studeo

• studio

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”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstʊ.de.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈst̪uː.d̪e.o]

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

1. (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

   agricultūrae studeō ― I dedicate myself to agriculture

   sacrificiīs studeō ― 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.

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.28:

     Nec fuit quisquam, qui praedae studeret

     There was not anyone who was striving for the plunder

2. 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

   Familiam alere studet.

   He tries to support his family.

3. (with dative) to be attached or favorable to, favor, support, side with

   alicui studēre ― to side with someone

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.20:

     Cui rei propter animi mollitiem studere omnes videret

     to which he perceived that all were inclined owing to their want of energy

4. (especially Late Latin, Medieval Latin) to study, to apply oneself to learning
   • 61 CE – c. 112 CE, Pliny the Younger, Epistulae:

     Studēs an piscāris?

     Are you studying or fishing?

5. (Medieval Latin) to care, to think

   Synonyms: cōnsulō, cūrō, cōnsultō, colō, respiciō

   • [1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, volume 3, column 977:

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

     Glossary of middle and low Latin]

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.

• studēns (See descendants)
• studium (See descendants)

• studiolum
• studiōsē
• studiōsus

• “studeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• studeo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), 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^[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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016