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|Definition=α, ον ([[σπουδή]]) prop.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[in haste]], [[quick]], σ. τοὺς πόδας Poll. 1.197, 3.149; τὸ σ. τῆς πορείας Polyaen.6.24:—but in ordinary use denoting [[energy]] or [[earnestness]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[earnest]], [[serious]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.2.16 (Sup.), cf. ''Smp.''8.3; [[active]], [[zealous]], in canvassing, Plu. ''Aem.''1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[good]], [[excellent]] in their several kinds, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.69; opp. [[φαῦλος]], Pl.''Lg.''757a, 814e, Arist.''Po.''1448a2; ἀκροαταὶ σπουδαιότεροι Isoc.12.271; σπουδαῖος [[αὐλητής]], opp. [[ἄνθρωπος]] [[μοχθηρός]], Antisth. ap. Plu.''Per.''1; [[κιθαριστής]] [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1098a9; σκυτεύς Id.''EE''1219a22; ἀνδράποδον D.9.31; σ. τὴν τέχνην [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.2; περί τι Pl.''Lg.''817a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in moral sense, [[good]], opp. [[πονηρός]], X.''HG''2.3.19; opp. [[φαῦλος]], Id.''Cyr.''2.2.24, Zeno Stoic.1.52; οἱ σ. Λακεδαιμονίων X.''HG''3.1.9; σ. τὰ ἤθη Isoc.1.4; τῷ ἀρετὴν ἔχειν σ. λέγεται Arist.''Cat.''10b8, cf. ''EN''1166a13, ''Top.''131b2; [[σπουδαῖον]] = [[ἀγαθον]], Id.''EN''1136b8, 1137b4: generally, of all [[virtuous]] [[object]]s or qualities, Id.''Metaph.''1021b24, 1051b24, ''EN'' 1151a27, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[worth serious attention]], [[weighty]], [[χρῆμα]], [[πρῆγμα]], Thgn.65,70,116, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ σπουδαιέστερα</b> ([[σπουδαιέστατα]]) τῶν πρηγμάτων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.8, 133 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[σπουδαιότερα]], [[σπουδαιότατα]]), cf. Iisoc.2.50; ταῦθ' ὑμῖν σπουδαιότατ' ἐστίν D.24.4; opp. [[γελοῖος]], Ar.''Ra.''392 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τί γελᾷς ἐπὶ σπουδαίοις πράγμασιν</b>; Pl.''Euthd.''300e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[good]] of its [[kind]], [[excellent]], σ. νομαί [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.23; <b class="b3">ἡ σπουδαιοτάτη [τῶν ταριχεύσεων]</b> the [[most]] [[elaborate]], [[costly|costliest]], Id.2.86, cf. ''PSI''4.413.26 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἡ ἰσηγορίη χρῆμα σ.</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.78; [[λόγος]] σπουδαῖος Pi.''P.''4.132; μουσική Pl.''Lg.''668b; τιμαί Id.''R.''519d; σπέρματα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.4.23; <b class="b3">δῶρον οὐ σπουδαῖον εἰς ὄψιν</b> not [[goodly]] to [[look]] on, S. ''OC''577; [[τραγῳδία]] σπουδαία Arist.''Po.''1449b17; σπουδαῖον [[ὑπόδημα]] Id.''EE''1219a22:—a play on senses 11.1 and 11.2 in [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1176b25, 1177a3; ironically, σπουδαῖον [[χρῆμα]] = a [[fine]] [[thing]], ''h.Merc.''332.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[σπουδαίως]] with [[haste]] or [[zeal]], [[seriously]], [[earnestly]], [[well]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.9, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''406b, etc.: Comp. [[σπουδαιότερον]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.3.20; [[σπουδαιοτέρως]] Plu.''Nob.''15: Sup. <b class="b3">τὰ σπουδαιότατα</b> [[most carefully]], [[in the best way]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.86.—Besides the regul. Comp. and Sup., we find in Ion. the forms [[σπουδαιέστερος]], [[σπουδαιέστατος]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.8, 133, Hecat. ap. Eust.1441.15, Eus.Mynd.4.