μέλω
μέλω, Med.
μέλομαι, used in both voices, either in neut. sense,
A). to be an object of care or thought, or in act. sense, care for, take an interest in.
A). pres.
μέλω: impf.
ἔμελον, Ep.
μέλον Od. 5.6 : fut.
μελήσω, Ep. inf.
μελησέμεν Il. 10.51 : aor.
ἐμέλησα: pf.
μεμέληκα; also Ep. and Lyr.
μέμηλα, Dor. part.
μεμᾱλώς dub. in
Pi. O. 1.89 (for Ep. forms of Med. v.infr.
111.2 ): almost always 3 sg.and pl., exc. in pres. (v. infr.):—
to be an object of care or
thought, sts. with a personal subject (not in Att. Prose):
I). πᾶσι δόλοισιν ἀνθρώποισι μέλω by all manner of wiles
am I in men's
thoughts, i. e.
am well known to them,
Od. 9.20 ;
Ἀργὼ πᾶσι μέλουσα 12.70 ;
μελήσεις ἄφθιτον ἀνθρώποις αἰὲν ἔχων ὄνομα Thgn. 245 ;
Εὐθυμίᾳ μέλων εἴην Pi. Fr. 155 ;
μέλει σφισὶ Καλλιόπα Id. O. 10(11).14 ;
ἵνα θανοῦσα νερτέροισιν μέλω E. Andr. 850 (lyr.);
Ἔρως .. οὐρανίδαισι μέλων Id. Tr. 842 ;
μέλων πολλοῖσι AP 5.121 (
Diod.);
ἡ μέλουσα ἀγέλη Them. Or. 1.10a : pf. part.,
ἀρεταῖσι μεμαλότας dear to virtue,
Pi. O. 1.89 (dub.);
μέλεγάρ οἱ [Ὀδυσσεύς]
Od. 5.6 ;
τὸν ξεῖνον δὲ ἐῶμεν .. . Τηλεμάχῳ μελέμεν 18.420 : but more freq. of things,
μή τοι ταῦτα .. . μελόντων let not these things
weigh on thy soul,
Il. 18.463 ,
Od. 13.362 ;
μηδέ τί οἱ θάνατος μελέτω φρεσί Il. 24.152 ;
σοὶ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν 'tis good these things
should be a care to thee,
5.490 ;
πόλεμος δ’ ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει 6.492 ;
μελήσουσιν δ’ ἐμοὶ ἵπποι 5.228 ;
ᾧ τόσσα μέμηλε 2.25 ;
οἷς ὕβρις μέμηλε κακή Hes. Op. 238 ;
τοῖσιν .. ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἄλλα μεμήλει Od. 1.151 , cf.
Il. 2.614 ;
ὅσα φημὶ μελησέμεν Ἀργείοισι 10.51 ;
ἔλεγε .. κομιδῆς πέρι τὴν ὥρην αὐτῷ μελήσειν Hdt. 8.19 ;
μέλει γὰρ ἀνδρὶ .. τἄξωθεν A. Th. 200 ;
σοὶ χρὴ μέλειν ἐπιστολάς Id. Pr. 3 ;
οὗτος .. δμωσὶν ἂν μέλοι πόνος E. Supp. 939 ;
ἃ τοῖσιν ἀστοῖς ἔμελεν Ar. Ec. 459 ;
τοῖσδε μελήσει γάμος E. El. 1342 (anap.);
τοῦτο ἴσασιν ἐμοὶ μεμεληκός X. Ap. 20 .
4). 3 sg. is freq. used impers. with the object in gen., and pers. in dat.,
ᾧ μέλει μάχας to whom
there is care for the battle, who
careth for it,
A. Ch. 946 (lyr.), cf.
Ag. 974 ;
ἐμοὶ δ’ ἔλασσον Ζηνὸς ἢ μηδὲν μέλει Id. Pr. 938 ;
θεοῖσιν εἰ δίκης μέλει S. Ph. 1036 ;
Ζηνὶ τῶν σῶν μέλει πόνων E. Heracl. 717 ;
πάνυ μοι τυγχάνει μεμεληκὸς τοῦ ᾄσματος Pl. Prt. 339b ; also
μέλει μοι περί τινος A. Ch. 780 ,
Ar. Lys. 502 ,
Pl. Alc. 2.150d ;
μεμέληκέ μοι περὶ αὐτῶν Id. Cra. 428b : less freq. with
ὑπέρ, εἴπερ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινῇ βελτίστου δεῖ μέλειν ὑμῖν D. 21.37 .
5). abs.,
μηδέ σοι μελησάτω A. Pr. 334 ;
οἶμαι θεοῖς τοῖς κάτω μέλειν, οἳ (nisi leg.
οἷς)
ἠδίκηνται Antipho 1.31 .
II). μέλον ἔστι periphr. for
μέλει, as
τοῖσδ’ ἔσται μ. S. OC 653 , cf.
1433 .
