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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *(s)tewd-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [stʊ.diˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [stu.diˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''studiōsus''' (feminine studiōsa, neuter studiōsum, comparative studiōsior, superlative studiōsissimus, adverb studiōsē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
+ Comparative ''studiōsior'', superlative ''studiōsissimus''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|studium|-ōsus|t1=zeal, study]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[studeō]] as a stative ⟨*stud-ē-⟩ to a root ⟨*(s)tud-⟩ “to thrust”, as in [[tundō]], meaning “to be thrusting”, hence “to strive after”.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are Plautus and Cato, of eagerness.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant actively interested in something, eager, zealous, diligent, as in Cato's ''studiōsum reī quaerendae'' “keen on making money” and Cicero; fond of learning, studious, and as a noun a student, especially of literature or rhetoric, as in Ovid; and warmly attached to a person or party, a partisan, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means eager, zealous, diligent, studious.^(Stelten 1995) English ''studious'' (mid-14th century) is from it, and it survives as Italian ''studioso'' and Spanish ''estudioso''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of eagerness for gain.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of the studious.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''studious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|eager|alt=Eager]], [[m|en|zealous]], diligent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # [[m|en|studious|alt=Studious]], ''(noun)'' a student.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Devoted, friendly, ''(noun)'' a partisan.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[instudiōsus]]
+ * [[perstudiōsus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[studium]]
+ * [[studeō]]
+ * [[en|studious]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}