σπουδή
See also: αγάπη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπεύδω (speúdō, “to be keen; make haste”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spuː.dɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spuˈde̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spuˈði/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spuˈði/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spuˈði/
Noun
σπουδή • (spoudḗ) f (genitive σπουδῆς); first declension
- haste, speed
- Antonym: σχολή (skholḗ)
Declension
First declension of ἡ σπουδή; τῆς σπουδῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σπουδή hē spoudḗ | τὼ σπουδᾱ́ tṑ spoudā́ | αἱ σπουδαί hai spoudaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σπουδῆς tês spoudês | τοῖν σπουδαῖν toîn spoudaîn | τῶν σπουδῶν tôn spoudôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σπουδῇ têi spoudêi | τοῖν σπουδαῖν toîn spoudaîn | ταῖς σπουδαῖς taîs spoudaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σπουδήν tḕn spoudḗn | τὼ σπουδᾱ́ tṑ spoudā́ | τᾱ̀ς σπουδᾱ́ς tā̀s spoudā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | σπουδή spoudḗ | σπουδᾱ́ spoudā́ | σπουδαί spoudaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σπουδάζω (spoudázō)
- σπουδαῖος (spoudaîos)
Descendants
- Greek: σπουδή (spoudí)
Further reading
- “σπουδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σπουδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σπουδή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek σπουδή (spoudḗ, “zeal; haste; earnestness”).
Noun
σπουδή • (spoudí) f (plural σπουδές)
- (education) study
- (chess) study, endgame study
- eagerness, haste
- (in the plural) education, studies
Declension
declension of σπουδή
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | σπουδή • | σπουδές • |
genitive | σπουδής • | σπουδών • |
accusative | σπουδή • | σπουδές • |
vocative | σπουδή • | σπουδές • |
Related terms
- σπουδάζω (spoudázo, “to study”)
- σπουδάζων (spoudázon, “related to the body of students”)
- σπούδασμα n (spoúdasma, “education”)
- σπουδάστρια f (spoudástria, “pupil, school student”)
- σπουδασμένος (spoudasménos, “educated”)
- σπουδαστήριο n (spoudastírio, “study room”)
- σπουδαστής m (spoudastís, “pupil, school student”)
- σπουδαστικός (spoudastikós, “study”)
Further reading
- σπουδή - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.