# studeo
## Latin
### Alternative forms

* studio

### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *studēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Related to tundō (“to beat, strike”), English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to insert forcibly”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈstu.de.oː/, [ˈs̠t̪ʊd̪eoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈstu.de.o/, [ˈst̪uːd̪eo]

### Verb

studeō (present infinitive studēre, perfect active studuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
* (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 studeretThere was not anyone who was striving for the plunder
* 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
* (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 videretto which he perceived that all were inclined owing to their want of energy
* (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?
* (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]

#### Usage notes

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.

#### Derived terms

* studēns
* studium

#### Related terms

* studiolum
* studiōsē
* studiōsus

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: studeer
* Albanian: studioj
* Aragonese: estudiar
* Asturian: estudiar
* Breton: studiañ
* Catalan: estudiar
* Cornish: studhya
* Corsican: studià
* Czech: studovat
* Danish: studere
* Dutch: studeren
* English: study
* Esperanto: studi
* Faroese: studera
* Franco-Provençal: êtudier, êtudiar
* French: étudier
** ⇒ Haitian Creole: etidye
* Friulian: studiâ
* Galician: estudar
* German: studieren
** ⇒ Lower Sorbian: studěrowaś
* Ido: studiar
* Interlingua: studiar
* Irish: staidéar
* Italian: studiare
* Kashubian: sztudérowac
* Ladin: studièr
* Latvian: studēt
* Ligurian: studiâ
* Lithuanian: studijuoti
* Lombard: stüdià
* Middle French: estudier
* Neapolitan: studià
* Norman: êtudier (Jersey)
* Norwegian: studere
* Occitan: estudiar
* Papiamentu: studia
* Piedmontese: studié
* Polish: studiować
* Portuguese: estudar, studar
* Romanian: studia
* Romansch: studegiar
* Russian: штудировать (študirovatʹ)
* Sardinian: istudiai, istudiare
* Serbo-Croatian: studírati (студи́рати)
* Sicilian: studiari
* Slovak: študovať
* Slovene: študirati
* Spanish: estudiar
* Swedish: studera
* Venetan: studiar
* Volapük: studön
* Walloon: studyî
* Welsh: astudio
* West Frisian: studearje
* Yiddish: שטודירן (shtudirn)

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “studeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 593

### Further reading

* “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, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016