Studious: diligent: constant: addict, or firmly disposed: that fauoureth or loueth: that hath a great desire of any thing: that setteth his mind to a thing: desirous of learning. Studiosus ac diligens. Cic. Pectora studiosa. Ouid. Studiosa placendi, Ouid. Desirous to please. Studiosissimi defensores. Cic. Very earnest and diligent defendours. Studiosus. Pli. iun. Studious: desirous os learning. Suscepi laborem vtilem studiosis. Cic. Studiosa disputatio. Quint A learned disputation. Studiosus laudis. Delirous of praise. Venandi aut pilæ studiosi. Cicer. Men giuen to hunting, or playing at tennise. Habet certos sui studiosos qui, &c. Ci. He hath certain that loue him well, and beare him good affection. Doctrinarum studiosus. Cic. Dne giuen to learning. Studiosi & amantes doloris. Cic. Diligente and painefull in that they enterprise. Eloquentiæ studiosi. Quint. Equorum studiosus. Ouid. That loueth horses well. Quem existimationis meæ studiosissimÛ, cupidissimum q; cognoui, Cicero. Whom I know to beare great fauoure and affection to my estimation. NemorÛ studiosus. Oui. That loueth much to be in woods. Nobilitatis studiofus. Cic. That fauonreth the state of nobilitie. Ille restituendi mea qum retinendi studiosior. Cic. More desirous, &c. Studió se, pen. prod. Aduerb. Ter. Studiously: desirously: dilt gently: with diligence and affection. Audire studiole. Cic. Diligently. Colere studiose prædia. Cic. Conquirere studiose omnia. Cic. Studiose diligentérque curare aliquid. Cic. Defendere studiose sententiam alicuius, Cic. Earnestlye. Legere aliquid studiosius. Quin. Ludere studiose pila. Ci. To take great pleasure and delyte in playing at tennice. Polliceri studiosè. Ci. Readily & with signification of good will to promise. Requirere aliquid studiose. Ouid.

I. In gen.

(a). With gen. (most freq.): venandi aut pilae studiosi, Cic. Lael. 20, 74: nemorum caedisque ferinae, Ov. M. 7, 675: placendi, id. A. A. 3, 423: culinae aut Veneris, Hor. S. 2, 5, 80: florum, id. C. 3, 27, 29: dicendi, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; Quint. 2, 13, 1: eloquentiae, id. 5, 10, 122: summe omnium doctrinarum, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3: musices, Quint. 1, 10, 12: sapientiae, id. 3, prooem. 2; 12, 1, 19: sermonis, id. 10, 1, 114: juris, occupied with, studious of, the law, Suet. Ner. 32.—Comp.: ille restituendi mei quam retinendi studiosior, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 3.—Sup.: munditiarum lautitiarumque studiosissimus, Suet. Caes. 46: aleae, Aur. Vict. Epit. 1.—

(b). With dat.: nisi adulterio, studiosus rei nulli aliae, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206: armorum quam conviviorum apparatibus studiosior, Just. 9, 8, 4.—

(g). With ad: studiosiores ad opus, Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7.—

(d). With in: in argento, Petr. 52, 1.— (e) Absol.: homo valde studiosus ac diligens, Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 98: putavi mihi suscipiendum laborem utilem studiosis, id. Opt. Gen. 5, 13: aliquid studioso animo inchoare, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 9.—

II. In partic.

A. Zealous for any one, i. e. partial, friendly, attached, devoted to him (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): omnem omnibus studiosis ac fautoribus illius victoriae parrhsi/an eripui, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8: mei studiosos habeo Dyrrhachinos, id. ib. 3, 22, 4: sui, id. Brut. 16, 64: nobilitatis, id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: studiosa Pectora, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 91.—Comp.: studiosior alterius partis, Suet. Tib. 11 med.: te studiosiorem in me colendo fore, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1.—Sup.: hunc cum ejus studiosissimo Pammene, Cic. Or. 30, 105: existimationis meae studiosissimus, id. Verr. 2, 2, 47, 117: studiosissimum Platonis auditorem fuisse, Tac. Or. 32.—

B. Devoted to study or learning, learned, studious (not anteAug.; in Cic. always with gen.: litterarum, doctrinarum, etc.; v. supra, I. a, and cf. studeo, II. B.): quid studiosa cohors operum struit? Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6: ipse est studiosus, litteratus, etiam disertus, Plin. Ep. 6, 26, 1: juvenis studiosus alioquin, Quint. 10, 3, 32.—Transf., of things: studiosa disputatio, a learned disputation, Quint. 11, 1, 70: otium, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11.—Plur. subst.: stŭdĭōsi, ōrum, m., studious men, the learned, students, Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 13; Quint. 2, 10, 5; 10, 1, 45; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; 4, 28, 2.—Also, sing.: Stŭdĭōsus, i, m., The Student, the title of a work of the elder Pliny, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, adv.: stŭ-dĭōsē, eagerly, zealously, anxiously, carefully, studiously (freq. and class.): texentem telam studiose offendimus, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44: cum studiose pila luderet, Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253: libenter studioseque audire, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; cf. Tac. Or. 2: aliquid studiose diligenterque curare, Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 7: studiose discunt, diligenter docentur, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: aliquid investigare, id. Rep. 1, 11, 17: studiose cavendum est, id. Lael. 26, 99.—Comp.: ego cum antea studiose commendabam Marcilium, tum multo nunc studiosius, quod, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 54; Quint. 3, 1, 15; 3, 6, 61; Ov. M. 5, 578; Nep. Ages. 3, 2; Col. 8, 11, 2; Just. 43, 3, 5 al.—Sup.: aliquid studiosissime quaerere, Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15; id. Off. 3, 28, 101; Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Aug. 45.