σχολάζω

English (LSJ)

Boeot. σχολ-άδδω IG7.2849.6 (Haliartus):—

   A to have leisure or spare time, to be at leisure, have nothing to do, σὺ δ' ἢν σχολάσῃς Ar. Lys.412, cf. Th.4.4, etc.; διὰ τὸ μὴ σχολάζειν ὑπὸ πολέμων because they have no leisure left by the wars, Pl.Lg.694e; ἀσχολούμεθα ἵνα σχολάζωμεν Arist.EN1177b5; σ. καλῶς spend one's leisure well, Id.Pol.1337b31; σ. ἐλευθερίως καὶ σωφρόνως ib.1326b31: c. inf., have leisure or time to do a thing, X.Cyr.2.1.9, 8.1.18, Pl.Lg.763d, etc.    2 loiter, linger, A.Supp.207, 883, E.Hec.730, D.3.35.    II σ. ἀπό τινος have rest or respite from a thing, cease from doing, X.Cyr. 7.5.52; ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρώμνου were set free from the operations at K., Id.HG7.4.28; also σ. ἔργων Plu.Nic.28.    III c. dat., have leisure, time, or opportunity for a thing, devote one's time to a thing, πάντα τὸν βίον ἐσχόλακεν [ἐν] τούτῳ D.22.4; σ. φιλοσοφίᾳ, μουσικῇ, etc., Luc.Macr.4, VH2.15; μόνῃ σ. ὑγιείᾳ Gal.6.168; τῇ γῇ, i.e. agriculture, Sammelb. 4284.15 (iii A.D.); so πρὸς ταῦτα X.Mem.3.6.6; πρὸς τοῖς ἰδίοις Arist. Pol.1308b36; ἐπί τινος Id.PA682a34; περὶ λόγους Plu.Brut.22; πρὸς ἐννοίᾳ . . πρὸς αὑτόν Id.Num.14.    2 c. dat. pers., devote oneself to . ., τοῖς φίλοις X.Cyr.7.5.39; ἑαυτοῖς Gal.6.810; ὁ στρατηγὸς . . τοῖς διαφέρουσιν ἐσχόλασεν Wilcken Chr.41 i8 (iii A.D.); esp. of students, study, attend lectures, ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳ Phld.Acad.Ind.p.88 M.; σ. τινί devote oneself to a master, attend his lectures, σ. Καρνεάδῃ, Ἰσοκράτει, ib.p.89 M., Plu.2.844b; τοῖς φιλοσόφοις IG22.1028.34 (ii/i B.C.); μετ' Ἐπικούρου Phylarch.24J.; παρά τισι Alciphr.1.34.    3 abs., devote oneself to learning: hence, give lectures (cf. σχολή 11), Apollon.Perg. Con. 1 Praef.; σ. Ἀθήνησιν Phld.Rh.1.95 S.; ἐν Λυκείῳ D.H.Amm.1.5, cf. Plu.Dem.5:c.acc.neut., ἅπερ ἐσχολάσαμεν Demetr.Lac.Herc.1013.18; τὰ περὶ τοῦ τέλους σχολασθέντα lectures upon... S.E.M.11.167; of a gladiator, to be master of a school (ludus), εἰς Ἔφεσον Rev.Arch.30 (1929).24 (Gortyn).    IV of a place, to be vacant, unoccupied, Plu.CG 12, Jul.Caes.316c: c. dat., to be reserved for, τὸ ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ κορυφῆς μέχρι σελήνης θεοῖς καὶ ἄστροις . . σχολάζει Herm. ap. Stob.1.49.68.