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ὑπερσπουδ-άζω

uperspoudazo

take exceedingly great pains

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What it meant

ὑπερσπουδ-άζω · hyperspoud-azō — LSJ

take exceedingly great pains

take exceedingly great pains, περί τι Luc. Anach. 9, Philostr. VA 5.26; ὑπερεσπουδᾰκὼς τὰ τοῦ γάμου πράττειν Men. Sam. 4, cf. J. AJ 15.3.6:—Pass., τῇ κωμῳδίᾳ τὸ τοιοῦτον ὑπερεσπούδασται Eust. 1277.48.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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