study (v.) Copy link Outline I. To apply the mind to anything, pursue it as an object1. stŭdeo, ui, 2 (to devote oneself to anything2. incumbo, cŭbui, ĭtum, 33. commentor, 1 (to think carefully over, esp. in the way of systematic study)4. mĕdĭtor, 1II. To inquire into carefully1. inquīro, quīsīvi, ītum, 32. exquīro, 33. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3 (to make oneself acquainted with)4. expr. by studere nosse (to seek to know)III. To think over and prepare (a speech, etc.) for delivery1. commentor, 12. mĕdĭtor, 1 (including the act of committing to memory and rehearsing)3. păro, 1IV. Intrans.1. stŭdeo, 2 (not used, however, in the best authors without object expressed)2. by night (by candle-light), lūcubro, 13. expr. by circuml., studia exercere; ad studia incumbere; artes studiaque colere; doctrinae, studiis se dedere; literis et optimis disciplinis studere • study (v.): I. To apply the mind to anything, pursue it as an object: 1. stŭdeo, ui, 2 (to devote oneself to anything: usu. with dat.): to s. any art, arti alicui s., Cic. Fam. 4, 3: to s. law, juri et legibus cognoscendis s., id. Rep. 5, 3: to s. pecuniary advantage, glory, etc., pecuniae, gloriae s., id. Fin. 1, 18, 60. Also foll. by acc. and inf.: to s. to excel, s. sese praestare, Sall. Cat. init.: and by in and acc. (infreq.): to s. (aim at) one point only, in id solum s., Quint. 10, 2, 6. 2. incumbo, cŭbui, ĭtum, 3: v. to devote (III.). 3. commentor, 1 (to think carefully over, esp. in the way of systematic study): they (children) begin to s. and learn something, incipiunt c. aliquid et discere, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42: that we should together s. the method ..., ut inter nos commentemur, qua ratione ..., Cic. Fam. 4, 6, fin. 4. mĕdĭtor, 1: I was s.ing something and taking notes, meditabar aliquid enotabamque, Plin. Ep. 1, 6, 1. Phr.: he s.'d rhetoric under Molo, *Molone rhetorices magistro usus est. II. To inquire into carefully: 1. inquīro, quīsīvi, ītum, 3: v. to enquire into. 2. exquīro, 3: v. to search out. 3. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3 (to make oneself acquainted with): he sets out for Egypt, to s. its antiquities, Aegyptum proficiscitur, cognoscendae antiquitatis, Tac. A. 2, 59: to s. and learn (find out by s.) the causes of things, rerum c. causas, Virg. 4. expr. by studere nosse (to seek to know): Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 212 (qui studeat omnium rerum vim, naturam causasque nosse). III. To think over and prepare (a speech, etc.) for delivery: 1. commentor, 1: to deliver what he had s.'d, quae commentatus esset reddere, Cic. Br. 88, 301: p. part. in pass. sense: v. studied. 2. mĕdĭtor, 1 (including the act of committing to memory and rehearsing): to s. one's brief, causam m., Cic. Att. 8, 11, extr.: to s. an accusation (speech for prosecution), accusationem m., id. Mur. 21, 43: p. part. in pass. sense: v. studied. See also to meditate. 3. păro, 1: v. to prepare. IV. Intrans.: to be engaged in literary pursuits: 1. stŭdeo, 2 (not used, however, in the best authors without object expressed): v. supr. (I.). In later age, absol.: I replied, that I would rather s., respondi studere me malle, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 7: et pass. [N.B.--Studere literis, as in Cic. = to devote oneself to literature: studere, absol. as in Plin. min., precisely = Eng. to s.] 2. by night (by candle-light), lūcubro, 1: Cels. 1, 2, med.: Cic. (but as lucubro strictly denotes to burn candle-light, we have studendi causa lucubrare, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 8]. 3. expr. by circuml., studia exercere; ad studia incumbere; artes studiaque colere; doctrinae, studiis se dedere; literis et optimis disciplinis studere: Kr. e Cic. (all which phrr. refer to continued and systematic s., not temporary occupation in such pursuits). Phr.: to s. incessantly, nunquam doctrinae studia intermittere, Cic. Or. 10, 34: to s. at a university, *literarum studiis in Academia operam dare, Herm. (Kr.): to s. under any one, *aliquo studiorum magistro uti: or, with ref. to philosophical lectures, audire aliquem [e. g. Platonem], Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 67.