Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
studeo. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
studeo, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
studeo in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
studeo you have here. The definition of the word
studeo will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
studeo, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *studēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).[1] Related to tundō (“to beat, strike”), English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to insert forcibly”).
Pronunciation
Verb
studeō (present infinitive studēre, perfect active studuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- (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.
- 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
- (with dative) to be attached or favorable to, favor, support, side with
- alicui studere ― to side with someone
- (especially Late Latin, Medieval Latin) to study, to apply oneself to learning
- (Medieval Latin) to care, to think
- Synonyms: cōnsulō, cūrō, cōnsultō, colō, respiciō
Usage notes
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
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “studeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 593
Further reading
- “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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016