Strong G4692σπεύδω
to hasten
- Transliteration
- speudō
- Pronunciation
- spyoo'-do
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Probably strengthened from G4228; to speed (study) that is urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication to await eagerly: - (make with) haste unto.
Detailed definition
σπεύδω
[in LXX chiefly for מָהַר pi., also for בָּהַל pi., hi., etc.;]
1. most frequently intrans., to hasten: with inf. (as frequently in cl.), Act.20:16; ptcp. with indic., Luk.2:16; with imperat., Luk.19:5-6; σπεῦσον κ. ἔξελθε, Act.22:18
2. Trans., with accusative;
__(a) to hasten, urge on, accelerate (as Hom., Od., xix, 137; Eur., Med., 152; Sir.33:8 (Sir.36:8): 2Pe.3:12, R, mg. (cf. Mayor and ICC, in l, but see infr.);
__(b) to desire eagerly (find., Pyth., iii, 110; Eur., Suppl., 161; Isa 165): 2Pe, l.with, R, txt. (but see supr.).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מָהַר pi., also for בָּהַל pi., hi., etc.;]
1. most frequently intrans., to hasten: with inf. (as frequently in cl.), Act.20:16; ptcp. with indic., Luk.2:16; with imperat., Luk.19:5-6; σπεῦσον κ. ἔξελθε, Act.22:18
2. Trans., with accusative;
__(a) to hasten, urge on, accelerate (as Hom., Od., xix, 137; Eur., Med., 152; Sir.33:8 (Sir.36:8): 2Pe.3:12, R, mg. (cf. Mayor and ICC, in l, but see infr.);
__(b) to desire eagerly (find., Pyth., iii, 110; Eur., Suppl., 161; Isa 165): 2Pe, l.with, R, txt. (but see supr.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4692 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- make3
- haste1
- hasted1
- unto1
First verses
- Luke 2:16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
- Luke 19:5And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
- Luke 19:6And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
- Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
- Acts 22:18And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
- 2 Peter 3:12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σπεύδω,
Epic dialect infinitive σπευδέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.324)]: future σπεύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 153 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 926, etc.; Cretan dialect σπευσίω “SIG” 527.42 (3rd c.BC))]: aorist ἔσπευσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 161, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 45c, etc.)]; Epic dialect σπεῦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.250)]; subjunctive σπεύσομεν, for -ωμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.121)]: perfect ἔσπευκα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Annuario” 8 /9.375 (Perga, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 7.15.11)]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 151 (Lyric poetry))]: future σπεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.402)]:— passive, perfect ἔσπευσμαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.895.)]
I transitive, set going, urge on, hasten, ταῦτα δ᾽ ἅμα χρὴ σπεύδειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.236; οἱ δὲ γάμον σπεύδουσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.137, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38)]; παῦσαι σπεύδων τὰ σπεύδεις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 206; σ. ἀθλίαν ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1226)]; σ. οἱ μὲν ἴγδιν, οἱ δὲ σίλφιον, οἱ δ᾽ ὄξος procure quickly, get ready, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 39; κλίμακας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1352)]; σπευσίω ὅτι κα δύναμαι κακὸν τᾷ πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” [prev. cited] (in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.46, Δημοκρίτου σπεύσαντος, an _accusative_ must be supplied).)]
I.b seek eagerly, strive after, μηδὲν ἄγαν σ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 335, 401)]; σ. βίον ἀθάνατον, μακροτέραν ἀρετάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.62, “I.” 4(3).13(31); εὐψυχίαν ἀντ᾽ εὐβουλίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 161; τὴν ἡγεμονίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16; χάριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1175; πόλεμον τέκνοις [prev. author] “HF” 1133.)]
