studiosus

stŭdĭōsus, a, um, adj. [studium], eager, zealous, assiduous, anxious after any thing, fond or studious of any thing.

I.

In gen.

(α).

With gen. (most freq.):

venandi aut pilae studiosi,

Cic. Lael. 20, 74:

nemorum caedisque ferinae,

Ov. M. 7, 675:

placendi,

id. A. A. 3, 423:

culinae aut Veneris,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:

florum,

id. C. 3, 27, 29:

dicendi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; Quint. 2, 13, 1:

eloquentiae,

id. 5, 10, 122:

summe omnium doctrinarum,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

musices,

Quint. 1, 10, 12:

sapientiae,

id. 3, prooem. § 2;

12, 1, 19: sermonis,

id. 10, 1, 114:

juris,

occupied with, studious of, the law, Suet. Ner. 32.— Comp.:

ille restituendi mei quam retinendi studiosior,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 3.— Sup.:

munditiarum lautitiarumque studiosissimus,

Suet. Caes. 46:

aleae,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1.—

(β).

With dat.:

nisi adulterio, studiosus rei nulli aliae,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206:

armorum quam conviviorum apparatibus studiosior,

Just. 9, 8, 4.—

* (γ).

With ad:

studiosiores ad opus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7.—

(δ).

With in:

in argento,

Petr. 52, 1.—

(ε).

Absol.:

homo valde studiosus ac diligens,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 98:

putavi mihi suscipiendum laborem utilem studiosis,

id. Opt. Gen. 5, 13:

aliquid studioso animo inchoare,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 9.—

II.

In partic.

A.

Zealous for any one, i. e. partial, friendly, attached, devoted to him (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): omnem omnibus studiosis ac fautoribus illius victoriae parrêsian eripui, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8:

mei studiosos habeo Dyrrhachinos,

id. ib. 3, 22, 4:

sui,

id. Brut. 16, 64:

nobilitatis,

id. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

studiosa Pectora,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 91.— Comp.:

studiosior alterius partis,

Suet. Tib. 11 med.:

te studiosiorem in me colendo fore,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1.— Sup.:

hunc cum ejus studiosissimo Pammene,

Cic. Or. 30, 105:

existimationis meae studiosissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 117:

studiosissimum Platonis auditorem fuisse,

Tac. Or. 32.—

B.

Devoted to study or learning, learned, studious (not anteAug.; in Cic. always with gen.: litterarum, doctrinarum, etc.; v. supra, I. a, and cf. studeo, II. B.):

quid studiosa cohors operum struit?

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6:

ipse est studiosus, litteratus, etiam disertus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 26, 1:

juvenis studiosus alioquin,

Quint. 10, 3, 32.— Transf., of things:

studiosa disputatio,

a learned disputation, Quint. 11, 1, 70:

otium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11.— Plur. subst.: stŭdĭōsi, ōrum, m., studious men, the learned, students, Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 13; Quint. 2, 10, 5; 10, 1, 45; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; 4, 28, 2.—Also, sing.: Stŭdĭōsus, i, m., The Student, the title of a work of the elder Pliny, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, adv.: stŭ-dĭōsē, eagerly, zealously, anxiously, carefully, studiously (freq. and class.):

texentem telam studiose offendimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44:

cum studiose pila luderet,

Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253:

libenter studioseque audire,

id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; cf. Tac. Or. 2:

aliquid studiose diligenterque curare,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, §

7: studiose discunt, diligenter docentur,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

aliquid investigare,

id. Rep. 1, 11, 17:

studiose cavendum est,

id. Lael. 26, 99.— Comp.:

ego cum antea studiose commendabam Marcilium, tum multo nunc studiosius, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 54; Quint. 3, 1, 15; 3, 6, 61; Ov. M. 5, 578; Nep. Ages. 3, 2; Col. 8, 11, 2; Just. 43, 3, 5 al.— Sup.:

aliquid studiosissime quaerere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15; id. Off. 3, 28, 101; Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Aug. 45.