σπουδή
Alt. σπουδή, ἡ,
Etym. σπεύδω
I. "haste, speed", Hdt., etc.; ὅκως σπουδῆς ἔχει τις according as one makes "speed", id=Hdt.
II. "zeal, pains, exertion, trouble", Od., attic: —σπουδὴν ποιεῖσθαι, c. inf., to take "pains" to do a thing, Hdt.; c. gen., σπουδήν τινος ποιήσασθαι to make "much ado about" a thing, id=Hdt.; so, σπ. ἔχειν τινός or εἴς τι Eur.; σπουδῇ ὅπλων "with great attention to" the arms, Thuc.:—in pl. "zealous exertions", Hdt., Eur.; also "party feelings, rivalries", Hdt., Ar.
III. "zeal, earnestness, seriousness", Eur., etc.
2. "an object of attention, a serious engagement", Eur.
IV. σπουδῇ, as adv. "in haste, hastily", Od., Hdt., attic
2. "with great exertion, with difficulty, hardly, scarcely", Hom.
3. "earnestly, seriously, urgently", Eur., etc.; πολλῇ σπ. very "busily", Hdt., etc.; so with Preps., ἀπὸ σπουδῆς "in earnest, seriously", Il.; μετὰ σπουδῆς Xen.