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ἐπιτήδευμα

ἐπιτήδευμα, a pursuit, business, practice

ἐπιτήδ-ευμα, Cret. ἐπιτάδουμα (SIG 721.12 (Delos (decree of Cnossus), ii B.C.)), ατος, τό,
  • pursuit, business, custom, τὰ ἐ. τῆς χώρας Th. 1.138, cf. 6.15; μάθημα ἢ ἐ. Pl. La. 180a; πρὸς τίνα τέχνην ἢ τί ἐ.; Id. R. 455a, cf. Euthd. 275b; ἀρετὴ κάλλιστον τῶν ἐ. Isoc. 10.54; τὰ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἐ. everyday habits, Th. 2.37, cf. Antipho 3.2.10, etc.; ἐ. πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄλογον καὶ ἐς τὰ ἡμέτερα ἀξύμφορον Th. 1.32; ἐπιτηδεύματα ἀρετῆς, καπηλείας, practice of.., Pl. Lg. 711b, 918a.
      • 2 habit of life, Hp. Epid. 1.23: pl., ways of living, Pl. Phdr. 233d, Lg. 793d.

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