φιλοπονία

A. love of labour, industry, Pl. R. 535d, Stoic. 3.64, 171, Phld. Rh. 1.115 S. TAM 2(1).283 (Xanthus); καρτερία καὶ φ. Pl. Alc. 1.122c; ἡ περὶ τὴν παιδείαν φ. Isoc. 1.45; pl., Id. 15.291, Plb. 8.10.6, etc.; ἡ τῶν δρόμων φ. laborious practice of . . , D. 61.24; φ. ἐν τοῖς γυμνασίοις ib.26; so, as an event in competitions of ἔφηβοι, SIG 1061.5 (Samos, ii A. D.).