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===adjective===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σπουδαῖος]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''Fragment''), [[ἔντονος]], [[σύντονος]], see [[eager]].

[[be earnest]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σπουδάζειν]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Hecuba]]'' 337).

[[to speak not in earnest]], [[but in jest]]: [[prose|P.]] [[εἰπεῖν οὐ σπουδάζων ἀλλὰ παίζων]] (Lys. 170).

[[importunate]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λιπαρής]].

===substantive===

[[earnest-money]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀρραβών]], ὁ. [[πρόδοσις]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[θέσις]], ἡ.

[[pledge]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐγγυή]], ἡ, [[πίστις]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[ῥύσιον]], τό; see [[pledge]].

[[specimen]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παράδειγμα]], τό, [[δείγμα]], τό.

[[assurance]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πίστις]], ἡ.
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