I.c promote or further zealously, press or urge on, τι τῶν φέρει φρήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 599 (Lyric poetry); τὸ σὸν σ. ἅμα καὶ τοὐμόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 251; τὸ σὸν ἀγαθόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 120 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141; σ. ἀσπούδαστ᾽ ἐπὶ σοὶ δαίμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 201 (Lyric poetry))]; τὰ ἐναντία τῇ ἑαυτῶν ὠφελείᾳ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.2)]; in arguing, σεαυτῷ τὰ ἐναντία σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361a)]; σ. τοῦτο, ὅπως.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 687e; μὴ σπεῦδ᾽ ἃ μὴ δεῖ, μηδ᾽ ἃ δεῖ σπεύδειν μένε 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 344: with _dative_, οἱ Χαιρέᾳ σπεύδοντες)] the partisans of Chaereas, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 6.1: ἐς τὰ Ἑλλήνων σ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 5.8)]: followed by a conjunctive, εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους σπεύσω σ᾽ ὅπως ἂν ἐγγραφῇς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 926)]:—middle, σπευδομένα θυσίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 151 (Lyric poetry))]: —passive, ξυνὸν πᾶσι ἀγαθὸν σπεύδεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.53)]; ἐσπευσμέναι χρεῖαι pressing needs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 33.)]
I.2 with accusative et infinitive, σπεύσατε.. Τεῦκρον ἐν τάχει μολεῖν urge him to come quickly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 804)]; σπεῦσον.. κάπετόν τιν᾽ ἰδεῖν hasten to look out for.., [Refs ([prev. work] 1165 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II more frequently intransitive, press on, hasten. διὰ δρυμὰ πυκνὰ καὶ ὕλην σπεύδουσ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.119, compare 8.191, 23.414, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 228)]; σ. ἀπὸ ῥυτῆρος with loose rein, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 900; δρόμῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1556; πεζῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.49, etc.)]; exert oneself, strive eagerly or anxiously, of warriors fighting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.232, compare 8.293, etc.)]; of a smith at work, [Refs (18.373)]; of beasts of draught, [Refs (17.745)]; of bees working, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 597: proverbial, ὅταν σπεύδῃ τις αὐτὸς χὠ θεὸς συνάπτεται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 742 (troch.))]; σπεῦδε βραδέως festina lente, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Gellius, Aulus Grammaticus Latinus 10.11.5)]; σ. τινί exert oneself for another, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 309:)] —Construct.,
II.1 with participle, σπεῦσε πονησάμενος τὰ ἃ ἔργα (for σπουδαίως ἐπονήσατο) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.250, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 935, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 761 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 179: reversely, σπεύδων)] in haste, eagerly, τὼ δὲ σπεύδοντε πετέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.506; ἵκετο σπεύδων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.95; εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ.. σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθ᾽ ἥξει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 193 (_anapaest meter_); σ. ἐβοήθει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.1.)]
II.2 with infinitive, to be eager to.., Hes [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Op.” 22,673, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.11(14), “N.” 9.21, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 601, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.41; σῴζειν θέλοντας ἄνδρα γ᾽ ὃς σπεύδῃ θανεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 812)]:—middle, σπευδομένα ἀφελεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 360 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 with accusative et infinitive, to be anxious that.., εἰρήνην ἑωυτοῖσι γενέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.74; ἔσπευδεν εἶναι μὴ μάχας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 672, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361a)]; τὸ λεκτικοὺς γίγνεσθαι τοὺς συνόντας οὐκ ἔσπ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.1: also ἔσπευσεν τοῦ διατηρηθῆναι τὴν εὐφημίαν αὐτοῖς “IG” 22.1028.83.)]
II.4 followed by ὡς, ὅπως, etc., σ. ὡς Ζεὺς μήποτ᾽ ἄρξειεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 205)]; σ. ὅπως μὴ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b)]; ἵνα.., ἵνα μὴ.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Plt.” 264a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.164)]; ὥστε μή, with infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 57.)]
