# σπεύδω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spewd- (“press, hurry”). Cognate with Albanian punë, Latin pudet, Lithuanian spáusti, Old Armenian փոյթ (pʻoytʻ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spěu̯.dɔː/ → /ˈspeβ.ðo/ → /ˈspev.ðo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /spěu̯.dɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈspew.do/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈspeβ.ðo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈspev.ðo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈspev.ðo/

### Verb

σπεύδω • (speúdō)
* (transitive)
** to set going, urge on, hasten
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.38:πρὸς ὧν τὴν ὄψιν ταύτην τόν τε γάμον τοι τοῦτον ἔσπευσαpròs hôn tḕn ópsin taútēn tón te gámon toi toûton éspeusaIt is because of that vision that I hurried your marriage
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.137:οἱ δὲ γάμον σπεύδουσινhoi dè gámon speúdousinThey urge a marriage
*** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 804:καὶ σπεύσαθ’, οἱ μὲν Τεῦκρον ἐν τάχει μολεῖν,kaì speúsath’, hoi mèn Teûkron en tákhei moleîn,Hurry, some of you, to speed Teucer's coming;
** to procure quickly, get ready
*** 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1352:κλίμακας σπεύδοντεςklímakas speúdontesmaking haste to let down the ladders
** to seek eagerly, strive after
*** 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 335:Μηδὲν ἄγαν σπεύδεινMēdèn ágan speúdeinbe not overly eager in any matter
* (intransitive) to press on, hasten
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.119:σπεύδουσ’ ἱδρώουσα κραταιοῦ θηρὸς ὑφ’ ὁρμῆςspeúdous’ hidrṓousa krataioû thēròs huph’ hormêshasting and sweating before the onset of the mighty beast
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.49:καταλιπὼν τὸν ἵππον ἔσπευδε πεζῇkatalipṑn tòn híppon éspeude pezêihe left his horse behind and hurried forward on foot
** (with infinitive) to be eager to
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 4.22:κῦδος ὄρσαι σπεύδει Καμαρίνᾳkûdos órsai speúdei Kamarínāihurries to rouse glory for Camarina
** to be troubled in mind
*** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 15.15:τότε ἔσπευσαν ἡγεμόνες Ἐδώμtóte éspeusan hēgemónes EdṓmThen the chiefs of Edom were dismayed.

#### Derived terms

* ἀντῐσπεύδω (antĭspeúdō)
* ἀποσπεύδω (apospeúdō)
* δῐᾰσπεύδω (dĭăspeúdō)
* ἐκσπεύδω (ekspeúdō)
* ἐπῐσπεύδω (epĭspeúdō)
* κᾰτᾰσπεύδω (kătăspeúdō)
* μετᾰσπεύδω (metăspeúdō)
* περισπεύδω (perispeúdō)
* προσσπεύδω (prosspeúdō)
* Σπεύσιππος (Speúsippos)
* συσπεύδω (suspeúdō)
* ὑπερσπεύδω (huperspeúdō)

#### Related terms

* ἐσπευσμένως (espeusménōs)
* σπεῦδε βραδέως (speûde bradéōs)
* σπεῦσῐς (speûsĭs)
* σπευστέον (speustéon)
* σπευστῐκός (speustĭkós)
* σπευστός (speustós)
* σπουδή (spoudḗ)

#### Descendants

* → Greek: σπεύδω (spévdo) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπεύδω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1381-2

### Further reading

* “σπεύδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* σπεύδω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* σπεύδω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* G4692 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σπεύδω (speúdō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspe.vðo/
* Hyphenation: σπεύ‧δω

### Verb

σπεύδω • (spévdo) (imperfect έσπευδα, past έσπευσα, passive —)
* (intransitive) to hasten, to hurry, to rush

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### References

* ↑ σπεύδω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language