σπουδή

See also: αγάπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπεύδω (speúdō, “to be keen; make haste”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spuː.dɛ̌ː/ → /spuˈði/ → /spuˈði/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spuː.dɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spuˈde̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spuˈði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spuˈði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spuˈði/

Noun

σπουδή • (spoudḗ) f (genitive σπουδῆς); first declension

1. haste, speed

   Antonym: σχολή (skholḗ)

Declension

First declension of ἡ σπουδή; τῆς σπουδῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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 tēî spoudēî	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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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)

1. (education) study
2. (chess) study, endgame study
3. eagerness, haste
4. (in the plural) education, studies

Declension

Declension of σπουδή

	singular	plural
nominative	σπουδή (spoudí)	σπουδές (spoudés)
genitive	σπουδής (spoudís)	σπουδών (spoudón)
accusative	σπουδή (spoudí)	σπουδές (spoudés)
vocative	σπουδή (spoudí)	σπουδές (spoudés)

Related terms

• σπουδάζω (spoudázo, “to study”)
• σπουδάζων (spoudázon, “related to the body of students”)
• σπούδασμα n (spoúdasma, “education”)
• σπουδασμένος (spoudasménos, “educated”)
• σπουδαστήριο n (spoudastírio, “study room”)
• σπουδαστής m (spoudastís, “pupil, school student”)
• σπουδαστικός (spoudastikós, “study”)
• σπουδάστρια f (spoudástria, “pupil, school student”)

Further reading

• σπουδή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language