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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">engage, occupy</b>, τινά <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Zeux.</span>7</span>:—Med., impf. <b class="b3">ἠσχολεῖτο</b> (v. infr.): fut. -ήσομαι <span class="bibl">M.Ant.12.2</span>, Aristid.1.423 J.; -ηθήσομαι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Si.</span>39.1</span>: pf. ἠσχόλημαι <span class="bibl">D.C.71.10</span>: aor. ἠσχολησάμην Gal.7.657, and -ήθην <span class="bibl">D.S.4.32</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Macr.</span>8</span>:—<b class="b2">to be occupied, busy</b>, <span class="bibl">Alex. 205</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.999</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>204</span>, etc.; ἀσχολούμεθα ἵνα σχολάζωμεν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1177b4</span>; <b class="b3">περί</b> or <b class="b3">ἐπί τι</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.2.40</span>,<span class="bibl">17.94</span>; πρός τινας Aristid. l. c., cf. 2.178J.: c. part., λαλῶν ἠσχολεῖτο <span class="bibl">Alex.261.12</span>, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. ἀσχολίας ἀνωφελεῖς <span class="bibl">D.Chr.47.23</span>; <b class="b2">exercise</b> a function, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>44.7</span>,<span class="bibl">23</span> (i A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act. intr., in same sense as Med., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1333a41</span>, <span class="bibl">1338a4</span>, <span class="bibl">Philem.220</span>; <b class="b2">to be engaged in one's own business</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1299b33</span>.—Not used in the best Att. </span>