study (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Close application of the mind1. stŭdium (defined by Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36, as, assidua ac vehemens, ad aliquem rem applicata, magna cum voluptate occupatio, eager devotion of the mind)2. mĕdĭtātio, study (combined with practice, or exercise; esp. by way of preparation)3. commentātio (careful application of the mind to anything)II. LiteraryIII. A room devoted to the purposes of study1. best word perh. bibliŏthēca2. in certain connexions, umbrācŭlum (when the study of a man of letters is contrasted with the publicity of active life)3. Mūsēum, Gr. Μουσεῖον (place devoted to the Muses, i. e. to literature, art)4. for this Capit. has stŭdium5. perh. studiorum deversorium (as descriptive term; not a proper appellative) • study (subs.): I. Close application of the mind: 1. stŭdium (defined by Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36, as, assidua ac vehemens, ad aliquem rem applicata, magna cum voluptate occupatio, eager devotion of the mind): to devote one's s. to anything, alicui rei s. dare, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, ad fin.: studium [atque operam] ponere in aliqua re, id. Fin. 1, init.: s. in aliqua re collocare, ib. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10. 2. mĕdĭtātio, study (combined with practice, or exercise; esp. by way of preparation): to overcome a natural defect by s. and practice, naturae vitium meditatione atque exercitatione tollere, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96: s. of speaking, m. dicendi, Quint. 2, 10, 2. 3. commentātio (careful application of the mind to anything): subjects prepared with much s. and practice, locos multa c. atque meditatione paratos, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118. Phr.: to give careful s. to anything, animum defigere et intendere in aliquam rem, id. Ac. 2, 15, 46: animum (mentem) ad aliquam rem applicare, cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36: animum in aliqua re occupare, cf. Ter. Hec. Prol. 1, 4. See also to study. II. Literary: stŭdium: with depend. gen.: very oft. pl.: learned and refined s., studium doctrinae atque humanitatis, Cic. Coel. 10, 24: cf. id. Sen. 14, 49, pabulum studii atque doctrinae (hendiadys): more fully, studia doctrinae, ib. § 50: and by another hendiadys, studia atque literae, id. Att. 8, 11: cultured by liberal s.s, bonis s. atque artibus expolitus, id. (Nizol.): to devote oneself to s. or repose, se studiis vel otio tradere, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 7: our city is now distinguished for liberal s.s, urbs nostra liberalibus s. floret, ib. 1, 10, init.: I am glad that liberal s.s thrive, juvat me quod vigent s., ib. 1, 13, init.: to have recourse to s. as one's only consolation, ad unicum doloris levamentum studia confugere, ib. 8, 19, 1 (see also to devote oneself). Phr.: to pass all one's time in s., omne tempus inter pugillares [note-books] ac libellos transmittere, id. 9, 6, init.: to be engaged in s., libris, literis vacare (late), ib. 3, 5, 15. III. A room devoted to the purposes of study: 1. best word perh. bibliŏthēca: cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 8, parieti ejus [cubiculi] in bibliothecae speciem (like a library or study) armarium insertum est, quod non legendos libros sed lectitandos capit (a book-case holding a few books for repeated perusal). 2. in certain connexions, umbrācŭlum (when the study of a man of letters is contrasted with the publicity of active life): cf. Cic. Br. 9, 37, processerat in solem et pulverem ... e Theophrasti, doctissimi hominis umbraculis: so umbra, Tac. A. 14, 53, studia in umbra educata (in the privacy of the study). Hence, umbrātĭlis, umbrātĭcus (belonging to privacy, to one's private study): in-doors practice (of speaking) in the s., exercitatio domestica et umbratilis, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157: letters composed in the s., literae [ut ita dicam] umbraticae, Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 3. 3. Mūsēum, Gr. Μουσεῖον (place devoted to the Muses, i. e. to literature, art): Suet. Cl. 42: Plin. 4. for this Capit. has stŭdium: M. Aur. 26 ("Studia appellat loca in quibus eruditi conveniebant, communicaturi de studiis," Casaub. a. l.). 5. perh. studiorum deversorium (as descriptive term; not a proper appellative): cf. Cic. Ph. 2, 41, 104. (Conclave literis, doctis studiis colendis destinatum: Kr.)