earnest
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. σπουδαῖος (Sophocles, Fragment), ἔντονος, σύντονος, see eager.
be earnest, v.: P. and V. σπουδάζειν (Euripides, Hecuba 337).
to speak not in earnest, but in jest: P. εἰπεῖν οὐ σπουδάζων ἀλλὰ παίζων (Lys. 170).
importunate: P. and V. λιπαρής.
substantive
earnest-money: P. ἀρραβών, ὁ. πρόδοσις, ἡ, Ar. and P. θέσις, ἡ.
pledge: P. and V. ἐγγύη, ἡ, πίστις, ἡ, V. ῥύσιον, τό; see pledge.
specimen: P. and V. παράδειγμα, τό, δείγμα, τό.