II.5 followed by a preposition, σ. μάχην ἐς show eagerness for.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.225 (_middle_, σπεύσομαι εἰς Ἀχιλῆα, ἵνα)].. hasten,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (15.402); εἰς ἄφενος σπεύδειν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 24; εἰς ἀρετήν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 403; ἐς θαλάμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 182 (_anapaest meter_); ἐς τὰ πράγματα [prev. author] “Ion” 599, etc.; εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ἡμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4; δώματος εἴσω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 100 (_anapaest meter_); ἐπί τι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 57)]; περὶ Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος struggle for him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.121; ὑπέρ τινος “IG” 12(9).903 (Chalcis, 2nd c.BC))]; πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1026, etc.; also σ. ὁδόν “IG” 14.1729.)]
II.6 with adverb, σ. οἷ θέλεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 334; δεῦρο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 179; ἔνθα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.14, etc.)]
II.7 to be troubled in mind, harassed, [LXX (LXX.Exo.15.15, LXX.1Ki.28.21, +others (Cf. σπουδή, σπούδαξ)], Lithuanian spáudžiu 'press'.)
Epic dialect infinitive σπευδέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.324)]: future σπεύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 153 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 926, etc.; Cretan dialect σπευσίω “SIG” 527.42 (3rd c.BC))]: aorist ἔσπευσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 161, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 45c, etc.)]; Epic dialect σπεῦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.250)]; subjunctive σπεύσομεν, for -ωμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.121)]: perfect ἔσπευκα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Annuario” 8 /9.375 (Perga, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 7.15.11)]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 151 (Lyric poetry))]: future σπεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.402)]:— passive, perfect ἔσπευσμαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.895.)]
I transitive, set going, urge on, hasten, ταῦτα δ᾽ ἅμα χρὴ σπεύδειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.236; οἱ δὲ γάμον σπεύδουσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.137, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38)]; παῦσαι σπεύδων τὰ σπεύδεις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 206; σ. ἀθλίαν ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1226)]; σ. οἱ μὲν ἴγδιν, οἱ δὲ σίλφιον, οἱ δ᾽ ὄξος procure quickly, get ready, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 39; κλίμακας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1352)]; σπευσίω ὅτι κα δύναμαι κακὸν τᾷ πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” [prev. cited] (in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.46, Δημοκρίτου σπεύσαντος, an _accusative_ must be supplied).)]
I.b seek eagerly, strive after, μηδὲν ἄγαν σ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 335, 401)]; σ. βίον ἀθάνατον, μακροτέραν ἀρετάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.62, “I.” 4(3).13(31); εὐψυχίαν ἀντ᾽ εὐβουλίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 161; τὴν ἡγεμονίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16; χάριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1175; πόλεμον τέκνοις [prev. author] “HF” 1133.)]
I.c promote or further zealously, press or urge on, τι τῶν φέρει φρήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 599 (Lyric poetry); τὸ σὸν σ. ἅμα καὶ τοὐμόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 251; τὸ σὸν ἀγαθόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 120 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141; σ. ἀσπούδαστ᾽ ἐπὶ σοὶ δαίμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 201 (Lyric poetry))]; τὰ ἐναντία τῇ ἑαυτῶν ὠφελείᾳ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.2)]; in arguing, σεαυτῷ τὰ ἐναντία σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361a)]; σ. τοῦτο, ὅπως.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 687e; μὴ σπεῦδ᾽ ἃ μὴ δεῖ, μηδ᾽ ἃ δεῖ σπεύδειν μένε 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 344: with _dative_, οἱ Χαιρέᾳ σπεύδοντες)] the partisans of Chaereas, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 6.1: ἐς τὰ Ἑλλήνων σ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 5.8)]: followed by a conjunctive, εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους σπεύσω σ᾽ ὅπως ἂν ἐγγραφῇς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 926)]:—middle, σπευδομένα θυσίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 151 (Lyric poetry))]: —passive, ξυνὸν πᾶσι ἀγαθὸν σπεύδεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.53)]; ἐσπευσμέναι χρεῖαι pressing needs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 33.)]
