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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
studiōsus (feminine studiōsa, neuter studiōsum, comparative studiōsior, superlative studiōsissimus, adverb studiōsē); first/second-declension adjective
- eager, zealous, fond, assiduous
- Synonyms: dēsīderōsus, impiger, sēdulus, ācer, libēns, intentus, cupidus, aspīrāns
- anxious
- studious
Usage notes
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “studiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “studiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- studiosus 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)
- studiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look favourably upon; to support: studiosum esse alicuius
- truthful; veracious: veritatis amans, diligens, studiosus
- learned, scientific, literary men: homines litterarum studiosi
- to strive to attain virtue: virtutem sequi, virtutis studiosum esse
- to have an inclination for a thing: studere alicui rei, studiosum esse alicuius rei
- to be a friend of the aristocracy: nobilitatis fautorem, studiosum esse
- to be a strong partisan: partium studiosum esse
- to be a follower of some one: alicuius studiosum esse
- (ambiguous) to take great pains in order to..: studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...
- studiosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016