ἐπιτηδεύω

A. ἐπετήδευον Pl. Phd. 64a : aor. ἐπετήδευσα Th. 1.37 : pf. ἐπιτετήδευκα, Pass. ‐ευμαι, Pl. Hp.Ma. 304b, Lys. 13.65 : (as if a compd. of ἐπί, Τηδεύω, but it is formed directly from ἐπιτηδές):—pursue or practise a thing, make it one's business, c.acc., εὐπαθείας Hdt. 1.135, etc. ; ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς..ἀνάγκη κἀπιτηδεύειν κακά S. El. 309 ; λαλιάν Ar. Ra. 1069 ; εὐσέβειαν Antipho 2.3.11 ; τὸ δ’ ἐπὶ κακουργίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἀρετῇ ἐπετήδευσαν Th. 1.37 ; τέχνην, μουσικήν, Pl. Tht. 149a, X. Ath. 1.13, etc. ; ἐ. τι πρός τι invent with a view to.., Hdt. 6.125:—Pass., to be practised, ὅσα κακὰ καὶ αἰσχρά τινι ἐπιτετήδευται Lys. 13.65 ; also, to be made so and so by art, opp. to being so by nature, Hdt. 1.98 ; of dogs, to be carefully trained, πρός τι X. Cyr. 1.6.40.

2. c. inf.. take care to do, use to do, Hdt. 3.18, 4.170, Pl. Grg. 524c, Jul. Or. 1.3d, etc. ; also ἐ. ὅπως.. Hdt. 3.102.

3. abs. in part., οὐδὲν αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύοντες without any deliberate purpose on our part, Speus. ap. Theol.Ar. 61 ; ἐπιτηδεύσας on purpose, Hld. 5.31.