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