σπεύδω

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spewd- (“press, hurry”). Cognate with Albanian punë, Latin pudet, Lithuanian spáudžiu, Old Armenian փոյթ (pʿoytʿ).

Pronunciation

Verb

σπεύδω • (speúdō)

1. (transitive)
   1. I set going, urge on, hasten
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.38

        πρὸς ὧν τὴν ὄψιν ταύτην τόν τε γάμον τοι τοῦτον ἔσπευσα

        pròs hôn tḕn ópsin taútēn tón te gámon toi toûton éspeusa

        It is because of that vision that I hurried your marriage

      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.137

        οἱ δὲ γάμον σπεύδουσιν

        hoi dè gámon speúdousin

        They urge a marriage

      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 804

        καὶ σπεύσαθ᾽, οἱ μὲν Τεῦκρον ἐν τάχει μολεῖν,

        kaì speúsath᾽, hoi mèn Teûkron en tákhei moleîn,

        Hurry, some of you, to speed Teucer's coming;

   2. I procure quickly, get ready
      • 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1352

        κλίμακας σπεύδοντες

        klímakas speúdontes

        making haste to let down the ladders

   3. I seek eagerly, strive after
      • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 335

        Μηδὲν ἄγαν σπεύδειν

        Mēdèn ágan speúdein

        be not overly eager in any matter

2. (intransitive) I press on, hasten
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.119

     σπεύδουσ᾽ ἱδρώουσα κραταιοῦ θηρὸς ὑφ᾽ ὁρμῆς

     speúdous᾽ hidrṓousa krataioû thēròs huph᾽ hormês

     hasting and sweating before the onset of the mighty beast

   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.49

     καταλιπὼν τὸν ἵππον ἔσπευδε πεζῇ

     katalipṑn tòn híppon éspeude pezêi

     he left his horse behind and hurried forward on foot

   1. (with infinitive) I am eager to
      • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 4.22

        κῦδος ὄρσαι σπεύδει Καμαρίνᾳ

        kûdos órsai speúdei Kamarínāi

        hurries to rouse glory for Camarina

   2. I am troubled in mind
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 15.15

        τότε ἔσπευσαν ἡγεμόνες Ἐδώμ

        tóte éspeusan hēgemónes Edṓm

        Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed.