ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
P. φιλόπονος, φιλεργός, V. πολύπονος.
zealous: P. and V. σπουδαῖος (Sophocles, Fragment), πρόθυμος.
persevering: P. and V. λιπαρής (Plato), Ar. γλίσχρος, V. ἔμπεδος.