View word page
σπουδαῖος
σπουδαῖος σπουδαῖος, α, ον σπουδή of persons, earnest, serious, Xen.; active, zealous, Plut. good, excellent, Hdt., Plat.; σπουδαῖος τὴν τέχνην Xen. of men of character and importance, Xen. in moral sense, good, opp. to πονηρός, Xen. of things, worth oneʼs serious attention, serious, weighty, Theogn., Hdt., Attic good of its kind, excellent, Hdt., etc. adv. σπουδαίως, seriously, earnestly, well, Xen., etc.:—comp., -ότερον, Xen.; Sup. -ότατα, most carefully, in the best way, Hdt.—There are also irreg. comp. and Sup. σπουδαι-έστερος, -έστατος.

ShortDef

earnest, serious

Debugging

Headword:
σπουδαῖος
Headword (normalized):
σπουδαῖος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σπουδαιος
Intro Text:
σπουδαῖος σπουδαῖος, α, ον σπουδή of persons, earnest, serious, Xen.; active, zealous, Plut. good, excellent, Hdt., Plat.; σπουδαῖος τὴν τέχνην Xen. of men of character and importance, Xen. in moral sense, good, opp. to πονηρός, Xen. of things, worth oneʼs serious attention, serious, weighty, Theogn., Hdt., Attic good of its kind, excellent, Hdt., etc. adv. σπουδαίως, seriously, earnestly, well, Xen., etc.:—comp., -ότερον, Xen.; Sup. -ότατα, most carefully, in the best way, Hdt.—There are also irreg. comp. and Sup. σπουδαι-έστερος, -έστατος.
IDX:
30053
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n30087
Key:
spoudai=os

Senses and Citations (From Data)

Citations (From Models)

No citations.

Data

{
  "content": "σπουδαῖος\n σπουδαῖος, α, ον\n σπουδή\n of persons, earnest, serious, Xen.; active, zealous, Plut.\n good, excellent, Hdt., Plat.; σπουδαῖος τὴν τέχνην Xen.\n of men of character and importance, Xen.\n in moral sense, good, opp. to πονηρός, Xen.\n of things, worth oneʼs serious attention, serious, weighty, Theogn., Hdt., Attic\n good of its kind, excellent, Hdt., etc.\n adv. σπουδαίως, seriously, earnestly, well, Xen., etc.:—comp., -ότερον, Xen.; Sup. -ότατα, most carefully, in the best way, Hdt.—There are also irreg. comp. and Sup. σπουδαι-έστερος, -έστατος.",
  "key": "spoudai=os"
}