verbsecond conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
studeō
studeō (present infinitive studēre, perfect active studuī)
Classical[ˈstʊ.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈstuː.de.o]
№ 989 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- with dativeto dedicate oneself (to), direct one's efforts or attention (to), strive after, be devoted to
agricultūrae studeō
I dedicate myself to agriculturesacrificiīs studeō
I dedicate myself to sacrifices - to aspire to, tend to, desire, look for
Familiam alere studet.
He tries to support his family. - with dativeto be attached or favorable to, favor, support, side with
alicui studēre
to side with someoneCui rei propter animi mollitiem studere omnes videret
to which he perceived that all were inclined owing to their want of energyc. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.20 - Late LatinMedieval Latinespeciallyto study, to apply oneself to learning
Studēs an piscāris?
Are you studying or fishing?61 CE – c. 112 CE, Plinius Minor, Epistulae - Medieval Latinto care, to think
STUDERE, Studiare : Curare, Gall. Penser. Gregorius Turon. lib. 6. Hist. c. 32.
Glossary of middle and low Latin[1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, volume 3, column 977:
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
animum ad rem dō; litterīs studēmus.studeō -ēre — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae
are eager for
student — in Seneca, ch. XXI
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | studeō | studēbam | studēbō | studuī | studueram | studuerō |
| 2nd sg. | studēs | studēbās | studēbis | studuistī | studuerās | studueris |
| 3rd sg. | studet | studēbat | studēbit | studuit | studuerat | studuerit |
| 1st pl. | studēmus | studēbāmus | studēbimus | studuimus | studuerāmus | studuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | studētis | studēbātis | studēbitis | studuistis | studuerātis | studueritis |
| 3rd pl. | student | studēbant | studēbunt | studuērunt studuēre | studuerant | studuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | studeam | studērem | studuerim | studuissem |
| 2nd sg. | studeās | studērēs | studuerīs | studuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | studeat | studēret | studuerit | studuisset |
| 1st pl. | studeāmus | studērēmus | studuerīmus | studuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | studeātis | studērētis | studuerītis | studuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | studeant | studērent | studuerint | studuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | studētur | studēbātur | studēbitur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | studentur | studēbantur | studēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | studeātur | studērētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | studeantur | studērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | studē | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | studēte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | studētō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | studētō | studētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | studētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | studentō | studentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | studēre | studērī |
| perfect infinitive | studuisse | studitum esse |
| future infinitive | studitūrum esse | studitum īrī |
| present participle | studēns studente, studentem, studentēs, studentī, studentia, studentibus, studentis, studentīs, studentium | — |
| perfect participle | — | studitum |
| future participle | studitūrus | studendum |
gerundstudendī, studendō, studendumsupinestuditum, studitū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- novis rebus studere
- to hold revolutionary opinions.
- studere, favere alicui
- to look favourably upon; to support.
- graecis litteris studere
- to study Greek literature.
- alicuius partibus studere
- to embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of...
- studere alicui rei, studiosum esse alicuius rei
- to have an inclination for a thing.
- agriculturae studere (opp. agriculturam deserere)
- to have a taste for agriculture.
stŭdĕo, ŭi, 2 (
I. perf. studīvi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5), v. a. and n. perh. kindr. with σπεύδω, σπουδή, to speed, haste, to be eager or zealous, to take pains about, be diligent in, anxious about, busy one's self with, strive after, to apply one's self to or pursue some course of action, etc.; to desire, wish, etc. (very freq. and class.; cf.: operam do).
I. In gen.
(a). Absol. (very rare), Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12:
ut aequum fuerat atque ut studui, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 31: si qui in eā re studebat, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5.—(b). With acc. (rare; mostly with neutr. pronn. and adjj.): horum ille nihil egregie Studebat;
et tamen omnia haec mediocriter, Ter. And. 1, 1, 32: eadem, id. Hec. 2, 1, 2: illud ipsum, quod studet, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6: perspexi ex tuis litteris, quod semper studui, me a te plurimi fieri, id. Fam. 7, 31, 1: lenonem perjurum ut perdas id studes, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 72; so, id, ut, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 2: id, ne, etc., Liv. 40, 56, 2: unum studetis Antonii conatum avertere a re publicā, Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18: hoc unum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 120.—With a defin. obj. (very rare): minus has res, Plaut. Mil. 5, 44: res Graecas, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—(g). With inf. or acc. with inf. (freq.):
