A.“ἐπετήδευον” Pl.Phd.64a : aor. “ἐπετήδευσα” Th.1.37 : pf. ἐπιτετήδευκα, Pass. -ευμαι, Pl.Hp.Ma.304b, Lys.13.65 : (as if a compd. of ἐπί, Τηδεύω, but it is formed directly from ἐπιτηδές):—pursue or practise a thing, make it one's business, c.acc., “εὐπαθείας” Hdt.1.135, etc. ; “ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς..ἀνάγκη κἀπιτηδεύειν κακά” S.El.309 ; “λαλιάν” Ar.Ra.1069 ; “εὐσέβειαν” Antipho 2.3.11 ; “τὸ δ᾽ ἐπὶ κακουργίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἀρετῇ ἐπετήδευσαν” Th.1.37 ; τέχνην, μουσικήν, Pl.Tht.149a, X.Ath.1.13, etc. ; ἐ. τι πρός τι invent with a view to.., Hdt.6.125:—Pass., to be practised, “ὅσα κακὰ καὶ αἰσχρά τινι ἐπιτετήδευται” Lys.13.65 ; also, to be made so and so by art, opp. to being so by nature, Hdt.1.98 ; of dogs, to be carefully trained, “πρός τι” X.Cyr.1.6.40.
2. c. inf.. take care to do, use to do, Hdt.3.18, 4.170, Pl.Grg.524c, Jul.Or.1.3d, etc. ; also “ἐ. ὅπως..” Hdt.3.102.
3. abs. in part., οὐδὲν αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύοντες without any deliberate purpose on our part, Speus. ap. Theol.Ar.61 ; “ἐπιτηδεύσας” on purpose, Hld.5.31.
