σπευστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπεύδω (speúdō, to hasten) + -τικός (-tikós)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

σπευστῐκός • (speustikós) m (feminine σπευστῐκή, neuter σπευστῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. hasty, expeditious
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 4.1125a.34:
      οὐ γὰρ σπευστικὸς ὁ περὶ ὀλίγα σπουδάζων, οὐδὲ σύντονος ὁ μηδὲν μέγα οἰόμενος·
      ou gàr speustikòs ho perì olíga spoudázōn, oudè súntonos ho mēdèn méga oiómenos;
      • Translation by D. P. Chase
        for he who is earnest about few things is not likely to be in a hurry, nor he who esteems nothing great to be very intent

Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: speusticus

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