σπουδαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπουδή (spoudḗ, “haste, speed”) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spuː.dâi̯.os/ → /spuˈðɛ.os/ → /spuˈðe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spuː.dâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spuˈdɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spuˈðɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spuˈðe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spuˈðe.os/

Adjective

σπουδαῖος • (spoudaîos) m (feminine σπουδαίᾱ, neuter σπουδαῖον); first/second declension

1. earnest, serious
2. diligent, active, zealous
3. good, relating to moral character and importance

Declension

First and second declension of σπουδαῖος; σπουδαίᾱ; σπουδαῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• σπουδάζω (spoudázō)
• σπουδή (spoudḗ)

 

Descendants

• → Ukrainian: спуде́й (spudéj)

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