Dictionary entry

G04980

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

σχολάζω

Alt. σχολάζω,

Alt. φυτ. -άσω

Etym. σχολή

I. "to have leisure or spare time, to be at leisure", Thuc., etc.:—c. inf. "to have leisure or time to do" a thing, Xen.

2. "to loiter, linger, delay", Eur., Dem.

II. σχ. ἀπό τινος, Lat. vacare a re, to have rest or "respite from" a thing, "cease from" doing, Xen.

III. σχολάζειν τινί, Lat. vacare rei, to have leisure or "opportunity for" a thing, "to devote one's time to" it, Dem.; πρός τι Xen.

2. also c. dat. pers. "to devote himself to", τοῖς φίλοις id=Xen.: esp. of scholars, σχ. τινί "to devote oneself" to a master, "attend his lectures", id=Xen.; and absol. "to give lectures", Plut.

IV. of a place, "to be vacant or unoccupied", id=Plut.