σπουδ-αῖος (spoudaios)

Where it lives

To Demonicus 14 · 48.41/10k
Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
Virtues and Vices 2 · 13.49/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 70 · 12.43/10k
Letter 4 1 · 12.15/10k
Categories 11 · 10.95/10k
The Erotic Essay 4 · 10.94/10k
Eudemian Ethics 23 · 8.81/10k
2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
The Funeral Speech 51-61 2 · 7.97/10k
Ars Poetica 8 · 7.91/10k
Letter 2 1 · 7.84/10k

Densest 12 of 60 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σπουδ-αῖος · spoud-aios — LSJ

in haste, quick, energy, earnestness

in haste, quick, σ. τοὺς πόδας Poll. 1.197, 3.149; τὸ σ. τῆς πορείας Polyaen. 6.24:—but in ordinary use denoting energy or earnestness:

I earnest, serious, active, zealous

of persons, earnest, serious, X. Cyr. 2.2.16 (Sup.), cf. Smp. 8.3; active, zealous, in canvassing, Plu. Aem. 1.

2 good, excellent

good, excellent in their several kinds, Hdt. 8.69; opp. φαῦλος, Pl. Lg. 757a, 814e, Arist. Po. 1448a2; ἀκροαταὶ -ότεροι Isoc. 12.271; σ. αὐλητής, opp. ἄνθρωπος μοχθηρός, Antisth. ap. Plu. Per. 1; κιθαριστής Arist. EN 1098a9; σκυτεύς Id. EE 1219a22; ἀνδράποδον D. 9.31; σ. τὴν τέχνην X. Mem. 4.2.2; περί τι Pl. Lg. 817a.

3 good, virtuous

in moral sense, good, opp. πονηρός, X. HG 2.3.19; opp. φαῦλος, Id. Cyr. 2.2.24, Zeno Stoic. 1.52; οἱ σ. Λακεδαιμονίων X. HG 3.1.9; σ. τὰ ἤθη Isoc. 1.4; τῷ ἀρετὴν ἔχειν σ. λέγεται Arist. Cat. 10b8, cf. EN 1166a13, Top. 131b2; σπουδαῖον = ἀγαθον, Id. EN 1136b8, 1137b4: generally, of all virtuous objects or qualities, Id. Metaph. 1021b24, 1051b24, EN 1151a27, al.

II worth serious attention, weighty

of things, worth serious attention, weighty, χρῆμα, πρῆγμα, Thgn. 65, 70, 116, etc.; τὰ -έστερα (-έστατα) τῶν πρηγμάτων Hdt. 1.8, 133 (v.l. -ότερα, -ότατα), cf. Iisoc. 2.50; ταῦθʼ ὑμῖν σπουδαιότατʼ ἐστίν D. 24.4; opp. γελοῖος, Ar. Ra. 392 (lyr.); τί γελᾷς ἐπὶ σπουδαίοις πράγμασιν; Pl. Euthd. 300e.

2 good, excellent, the most elaborate, costliest, goodly, fine

good of its kind, excellent, σ. νομαί Hdt. 4.23; ἡ σπουδαιοτάτη [τῶν ταριχεύσεων] the most elaborate, costliest, Id. 2.86, cf. PSI 4.413.26 (iii B.C.); ἡ ἰσηγορίη χρῆμα σ. Hdt. 5.78; λόγος σ. Pi. P. 4.132; μουσική Pl. Lg. 668b; τιμαί Id. R. 519d; σπέρματα X. Mem. 4.4.23; δῶρον οὐ σ. εἰς ὄψιν not goodly to look on, S. OC 577; τραγῳδία σ. Arist. Po. 1449b17; σ. ὑπόδημα Id. EE 1219a22:— a play on senses II.1 and II.2 in Arist. EN 1176b25, 1177a3; ironically, σ. χρῆμα a fine thing, h.Merc. 332.

III with haste, zeal, seriously, earnestly, well, most carefully, in the best way

Adv. σπουδαίως with haste or zeal, seriously, earnestly, well, X. Cyr. 1.3.9, Pl. Cra. 406b, etc.: Comp. -ότερον X. Cyr. 2.3.20; -οτέρως Plu. Nob. 15: Sup. τὰ -ότατα most carefully, in the best way, Hdt. 2.86.—Besides the regul. Comp. and Sup., we find in Ion. the forms -έστερος, -έστατος, Hdt. 1.8, 133, Hecat. ap. Eust. 1441.15, Eus.Mynd. 4.

In the wild

σπουδαῖα · spoudaia Aristophanes, Frogs 391–395
σπουδαῖον · spoudaion Aristophanes, Lysistrata 96 (DIORISIS sentence 82)
σπουδαίαν · spoudaian Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Β (DIORISIS sentence 1260)
σπουδαίαν · spoudaian Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Β (DIORISIS sentence 1271)
σπουδαίαν · spoudaian Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Β (DIORISIS sentence 1255)
σπουδαίαν · spoudaian Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Β (DIORISIS sentence 1255)

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Where it came from

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