studeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• studio

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstu.de.oː/, [ˈs̠t̪ʊd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstu.de.o/, [ˈst̪uːd̪eo]

• Audio (Classical):

  (file)

Verb

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

1. I dedicate myself (to), direct my efforts or attention (to), strive after.
   • 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.

2. I am attached or favorable (to), favor, support.
3. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) I study, I apply myself to learning.
   • 61 AD-113 AD, Pliny the Younger, Letters:

     Studēs an piscāris?.

     Are you studying or fishing?

4. (Medieval Latin) I care, I think
   • 1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, page 618c:

     STUDERE, Studiare, Curare, Gall. Penser. Gregorius Turon. lib. 6. Hist. cap. 32

Usage notes

Usually used with the dative.

Conjugation

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	—	—

Derived terms

• studēns
• studium

Related terms

• studiolum
• studiōsē
• studiōsus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: studeer
• Albanian: studioj
• Aragonese: estudiar
• Asturian: estudiar
• Breton: studiañ
• Catalan: estudiar
• Cornish: studhya
• Corsican: studià
• Czech: studovat
• Danish: studere
• Dutch: studeren

• English: study
• Esperanto: studi
• Faroese: studera
• Franco-Provençal: étudiér
• French: étudier
• Friulian: studiâ
• Galician: estudar
• German: studieren
  • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: studěrowaś
• Haitian Creole: etidye
• Ido: studiar
• Interlingua: studiar

• Irish: staidéar
• Italian: studiare
• Kashubian: sztudérowac
• Ladin: studièr
• Latvian: studēt
• Ligurian: studiâ
• Lithuanian: studijuoti
• Lombard: stüdià
• Middle French: estudier
• Neapolitan: studià
• Norman: êtudier (Jersey)

• Norwegian: studere
• Occitan: estudiar
• Papiamentu: studia
• Piedmontese: studié
• Polish: studiować
• Portuguese: estudar
• Romanian: studia
• Romansch: studegiar
• Russian: штудировать (študirovatʹ)
• Sardinian: istudiai, istudiare
• Serbo-Croatian: studírati (студи́рати)
• Sicilian: studiari

• Slovak: študovať
• Slovene: študirati
• Spanish: estudiar
• Swedish: studera
• Venetian: studiar
• Volapük: studön
• Walloon: studyî
• Welsh: astudio
• West Frisian: studearje
• Yiddish: שטודירן (shtudirn)

References

• “studeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “studeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• studeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• 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