studiosus

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stŭdĭōsus: a, um, adj. studium,
I eager, zealous, assiduous, anxious after any thing, fond or studious of any thing.
I In gen.
   (a)    With gen. (most freq.): venandi aut pilae studiosi, Cic. Lael. 20, 74: nemorum caedisque ferinae, Ov. M. 7, 675: placendi, id. A. A. 3, 423: culinae aut Veneris, Hor. S. 2, 5, 80: florum, id. C. 3, 27, 29: dicendi, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; Quint. 2, 13, 1: eloquentiae, id. 5, 10, 122: summe omnium doctrinarum, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3: musices, Quint. 1, 10, 12: sapientiae, id. 3, prooem. § 2; 12, 1, 19: sermonis, id. 10, 1, 114: juris, occupied with, studious of, the law, Suet. Ner. 32.—Comp.: ille restituendi mei quam retinendi studiosior, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 3.—Sup.: munditiarum lautitiarumque studiosissimus, Suet. Caes. 46: aleae, Aur. Vict. Epit. 1.—
   (b)    With dat.: nisi adulterio, studiosus rei nulli aliae, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206: armorum quam conviviorum apparatibus studiosior, Just. 9, 8, 4.—*
   (g)    With ad: studiosiores ad opus, Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7.—
   (d)    With in: in argento, Petr. 52, 1.— (ε) Absol.: homo valde studiosus ac diligens, Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 98: putavi mihi suscipiendum laborem utilem studiosis, id. Opt. Gen. 5, 13: aliquid studioso animo inchoare, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 9.—
II In partic.
   A Zealous for any one, i. e. partial, friendly, attached, devoted to him (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): omnem omnibus studiosis ac fautoribus illius victoriae παρρησίαν eripui, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8: mei studiosos habeo Dyrrhachinos, id. ib. 3, 22, 4: sui, id. Brut. 16, 64: nobilitatis, id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: studiosa Pectora, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 91.—Comp.: studiosior alterius partis, Suet. Tib. 11 med.: te studiosiorem in me colendo fore, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1.—Sup.: hunc cum ejus studiosissimo Pammene, Cic. Or. 30, 105: existimationis meae studiosissimus, id. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 117: studiosissimum Platonis auditorem fuisse, Tac. Or. 32.—
   B Devoted to study or learning, learned, studious (not anteAug.; in Cic. always with gen.: litterarum, doctrinarum, etc.;
v. supra, I. α, and cf. studeo, II. B.): quid studiosa cohors operum struit? Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6: ipse est studiosus, litteratus, etiam disertus, Plin. Ep. 6, 26, 1: juvenis studiosus alioquin, Quint. 10, 3, 32.—Transf., of things: studiosa disputatio, a learned disputation, Quint. 11, 1, 70: otium, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11.—Plur. subst.: stŭdĭōsi, ōrum, m., studious men, the learned, students, Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 13; Quint. 2, 10, 5; 10, 1, 45; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; 4, 28, 2.—Also, <number opt="n">sing.</number>: Stŭdĭōsus, i, m., The Student, the title of a work of the elder Pliny, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, adv.: stŭ-dĭōsē, eagerly, zealously, anxiously, carefully, studiously (freq. and class.): texentem telam studiose offendimus, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44: cum studiose pila luderet, Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253: libenter studioseque audire, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; cf. Tac. Or. 2: aliquid studiose diligenterque curare, Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, § 7: studiose discunt, diligenter docentur, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: aliquid investigare, id. Rep. 1, 11, 17: studiose cavendum est, id. Lael. 26, 99.—Comp.: ego cum antea studiose commendabam Marcilium, tum multo nunc studiosius, quod, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 54; Quint. 3, 1, 15; 3, 6, 61; Ov. M. 5, 578; Nep. Ages. 3, 2; Col. 8, 11, 2; Just. 43, 3, 5 al.—Sup.: aliquid studiosissime quaerere, Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15; id. Off. 3, 28, 101; Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Aug. 45.