σπουδαῖος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπουδή (spoudḗ, “haste, speed”) + -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spoː.dâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spuˈdɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spuˈðɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spuˈðe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spuˈðe.os/
Adjective
σπουδαῖος • (spoudaîos) m (feminine σπουδαίᾱ, neuter σπουδαῖον); first/second declension
- earnest, serious
- diligent, active, zealous
- good, relating to moral character and importance
Declension
First and second declension of σπουδαῖος; σπουδαίᾱ; σπουδαῖον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | σπουδαῖος spoudaîos | σπουδαίᾱ spoudaíā | σπουδαῖον spoudaîon | σπουδαίω spoudaíō | σπουδαίᾱ spoudaíā | σπουδαίω spoudaíō | σπουδαῖοι spoudaîoi | σπουδαῖαι spoudaîai | σπουδαῖᾰ spoudaîa | |||||
Genitive | σπουδαίου spoudaíou | σπουδαίᾱς spoudaíās | σπουδαίου spoudaíou | σπουδαίοιν spoudaíoin | σπουδαίαιν spoudaíain | σπουδαίοιν spoudaíoin | σπουδαίων spoudaíōn | σπουδαίων spoudaíōn | σπουδαίων spoudaíōn | |||||
Dative | σπουδαίῳ spoudaíōi | σπουδαίᾳ spoudaíāi | σπουδαίῳ spoudaíōi | σπουδαίοιν spoudaíoin | σπουδαίαιν spoudaíain | σπουδαίοιν spoudaíoin | σπουδαίοις spoudaíois | σπουδαίαις spoudaíais | σπουδαίοις spoudaíois | |||||
Accusative | σπουδαῖον spoudaîon | σπουδαίᾱν spoudaíān | σπουδαῖον spoudaîon | σπουδαίω spoudaíō | σπουδαίᾱ spoudaíā | σπουδαίω spoudaíō | σπουδαίους spoudaíous | σπουδαίᾱς spoudaíās | σπουδαῖᾰ spoudaîa | |||||
Vocative | σπουδαῖε spoudaîe | σπουδαίᾱ spoudaíā | σπουδαῖον spoudaîon | σπουδαίω spoudaíō | σπουδαίᾱ spoudaíā | σπουδαίω spoudaíō | σπουδαῖοι spoudaîoi | σπουδαῖαι spoudaîai | σπουδαῖᾰ spoudaîa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σπουδαίως spoudaíōs | σπουδαιότερος spoudaióteros | σπουδαιότᾰτος spoudaiótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- σπουδαῖος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπουδαῖος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σπουδαῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette