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σχολ-άζω

scholazo

to have leisure

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Where it lives

  • Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
  • Politics 29 · 4.44/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
  • Theages 1 · 2.88/10k
  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
  • Economics 3 · 1.69/10k
  • 1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
  • Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
  • Memorabilia 4 · 1.12/10k
  • Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 11 · 1.03/10k
  • Meno 1 · 1.02/10k

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What it meant

σχολ-άζω · schol-azō — LSJ

to have leisure, spare time, to be at leisure, have nothing to do, they have, leisure left, spend oneʼs leisure, have leisure, time to do

to have leisure or spare time, to be at leisure, have nothing to do, σὺ δʼ ἢν σχολάσῃς Ar. Lys. 412, cf. Th. 4.4, etc.; διὰ τὸ μὴ σχολάζειν ὑπὸ πολέμων because they have no leisure left by the wars, Pl. Lg. 694e; ἀσχολούμεθα ἵνα σχολάζωμεν Arist. EN 1177b5; σ. καλῶς spend oneʼs leisure well, Id. Pol. 1337b31; σ. ἐλευθερίως καὶ σωφρόνως ib. 1326b31: c. inf., have leisure or time to do a thing, X. Cyr. 2.1.9, 8.1.18, Pl. Lg. 763d, etc.

2 loiter, linger

loiter, linger, A. Supp. 207, 883, E. Hec. 730, D. 3.35.

II have rest, respite, cease, were set free

σ. ἀπό τινος have rest or respite from a thing, cease from doing, X. Cyr. 7.5.52; ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρώμνου were set free from the operations at K., Id. HG 7.4.28; also σ. ἔργων Plu. Nic. 28.

III have leisure, time, opportunity for, devote oneʼs time to

c. dat., have leisure, time, or opportunity for a thing, devote oneʼs time to a thing, πάντα τὸν βίον ἐσχόλακεν [ἐν] τούτῳ D. 22.4; σ. φιλοσοφίᾳ, μουσικῇ, etc., Luc. Macr. 4, VH 2.15; μόνῃ σ. ὑγιείᾳ Gal. 6.168; τῇ γῇ, i.e. agriculture, Sammelb. 4284.15 (iii A.D.); so πρὸς ταῦτα X. Mem. 3.6.6; πρὸς τοῖς ἰδίοις Arist. Pol. 1308b36; ἐπί τινος Id. PA 682a34; περὶ λόγους Plu. Brut. 22; πρὸς ἐννοίᾳ . . πρὸς αὑτόν Id. Num. 14.

2 devote oneself to, study, attend lectures, devote oneself, attend his lectures

c. dat. pers., devote oneself to . . , τοῖς φίλοις X. Cyr. 7.5.39; ἑαυτοῖς Gal. 6.810; ὁ στρατηγὸς . . τοῖς διαφέρουσιν ἐσχόλασεν Wilcken Chr. 41 i8 (iii A.D.); esp. of students, study, attend lectures, ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳ Phld. Acad.Ind. p.88 M.; σ. τινί devote oneself to a master, attend his lectures, σ. Καρνεάδῃ, Ἰσοκράτει, ib. p.89 M., Plu. VOrat. 2.844b; τοῖς φιλοσόφοις IG 2(2).1028.34 (ii/i B.C.); μετʼ Ἐπικούρου Phylarch. 24J.; παρά τισι Alciphr. 1.34.

3 devote oneself to learning, give lectures, lectures, to be master of a school, ludus

abs., devote oneself to learning: hence, give lectures (cf. σχολή II), Apollon.Perg. Con. 1 Praef.; σ. Ἀθήνησιν Phld. Rh. 1.95 S.; ἐν Λυκείῳ D.H. Amm. 1.5, cf. Plu. Dem. 5:c. acc. neut., ἅπερ ἐσχολάσαμεν Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1013.18; τὰ περὶ τοῦ τέλους σχολασθέντα lectures upon . . , S.E. M. 11.167; of a gladiator, to be master of a school (ludus), εἰς Ἔφεσον Rev.Arch. 30 (1929).24 (Gortyn).

IV to be vacant, unoccupied, to be reserved for

of a place, to be vacant, unoccupied, Plu. CG 12, Jul. Caes. 316c: c. dat., to be reserved for, τὸ ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ κορυφῆς μέχρι σελήνης θεοῖς καὶ ἄστροις . . σχολάζει Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.68.

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