sēdŭlus — Lewis & Short
sēdŭlus, a, um, adj.etym. dub.; acc. to Curt. from root e(d-, to go; Gr. o(do/s, way; whence Lat. solum, solium; cf. tremulus, from tremo; prop. active, inclined to motion; but perh. better referred to root sed-, sid-, (Sanscr. sad-), of sedeo; Engl. sit; cf. assiduus. The derivation from sē - dolo, adopted by Don. Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 59; Serv. Verg. A. 2, 374; Non. 37, 28; and Isid. Orig. 10, 244 and 247; cf. Döderl. Syn. 1, p. 117 sq. al., is an error; orig. sitting fast, persisting in some course of action; hence,
I busy, diligent, industrious, zealous, careful, unremitting, solicitous, assiduous, sedulous (mostly poet.;
syn.: diligens, officiosus, attentus): eloquentes videbare, non sedulos velle conquirere,orators, not those who labor at oratory, Cic. Brut. 47, 176:
haec a concubitu fit sedula, tardior illa,Ov. A. A. 1, 377:
exanimat lentus spectator, sedulus inflat,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 178:
tantum venerata virum hunc sedula curet,Tib. 1, 5, 33; cf.
puer (minister),Hor. C. 1, 38, 6:
agricola,Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 101:
olitor, Col. poët. 10, 148: apis,Tib. 2, 1, 50; Ov. M. 13, 928:
Baucis,id. ib. 8, 640:
anus,Tib. 1, 3, 84:
nutrix,Ov. H. 21, 95; id. M. 10, 438; Hor. A. P. 116:
mater,Phaedr. 4, 5, 13:
deducat juvenum sedula turba senem,Tib. 1, 4, 80:
sedula fune viri contento bracchia lassant,Ov. F. 4, 297:
labor,Sen. Hippol. 1109:
opera,App. M. 9, p. 237:
industria,id. ib. 2, p. 128:
ministerium,id. ib. 11, p. 267:
cura,Col. 8, 1, 3 et saep.: velim te arbitrari factum. R. Sedulum est, submoventur hostes, removentur lapides, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 194 P.—
II With an invidious implication, officious, obtrusive:
ne studio nostri pecces odiumque libellis Sedulus importes opera vehemente minister,Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 5:
hospes,id. S. 1, 5, 71:
nec quisquam flammae sedulus addat aquam,Tib. 2, 4, 42:
luna,Prop. 1, 3, 32; cf.:
male sedulus,Ov. A. A. 3, 699; id. M. 10, 438.—Hence, advv.
A sēdŭlō, busily, diligently, industriously, eagerly, carefully, zealously, unremittingly, assiduously, solicitously, sedulously.
1 In gen. (very freq. and class.;
a favorite word of Plaut. and Ter.): nam ille amico suo sodali sedulo rem mandatam exsequitur,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 71 sq.:
ut cognorant, dabimus operam sedulo,id. Cas. prol. 16; so,
operam dare,id. Pers. 4, 7, 10; id. Men. 5, 7, 20:
addere,id. Cist. 1, 1, 54; id. Most. 1, 2, 41:
comparare quae opus sunt,Liv. 1, 41:
faciam sedulo, Ut, etc.,Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25.—Most freq. with facere; cf. Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 30; id. Merc. 2, 3, 126; id. Poen. 1, 2, 144; id. Pers. 1, 1, 47 sq.; Ter. And. 3, 4, 18; 4, 1, 56; id. Eun. 2, 3, 71; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 74; 2, 4, 16; id. Ad. 1, 1, 25; 2, 2, 43; Cic. Clu. 21, 58; id. Fin. 3, 4 fin.; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 a, 2.—With fieri, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 31; id. Rud. 1, 4, 22; id. Trin. 1, 2, 155; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 59; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 51; 5, 8, 12; Cic. Fam. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:
sedulo id ago,Ter. And. 3, 5, 8:
agitans mecum,id. Phorm. 4, 3, 10: ad socios nostros sedulo dispertieram, alio frumentum, alio legatos, etc., Cato ap. Charis. p. 197 P.; cf.: salutem impertit studiose et sedulo, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 30:
aliquid conservare,Cato, R. R. 5, 8:
servare,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; id. Curc. 5, 2, 41; id. Rud. 2, 3, 52:
celare,id. Aul. 1, 2, 35:
dissimulare,Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 2; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 81:
animum advertere,Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 40; id. Rud. 2, 2, 1; cf.:
munditer se habere,id. Poen. 1, 2, 26: Ge. Valuistine usque? Ep. Sustentatum'st sedulo, id. Stich. 3, 2, 14; 4, 2, 8:
sedulo aliquid dicere,to assert emphatically, protest, id. Capt. 4, 2, 106; cf.: ego illud sedulo Negare factum;
ille instat factum,Ter. And. 1, 1, 119; so,
moneo,id. Ad. 3, 3, 72:
et moneo, et hortor,id. Hec. 1, 1, 6:
credere,i. e. sincerely, id. Phorm. 2, 4, 13; cf.
argumentari,Cic. Att. 3, 12, 1.—
2 In partic., with an implication of design, on purpose, designedly, intentionally (rare;
not in Cic.): aliquid occultare,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 48:
fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 58:
nusquam nisi in virtute spes est, milites, et ego sedulo, ne esset, feci,Liv. 34, 14:
diem extrahere,id. 28, 15:
tempus terere,id. 3, 46: imitari aliquem, Quint. 7, 1, 54.—
B sēdŭlē, busily, diligently, carefully, etc. (post-Aug. and rare):
semper custos sedule circumire debet alvearia,Col. 9, 9, 1: hoc munus implet sedule, Prud. stef. 5, 407; Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 13.