I.eager, zealous, assiduous, anxious after any thing, fond or studious of any thing.
I. In gen.
(α).
With gen. (most freq.): “venandi aut pilae studiosi,” Cic. Lael. 20, 74: “nemorum caedisque ferinae,” Ov. M. 7, 675: “placendi,” id. A. A. 3, 423: “culinae aut Veneris,” Hor. S. 2, 5, 80: “florum,” id. C. 3, 27, 29: “dicendi,” Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; Quint. 2, 13, 1: “eloquentiae,” id. 5, 10, 122: “summe omnium doctrinarum,” Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3: “musices,” Quint. 1, 10, 12: “sapientiae,” id. 3, prooem. § 2; “12, 1, 19: sermonis,” id. 10, 1, 114: “juris,” occupied with, studious of, the law, Suet. Ner. 32.—Comp.: “ille restituendi mei quam retinendi studiosior,” Cic. Att. 8, 3, 3.—Sup.: “munditiarum lautitiarumque studiosissimus,” Suet. Caes. 46: “aleae,” Aur. Vict. Epit. 1.—
(β).
With dat.: “nisi adulterio, studiosus rei nulli aliae,” Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206: “armorum quam conviviorum apparatibus studiosior,” Just. 9, 8, 4.—*
(δ).
With in: “in argento,” Petr. 52, 1.— (ε) Absol.: “homo valde studiosus ac diligens,” Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 98: “putavi mihi suscipiendum laborem utilem studiosis,” id. Opt. Gen. 5, 13: “aliquid studioso animo inchoare,” Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 9.—
II. In partic.
A. Zealous for any one, i. e. partial, friendly, attached, devoted to him (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): omnem omnibus studiosis ac fautoribus illius victoriae παρρησίαν eripui, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8: “mei studiosos habeo Dyrrhachinos,” id. ib. 3, 22, 4: “sui,” id. Brut. 16, 64: “nobilitatis,” id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: “studiosa Pectora,” Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 91.—Comp.: “studiosior alterius partis,” Suet. Tib. 11 med.: “te studiosiorem in me colendo fore,” Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1.—Sup.: “hunc cum ejus studiosissimo Pammene,” Cic. Or. 30, 105: “existimationis meae studiosissimus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 117: “studiosissimum Platonis auditorem fuisse,” Tac. Or. 32.—
B. Devoted to study or learning, learned, studious (not anteAug.; in Cic. always with gen.: litterarum, doctrinarum, etc.; v. supra, I. α, and cf. studeo, II. B.): “quid studiosa cohors operum struit?” Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6: “ipse est studiosus, litteratus, etiam disertus,” Plin. Ep. 6, 26, 1: “juvenis studiosus alioquin,” Quint. 10, 3, 32.—Transf., of things: “studiosa disputatio,” a learned disputation, Quint. 11, 1, 70: “otium,” Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11.—Plur. subst.: stŭdĭōsi , ōrum, m., studious men, the learned, students, Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 13; Quint. 2, 10, 5; 10, 1, 45; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; 4, 28, 2.—Also, sing.: Stŭdĭōsus , i, m., The Student, the title of a work of the elder Pliny, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, adv.: stŭ-dĭōsē , eagerly, zealously, anxiously, carefully, studiously (freq. and class.): “texentem telam studiose offendimus,” Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44: “cum studiose pila luderet,” Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253: “libenter studioseque audire,” id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; cf. Tac. Or. 2: “aliquid studiose diligenterque curare,” Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, § “7: studiose discunt, diligenter docentur,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: “aliquid investigare,” id. Rep. 1, 11, 17: “studiose cavendum est,” id. Lael. 26, 99.—Comp.: “ego cum antea studiose commendabam Marcilium, tum multo nunc studiosius, quod, etc.,” Cic. Fam. 13, 54; Quint. 3, 1, 15; 3, 6, 61; Ov. M. 5, 578; Nep. Ages. 3, 2; Col. 8, 11, 2; Just. 43, 3, 5 al.—Sup.: “aliquid studiosissime quaerere,” Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15; id. Off. 3, 28, 101; Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Aug. 45.