2). neut. part. used abs.,
οὐδὲν ἄρ’ ἐμοῦ μέλον for
they took no
thought of me,
Ar. V. 1288 ;
δῆλον ὅτι οἶσθα, μέλον γέ σοι since you care about it,
Pl. Ap. 24d ;
οὐδὲν αὐτῷ μ. τοῦ τοιούτου Id. Phdr. 235a ;
μ. αὐτοῖς ἰσχυρῶς ὅπῃ τὸ μέλλον ἀποβήσοιτο X. Cyr. 5.2.24 ;
οὔτε σκοπούμεναι οὔτε μ. αὐταῖς ἄλλο ἢ χαρίζεσθαι Pl. Grg. 501b .
III). Med. is used by Poets and in
Hp. like Act.,
μελόμεθα, -ησόμεθα,
Hp. Ep. 27 ;
to be an object of care,
Ἄρτεμιν ᾇ μελόμεσθα E. Hipp. 60 : mostly in 3 sg.,
ἐμοὶ δέ κε ταῦτα μελήσεται Il. 1.523 ;
μή τί τοι ἡγεμόνος γε ποθὴ μελέσθω let it not
weigh on thy
mind,
Od. 10.505 ;
τἀντεῦθεν .. αὐτῷ μελέσθω Λοξίᾳ A. Eu. 61 ;
τἀνθάδ’ ἂν μέλοιτ’ ἐμοί S. El. 1436 ;
γάμους .. σοὶ χρὴ μέλεσθαι E. Ph. 759 , etc.;
ἰαχὰν μελομέναν νεκροῖς ib.
1302 : rarely impers.,
σοὶ .. μελέσθω φρουρῆσαι S. El. 74 ;
μέλεταί τινί τινος Theoc. 1.53 , Orac. ap.
Luc. Alex. 24 .
2). Ep. pf. and plpf. Pass.
μέμβλεται,
μέμβλετο (fr.
μέ-μλ-εται, μέ-μλ-ετο), with pres. and impf. sense,
ἦ νύ τοι οὐκέτι πάγχυ μετὰ φρεσὶ μέμβλετ’ Ἀχιλλεύς (for
μέλει);
Il. 19.343 ;
μέμβλετο γάρ οἱ τεῖχος (for
ἔμελε)
21.516 ;
φόνος δέ οἱ οὐκ ἐνὶ θυμῷ μέμβλετο Od. 22.12 ;
ᾗσιν ἀοιδὴ μέμβλεται ἐν στήθεσσιν Hes. Th. 61 : hence later Ep. formed a pres.
μέμβλομαι, 2 pl.
μέμβλεσθε A.R. 2.217 ; 3 pl.
μέμβλονται, in act. sense (cf.
B. 11 infr.),
μ. πόνοισι Opp. H. 4.77 : the regul. pf. and plpf. (with pres. and impf. sense) also occur in later Poets,
μεμέληται Opp. C. 1.436 ;
Φοίβῳ μεμελήμεθα AP 10.17 (
Antiphil.);
μεμέληνται Call. Fr.anon. 119 ,
Opp. C. 1.349 :
2 and
3 plpf.
μεμέλησο, -το,
AP 5.219 (
Agath.),
Theoc. 17.46 ; part.
μεμελημένος,,
cared for,
πολλοῖς μεμελημέναι ἡρωῖναι Id. 26.36 , cf.
AP 7.199 (
Tymn.): aor. part. Pass.
μεληθέν ib.
5.200 ; cf.
βέβλεσθαι.
B). with an object,
care for, take an interest in a thing, c. gen.,
Hom. only in pf. part.,
μέγα πλούτοιο μεμηλώς busied with, attending to .. ,
Il. 5.708 ;
μέγα πτολέμοιο μεμηλώς 13.297 : later in pres.,
οὐκ ἔφα τις θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν A. Ag. 370 (lyr.);
μέλειν μὲν ἡμῶν S. Aj. 689 ;
δεινόν σε .. τικτούσης μέλειν Id. El. 342 : later c. dat.,
care for,
μέλω κύρτοις AP 10.10 (
Arch. Jun.);
θεοῖς μέλοντες Plu. Sull. 7 : abs.,
to be anxious,
μέλει .. κέαρ A. Th. 288 , cf.
Pers. 1049 (both lyr.);
μελούσῃ καρδίᾳ E. Rh. 770 .
2). rarely c. acc., πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀντάξια ταῦτα μέμηλας thou hastinvented, h.Merc. 437 (fort. μέμηδας).
3). c. inf.,
θεοὶ τῶν ἀδίκων μέλουσι (
μέλλουσι codd. opt.)
καὶ τῶν ὁσίων ἐπᾴειν E. HF 773 (s.v.l.).
II). Med.
