ἐσπ ., of writing tablets, the best quality, Thphr. HP 3.9.7 (also κλίνας καὶ δίφρους καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ σπουδαζόμενα ib. 5.3.2 ); εἰ ταῦτ’ ἐσπουδασμένα ἐν γράμμασιν ἐτέθη if those pains were seriously bestowed on letters, Pl. Ep. 344c; αἱ ἐσπουδασμέναι παιδιαί Arist. Rh. 1371a3, cf. Pol. 1336a34 .
2. Pass., of persons, to be treated with respect, opp. καταφρονεῖσθαι, Id. Rh. 1380a26; to be courted, Str. 17.3.15, Plu. Them. 5, D.L. 5.75; of women, Plu. Cim. 4, Art. 26 . in LXX, trouble, disturb any one, [Job 22:10]; [Job 23:16] .
G4704 — σπουδάζω
future σπουδάσω (a later form for the early σπουδάσομαι, cf. Krüger, § 40, under the word, vol. i, p. 190; Buttmann, 53 (46); (Winers Grammar, 89 (85); Veitch, under the word)); 1 aorist ἐσπούδασα; (σπουδή, which see); from Sophocles and Aristophanes down;
a. to hasten, make haste: followed by an infinitive (cf. σπεύδω, 1), [2Ti 4:9], [2Ti 4:21]; [Tit 3:12] (others refer these examples to b.; but cf. Holtzmann's Commentary on [2Ti 2:15]).
b. to exert oneself, endeavor, give difference: followed by an infinitive, [Gal 2:10]; [Eph 4:3]; [1Th 2:17]; [2Ti 2:15]; [Heb 4:11]; [2Pe 1:10]; [2Pe 3:14]; followed by an accusative with an infinitive [2Pe 1:15].
σπουδάζω
( < σπουδή ),
[in LXX chiefly for H926;]
t o make haste; hence, to be zealous or eager, to give diligence: c . inf . ( v. M , Pr., 205 f .), [Gal 2:10], [Eph 4:3], [1Th 2:17], 2Ti 2:15 ; [2Ti 4:9]; [2Ti 4:21], [Tit 3:12], [Heb 4:11], [2Pe 1:10]; [2Pe 3:14]; c . acc et inf . (on this construction v. Mayor in l ; MM , xxiii), [2Pe 1:15] (for other constructions v. LS , s.v. ). †