A.haste, speed, σπουδὴν ἔχειν make haste, Hdt. 9.89; ς. ἔσται τῆς ὁδοῦ haste on the journey, Th.7.77; “ὅκως ἂν αὐτὸν ὁρῶσι σπουδῆς ἔχοντα” Hdt.9.66; χωρίον . ., οἷ σπουδὴν ἔχω whither I am hastening, Ar.Lys.288; “τοῖς μήτε σχολὴν μήτε σπουδὴν διαγινώσκουσιν” Thphr.Char.3.6; σπουδῇ in haste, v. infr. IV; “σὺν σπουδῇ ταχύς” S.Ph.1223; σὺν πάσῃ ς. with all dispatch, POxy.63.5 (ii/iii A.D.); “διὰ σπουδῆς” E.Ba.212, X.HG6.2.28, etc.; “ἐκ σπουδῆς” Arist.Mir.837a15; μετὰ ς. Ev.Marc.6.25, cf. Hdn.6.4.3, etc.; “κατὰ σπουδήν” Th.1.93, 2.90, X.An.7.6.28, etc. (but this sense freq. runs into the next).
II. zeal, pains, trouble, effort, “ἄτερ σπουδῆς” Od.21.409; σῆς ὑπὸ ς. A.Th.585; “σπουδῆς οὐκ ἀξία” S.OT778, cf. Pl.R.604c, etc.; freq. in dat. σπουδῇ, zealously, v. infr. IV. 3; so “σὺν σπουδῇ” Id.Lg. 818c; σὺν πολλῇ ς. X.An.1.8.4; ἐπὶ μεγάλης ς. Pl.Smp.192c; μετὰ πολλῆς ς. Id.Chrm.175e; σπουδὴν ποιεῖσθαι exert oneself, take pains, be eager, Th.4.30; c. inf., Hdt.3.4, 7.205; “ς. πολλὴν ποιέεσθαι” Id.6.107; “πᾶσαν ς. ποιήσασθαι ὅπως . . ” PHib.1.71.9 (iii B.C.); ς. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος Pl.Smp.177c; περί τινα ib.179d; “ἐπί τινι” Luc.Salt.1: c. gen., σπουδήν τινος ποιήσασθαι make much ado about . . , Hdt.1.4; σπουδαὶ λόγων κατατεινομένων zeal for the conflicting arguments, E.Hec.130 (anap.); “πρός τι” D.S.17.114; “ἀμφὶ Κυράνας θέμεν ς. ἅπασαν” Pi.P.4.276; “ὅτου χάριν ς. ἔθου τήνδ᾽” S.Aj.13; ς. ἔχειν, c. inf., to be eager, Hdt.6.120; c. acc. et inf., Id.7.149; “ς. ἔχειν τινός” E.Alc.778, 1014; “περί τινος” Pl. Amat.136c; “εἴς τι” E.Med.557; “ὅπως τι γένηται” D.H.Comp.22; “ς. γίγνεται περί τι” Pl.Phdr.276e; “ς. ἐστι περὶ πραγμάτων” D.8.2; “σπουδῆς καὶ βουλῆς τὰ πράγματα προσδεῖσθαι” Id.9.46; ἡ ς. τῆς ἀπίξιος my zeal in coming, Hdt.5.49, cf. S.Fr.257; ὅπλων σπουδῇ with great attention to the arms, Th.6.31, cf. Pl.Lg.855d: pl., ἐπιμέλειαι καὶ ς. πλήθους γεννημάτων eagerness for . . , ib.740d; zealous exertions, E.Ion 1061 (lyr.), Arist.Rh.1370a12.
b. in a religious sense, zeal, “πρὸς τὴν θεάν” Inscr.Magn.85.12 (ii B.C.), cf.Ep.Rom.12.11; ἐνδείκνυσθαι ς. Ep.Hebr.6.11.
2. esteem, regard for a person, διὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ς. Antipho 6.41; “πάνυ πολλῆς ς. ἄξιος” X.Smp.1.6; good will, good offices, “ς. ὑπέρ τινος” 2 Ep.Cor.8.16, cf. PTeb.314.9 (ii A.D.); support in political life, Plu.Crass.7: pl., party feelings or attachments, rivalries, “ς. ἰσχυραὶ φίλων περί τινος” Hdt.5.5; “κατὰ σπουδάς” Ar.Eq.1370, Ael.VH3.8; σπουδαὶ ἐρώτων erotic enthusiasms, Pl.Lg.632a.
3. disputation, Philostr.VA4.27, 34 (in pl.).
III. earnestness, ς. ἔχειν, ποιεῖσθαι,= σπουδάζειν, E.Ph.901, Ar.Ra.522; “σπουδῆς μὲν μεστοί, γέλωτος δὲ ἐνδεέστεροι” X.Smp.1.13, cf. 2 Ep.Cor.7.11, etc.: freq. with a Prep., in adv. sense, ἀπὸ σπουδῆς ἀγορεύεις in earnest, seriously, Il.7.359, 12.233; μετὰ σπουδῆς, opp. ἐν παιδιαῖς, X.Smp.1.1; μετά τε παιδιᾶς καὶ μετὰ ς. Pl.Lg.887d; “οὐ σπουδῆς χάριν ἀλλὰ παιδιᾶς ἕνεκα” Id.Plt.288c, cf. Smp.197e; “καὶ χωρὶς σπουδῆς καὶ μετὰ σπουδῆς ἐπαινεῖν” Arist.Rh.1366a29.
2. object of attention, serious engagement or pursuit, “σπουδὴν ἐπ᾽ ἄλλην Ἡρακλῆς ὁρμώμενος” E.Supp.1199: pl., “ἔν τε παιδιαῖς καὶ ἐν σπουδαῖς” Pl.Lg.647d, cf. 732d, al.
IV. σπουδῇ as Adv., in haste, hastily, “προερέσσαμεν” Od.13.279; “ἀνάβαινε” 15.209; “στρατιὴν ἄγειν” Hdt.9.1, cf. 89; Dor., “σπουδᾷ ἐξελθοῦσα” IG42(1).121.21 (Epid., iv B.C.); freq. in Att., “ς. πάνυ” Th.8.89, etc.; “σπουδῇ ποδός” E.Hec.216.
