studeo

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *studēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Related to tundō (“to beat, strike”), English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to forcibly insert”).

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Verb[edit]

studeō (present infinitive studēre, perfect active studuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (with dative) to dedicate oneself (to), direct one's efforts or attention (to), strive after, be devoted to
    Synonyms: lūctor, dēdō, certō, ēlabōrō, cōnītor, cōnor, ēnītor, appetō, affectō, tendō, temptō, quaerō, contendō, adnītor, īnsequor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō, serviō
    agriculturae studeo ― I dedicate myself to agriculture
    sacrificiis studeo ― I dedicate myself to sacrifices
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 92:
      Nīl nimium studeō, Caesar, tibi velle placēre,
          nec scīre utrum sīs albus an āter homō.
      I do not strive too much, Caesar, to want to please you,
          nor to know whether you are a white or black human.
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.28:
      Nec fuit quisquam, qui praedae studeret
      There was not anyone who was striving for the plunder
  2. to aspire to, tend to, desire, look for
    Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, aveō, concupiō, petō, expetō, indigeō, circumspiciō, sitiō, spectō, voveō, appetō, intendō
    Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
  3. (with dative) to be attached or favorable to, favor, support, side with
    alicui studere ― to side with someone
  4. (especially Late Latin, Medieval Latin) to study, to apply oneself to learning
  5. (Medieval Latin) to care, to think
    Synonyms: cōnsulō, cūrō, cōnsultō, colō, respiciō
    • [1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, volume 3, column 977:
      STUDERE, Studiare : Curare, Gall. Penser. Gregorius Turon. lib. 6. Hist. c. 32.
      Glossary of middle and low Latin]

Usage notes[edit]

When used with a dative, studeō means to have a taste or inclination for a person or thing, to keep close to it.

The verb studeō used with an accusative means to search earnestly for a thing, to desire and covet it.

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of studeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present studeō studēs studet studēmus studētis student
imperfect studēbam studēbās studēbat studēbāmus studēbātis studēbant
future studēbō studēbis studēbit studēbimus studēbitis studēbunt
perfect studuī studuistī studuit studuimus studuistis studuērunt,
studuēre
pluperfect studueram studuerās studuerat studuerāmus studuerātis studuerant
future perfect studuerō studueris studuerit studuerimus studueritis studuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present studeam studeās studeat studeāmus studeātis studeant
imperfect studērem studērēs studēret studērēmus studērētis studērent
perfect studuerim studuerīs studuerit studuerīmus studuerītis studuerint
pluperfect studuissem studuissēs studuisset studuissēmus studuissētis studuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — studē — — studēte —
future — studētō studētō — studētōte studentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives studēre studuisse — — — —
participles studēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
studendī studendō studendum studendō — —

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References[edit]

  • “studeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • studeo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “studeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • studeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • studere in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to look favourably upon; to support: studere, favere alicui
    • to study Greek literature: graecis litteris studere
    • to have an inclination for a thing: studere alicui rei, studiosum esse alicuius rei
    • to have a taste for agriculture: agriculturae studere (opp. agriculturam deserere)
    • to embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of..: alicuius partibus studere
    • to hold revolutionary opinions: novis rebus studere
  • studeo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 633-4
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