σπουδαῖος: Difference between revisions

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