I.2 with accusative et infinitive, σπεύσατε.. Τεῦκρον ἐν τάχει μολεῖν urge him to come quickly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 804)]; σπεῦσον.. κάπετόν τιν᾽ ἰδεῖν hasten to look out for.., [Refs ([prev. work] 1165 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II more frequently intransitive, press on, hasten. διὰ δρυμὰ πυκνὰ καὶ ὕλην σπεύδουσ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.119, compare 8.191, 23.414, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 228)]; σ. ἀπὸ ῥυτῆρος with loose rein, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 900; δρόμῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1556; πεζῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.49, etc.)]; exert oneself, strive eagerly or anxiously, of warriors fighting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.232, compare 8.293, etc.)]; of a smith at work, [Refs (18.373)]; of beasts of draught, [Refs (17.745)]; of bees working, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 597: proverbial, ὅταν σπεύδῃ τις αὐτὸς χὠ θεὸς συνάπτεται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 742 (troch.))]; σπεῦδε βραδέως festina lente, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Gellius, Aulus Grammaticus Latinus 10.11.5)]; σ. τινί exert oneself for another, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 309:)] —Construct.,
II.1 with participle, σπεῦσε πονησάμενος τὰ ἃ ἔργα (for σπουδαίως ἐπονήσατο) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.250, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 935, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 761 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 179: reversely, σπεύδων)] in haste, eagerly, τὼ δὲ σπεύδοντε πετέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.506; ἵκετο σπεύδων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.95; εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ.. σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθ᾽ ἥξει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 193 (_anapaest meter_); σ. ἐβοήθει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.1.)]
II.2 with infinitive, to be eager to.., Hes [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Op.” 22,673, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.11(14), “N.” 9.21, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 601, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.41; σῴζειν θέλοντας ἄνδρα γ᾽ ὃς σπεύδῃ θανεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 812)]:—middle, σπευδομένα ἀφελεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 360 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 with accusative et infinitive, to be anxious that.., εἰρήνην ἑωυτοῖσι γενέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.74; ἔσπευδεν εἶναι μὴ μάχας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 672, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361a)]; τὸ λεκτικοὺς γίγνεσθαι τοὺς συνόντας οὐκ ἔσπ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.1: also ἔσπευσεν τοῦ διατηρηθῆναι τὴν εὐφημίαν αὐτοῖς “IG” 22.1028.83.)]
II.4 followed by ὡς, ὅπως, etc., σ. ὡς Ζεὺς μήποτ᾽ ἄρξειεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 205)]; σ. ὅπως μὴ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b)]; ἵνα.., ἵνα μὴ.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Plt.” 264a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.164)]; ὥστε μή, with infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 57.)]
II.5 followed by a preposition, σ. μάχην ἐς show eagerness for.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.225 (_middle_, σπεύσομαι εἰς Ἀχιλῆα, ἵνα)].. hasten,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (15.402); εἰς ἄφενος σπεύδειν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 24; εἰς ἀρετήν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 403; ἐς θαλάμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 182 (_anapaest meter_); ἐς τὰ πράγματα [prev. author] “Ion” 599, etc.; εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ἡμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4; δώματος εἴσω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 100 (_anapaest meter_); ἐπί τι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 57)]; περὶ Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος struggle for him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.121; ὑπέρ τινος “IG” 12(9).903 (Chalcis, 2nd c.BC))]; πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1026, etc.; also σ. ὁδόν “IG” 14.1729.)]
II.6 with adverb, σ. οἷ θέλεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 334; δεῦρο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 179; ἔνθα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.14, etc.)]
II.7 to be troubled in mind, harassed, [LXX (LXX.Exo.15.15, LXX.1Ki.28.21, +others (Cf. σπουδή, σπούδαξ)], Lithuanian spáudžiu 'press'.)