σχολάζω

A. to have leisure or spare time, to be at leisure, have nothing to do, σὺ δ’ ἢν σχολάσῃς Ar. Lys. 412, cf. Th. 4.4, etc.; διὰ τὸ μὴ σχολάζειν ὑπὸ πολέμων because they have no leisure left by the wars, Pl. Lg. 694e; ἀσχολούμεθα ἵνα σχολάζωμεν Arist. EN 1177b5; ς. καλῶς spend one's leisure well, Id. Pol. 1337b31; ς. ἐλευθερίως καὶ σωφρόνως ib.1326b31: c. inf., have leisure or time to do a thing, X. Cyr. 2.1.9, 8.1.18, Pl. Lg. 763d, etc.

2. loiter, linger, A. Supp. 207, 883, E. Hec. 730, D. 3.35.

II. ς. ἀπό τινος have rest or respite from a thing, cease from doing, X. Cyr. 7.5.52; ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρώμνου were set free from the operations at K., Id. HG 7.4.28; also ς. ἔργων Plu. Nic. 28.

III. c. dat., have leisure, time, or opportunity for a thing, devote one's time to a thing, πάντα τὸν βίον ἐσχόλακεν [ἐν] τούτῳ D. 22.4; ς. φιλοσοφίᾳ, μουσικῇ, etc., Luc. Macr. 4, VH 2.15; μόνῃ ς. ὑγιείᾳ Gal. 6.168; τῇ γῇ, i.e. agriculture, Sammelb. 4284.15 (iii A.D.); so πρὸς ταῦτα X. Mem. 3.6.6; πρὸς τοῖς ἰδίοις Arist. Pol. 1308b36; ἐπί τινος Id. PA 682a34; περὶ λόγους Plu. Brut. 22; πρὸς ἐννοίᾳ . . πρὸς αὑτόν Id. Num. 14.

2. c. dat. pers., devote oneself to . ., τοῖς φίλοις X. Cyr. 7.5.39; ἑαυτοῖς Gal. 6.810; ὁ στρατηγὸς . . τοῖς διαφέρουσιν ἐσχόλασεν Wilcken Chr. 41 i8 (iii A.D.); esp. of students, study, attend lectures, ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳ Phld. Acad.Ind. p.88 M.; ς. τινί devote oneself to a master, attend his lectures, ς. Καρνεάδῃ, Ἰσοκράτει, ib.p.89 M., Plu. 2.844b; τοῖς φιλοσόφοις IG 22.1028.34 (ii/i B.C.); μετ’ Ἐπικούρου Phylarch. 24J.; παρά τισι Alciphr. 1.34.

3. abs., devote oneself to learning: hence, give lectures (cf. σχολή 11), Apollon.Perg. Con. 1 Praef.; ς. Ἀθήνησιν Phld. Rh. 1.95 S.; ἐν Λυκείῳ D.H. Amm. 1.5, cf. Plu. Dem. 5:c.acc.neut., ἅπερ ἐσχολάσαμεν Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1013.18; τὰ περὶ τοῦ τέλους σχολασθέντα lectures upon . . , S.E. M. 11.167; of a gladiator, to be master of a school (ludus), εἰς Ἔφεσον Rev.Arch. 30 (1929).24 (Gortyn).

IV. of a place, to be vacant, unoccupied, Plu. CG 12, Jul. Caes. 316c: c. dat., to be reserved for, τὸ ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ κορυφῆς μέχρι σελήνης θεοῖς καὶ ἄστροις . . σχολάζει Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.68.