si merito meo referre studeant gratias, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27: verum audire ex te studeo, id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42; cf.: de quo studeo ex te audire quod sentias, Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17: scire studeo, quid egeris, id. Att. 13, 20, 3: studemus, nostris consiliis tutiorem vitam hominum reddere, id. Rep. 1, 2, 3: fieri studebam ejus prudentiā doctior, id. Lael. 1, 1: hanc acerbitate opprimere studuit, Nep. Dion, 6, 5: portum intrare, id. Chabr. 4, 2: ego me id facere studeo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 52: si quisquam est, qui placere se studeat bonis Quam plurimis, Ter. Eun. prol. 1: illis gratum se videri studet, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70: te sociam studeo scribendis versibus esse, Lucr. 1, 24: omnes homines, qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus, Sall. C. 1, 1: neque est, cur nunc studeam, has nuptias mutarier, Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51; cf.: rem ad arma deduci, Caes. B. C. 1, 4; Matt. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2.—(d). With dat. (so most freq. in prose and poetry):
somno, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 42: illi rei studet, id. As. 1, 3, 30; cf.: huic rei studendum, ut, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 14: iisdem rebus, Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: frustra aut pecuniae, aut imperiis, aut opibus, aut gloriae, id. Fin. 1, 18, 60: praeturae, id. Cael. 11, 26: virtuti, laudi, dignitati, id. Fin. 4, 24, 65: novis rebus, id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 10; 4, 5: agriculturae, id. ib. 6, 22; 6, 29: sacrificiis, id. ib. 6, 21: litteris, Cic. Brut. 93, 322; cf.: alicui scientiae, id. de Or. 1, 3, 10: alicui arti, id. Fam. 4, 3, 4: medicinae, Quint. 7, 2, 17: commodis communibus, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13: nomini, Flor. 3, 10, 19: lectis sternendis studuimus munditiisque apparandis, Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 5: armamentis complicandis et componendis, id. Merc. 1, 2, 83: patrimonio augendo, Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225: juri et legibus cognoscendis, id. Rep. 5, 3, 5: revocandis regibus, Flor. 1, 9, 5.—* (ε) With gen.: parens, qui te nec amet nec studeat tui, troubles himself about you, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72 (Com. Rel. v. 201 Rib.).— (ζ) With ut (rare): Caesar maxime studebat, ut partem oppidi excluderet, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 4: ut habeas, Cato, R. R. 5; Dig. 43, 10, 1; cf. with ne: ne solus esset, studui, Phaedr. 2, epil. 6: ne sint, Dig. 43, 10, 1.— (η) In aliquid (rare): in quam rem studendum sit, Quint. 12, 6, 6: quidam pictores in id solum student, ut sciant, id. 10, 2, 6.—II. In partic.
A. To be zealous for any one, i. e. to be friendly, attached, or favorable to one, to favor him (syn. favere).
(a). With dat.:
ut studeat tibi, ut te adjuvet, Cic. Mur. 36, 76: homini nequam atque improbo, id. Cael. 4, 10: Catilinae, id. ib. 5, 12: cui (with favere), Ov. Am. 3, 2, 67: quibus (partibus) illi student, Auct. Her. 2, 27, 43: nonnullae civitates rebus Cassii studebant, Auct. B. Alex. 62, 2: rebus Atheniensium, Nep. Lys. 1 med.: petitioni alicujus, Quint. 11, 1, 69.—B. To apply one's self to learning, to study, be diligent in study (only post-Aug.; for which in Cic. litteris, arti, etc.; v. supra, I. A. δ):
computamus annos, non quibus studuimus, sed quibus viximus, Quint. 12, 11, 19; 2, 7, 1: Demosthenes diligenter apud Andronicum studuit. id. 11, 3, 7: aliquem a proposito studendi fugare, id. 2, 2, 7: non est, quod post cibum studeas. Sen. Ep. 94, 20: duo, qui apud Chaldaeos studuisse se dicunt, id. Q. N. 7, 4, 1: negat enim te studere, Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2: studes an piscaris? id. ib. 2, 8, 1; 2, 13, 5; 5, 5, 18: solacium studendi, Suet. Tib. 61: videtur mihi inter Menenios et Appios studuisse, Tac. Or. 21; so id. ib. 32; 34.—Subst.: stŭ-dens, entis, m., a diligent student: in habitu studentis, Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
studeō uī, —, ēre,
to give attention, be eager, be zealous, take pains, be diligent, be busy with, be devoted, strive after, apply oneself, pursue, desire, wish: ut aequum fuerat atque ut studui, T.: nihil egregie, T.: illud ipsum, quod studet: id, ne, etc., L.: unum studetis, Antoni conatum avertere a re p.: quos non tam ulcisci studeo quam sanare: fieri studebam eius prudentiā doctior: portum intrare, N.: qui placere se studeat bonis, T.: coloniam tu expugnari studes: qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus, S.: huic rei studendum, ut, etc., Cs.: virtuti, laudi, dignitati: ei scientiae: ars, cui studueram: legibus cognoscendis: qui te nec amet nec studeat tui, troubles himself about, Caec. ap. C.: Ne solus esset, Ph.—To be friendly, feel affection, be favorable, favor, side with: neque studere neque odisse, S.: ut studeat tibi, ut te adiuvet: Atheniensium rebus, N.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)tew-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)tewd-
- Proto-Indo-European*studéh₁ti
- Proto-Italic*studēō
- Latinstudeō
From Proto-Italic *studēō, from Proto-Indo-European *stud-éh₁-ti, stative athematic present of the root *(s)tewd-, an extension of *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Related to tundō (“to beat, strike”) and English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to insert forcibly”).
Descendants
- Catalanestudiar
- Englishstudy
- Frenchétudier
- Germanstudieren
- Italianstudiare
- Occitanestudiar
- Portugueseestudar
- Portuguesestudar
- Romanianstudia
- Sardinianistudiai