σπουδή (σπεύδω): earnest effort;
ἀπὸ σπουδῆς, ‘in
earnest,’ Il. 7.359
; ἄτερ σπουδῆς, ‘without
difficulty,’ Od. 21.409
; σπουδῇ, eagerly,
quickly; also with difficulty, hardly, Od. 3.297.