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|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 [[Diodorus Siculus|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>, [[Diodorus Siculus|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.