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Headword: *keno/spoudos
Adler number: kappa,1327
Translated headword: zealous pursuit of frivolities
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] vain zeal.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] keno/spoudos ["zealous about frivolities"], meaning one who is zealous for vain things.[2]
Greek Original:
*kenospoudi/a: matai/a spoudh/. kai\ *keno/spoudos, o( e)pi\ matai/ois spoudai=os.
Notes:
The entry is out of alphabetical order.
[1] The primary headword (the noun kenospoudi/a) is used by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Diogenes Laertius, the emperor Marcus Aurelius, and Clement of Alexandria.
[2] Used, among others, by Cicero, Letters to Atticus 9.1.1 (web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; ethics; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 October 2008@22:21:28.
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