μέλομαι,
care for, take care of, c. gen.,
A. Th. 177 (lyr.),
S. OT 1466 ,
E. Hipp. 109 ,
Heracl. 354 (lyr.),
A.R. 1.967 ;
τὰ λοιπά μου μέλου (where
τὰ λ. is adverbial)
S. OC 1138 ;
μεμελημένοι ἀέθλων Opp. H. 4.101 : c. dat.,
ἐτητυμίῃ μεμελημένος Call. Aet. 3.1.76 ;
ἱππασίῃ μεμελημένον ἦτορ Q.S. 4.500 : c. acc.,
μέλομαι ῥόδον (prob. l. for
μέλπομαι)
Anacreont. 53.2 : with Preps.,
μέλεσθαι ἀμφί τι or
τινος,
A.R. 2.376 ,
4.491 ;
ἀμφ’ αἰγῶν μεμελημένοι AP 6.221 (
Leon.);
ἐμέλοντο περὶ σφίσιν A.R. 3.1172 : c. inf.,
μέλομαι .. ἀείδειν Anacr. 65 ;
μελέσθω λαὸς ἐκπονεῖν ἄκη A. Supp. 367 , cf.
E. Heracl. 96 (lyr.): aor. in same sense, c. gen.,
τάφου μεληθείς S. Aj. 1184 .
ShortDef
to be an object of care
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Headword (normalized):
μέλω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέλω</span>, Med. <span class="orth greek">μέλομαι</span>, used in both voices, either in neut. sense, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be an object of care</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thought</span>, or in act. sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">care for, take an interest in.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> pres. <span class="foreign greek">μέλω</span>: impf. <span class="foreign greek">ἔμελον</span>, Ep. <span class="quote greek">μέλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.6 </a> : fut. <span class="foreign greek">μελήσω</span>, Ep. inf. <span class="quote greek">μελησέμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.51 </a> : aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἐμέλησα</span>: pf. <span class="foreign greek">μεμέληκα</span>; also Ep. and Lyr. <span class="foreign greek">μέμηλα</span>, Dor. part. <span class="foreign greek">μεμᾱλώς</span> dub. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.89 </a> (for Ep. forms of Med. v.infr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:111:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:111.2/canonical-url/"> 111.2 </a>): almost always 3 sg.and pl., exc. in pres. (v. infr.):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be an object of care</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thought</span>, sts. with a personal subject (not in Att. Prose): </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">πᾶσι δόλοισιν ἀνθρώποισι μέλω</span> by all manner of wiles <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">am I in</span> men\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thoughts</span>, i. e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">am well known</span> to them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.20 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Ἀργὼ πᾶσι μέλουσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.70/canonical-url/"> 12.70 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μελήσεις ἄφθιτον ἀνθρώποις αἰὲν ἔχων ὄνομα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 245 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">Εὐθυμίᾳ μέλων εἴην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:155" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:155/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 155 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέλει σφισὶ Καλλιόπα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10(11).14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10(11).14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 10(11).14 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἵνα θανοῦσα νερτέροισιν μέλω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:850" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:850/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 850 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Ἔρως .. οὐρανίδαισι μέλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:842" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:842/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 842 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέλων πολλοῖσι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 5.121 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diod.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">ἡ μέλουσα ἀγέλη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg001:10a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg001:10a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Them.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1.10a </a> : pf. part., <span class="foreign greek">ἀρεταῖσι μεμαλότας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dear</span> to virtue, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.89 </a> (dub.); <span class="foreign greek">μέλεγάρ οἱ [Ὀδυσσεύς</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.6 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸν ξεῖνον δὲ ἐῶμεν .. . Τηλεμάχῳ μελέμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:420" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.420/canonical-url/"> 18.420 </a> : but more freq. of things, <span class="foreign greek">μή τοι ταῦτα .. . μελόντων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">let</span> not these things <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">weigh on thy soul</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:463" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.463/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.463 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:362" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.362/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.362 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μηδέ τί οἱ θάνατος μελέτω φρεσί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.152 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σοὶ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν</span> \'tis good these things <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">should be a care</span> to thee, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:490" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.490/canonical-url/"> 5.490 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πόλεμος δ’ ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.492/canonical-url/"> 6.492 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μελήσουσιν δ’ ἐμοὶ ἵπποι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:228" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.228/canonical-url/"> 5.228 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ᾧ τόσσα μέμηλε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.25/canonical-url/"> 2.25 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἷς ὕβρις μέμηλε κακή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:238" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:238/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 238 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῖσιν .. ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἄλλα μεμήλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:151" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.151/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.151 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:614" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.614/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.614 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὅσα φημὶ μελησέμεν Ἀργείοισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.51/canonical-url/"> 10.51 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔλεγε .. κομιδῆς πέρι τὴν ὥρην αὐτῷ μελήσειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.19 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέλει γὰρ ἀνδρὶ .. τἄξωθεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:200" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:200/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 200 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σοὶ χρὴ μέλειν ἐπιστολάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὗτος .. δμωσὶν ἂν μέλοι πόνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:939" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:939/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 939 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἃ τοῖσιν ἀστοῖς ἔμελεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:459/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 459 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῖσδε μελήσει γάμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1342" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1342/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1342 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">τοῦτο ἴσασιν ἐμοὶ μεμεληκός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg005.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg005.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 20 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> impers. c. inf., <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἔμελέν μοι ταῦτα μεταλλῆσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:465" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.465/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 16.465 </a> ; so in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1250" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1250/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1250 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.141/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.141 </a>, etc.; also, <span class="quote greek">μοι ἐμέλησεν ὥστε εἰδέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:3:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:3:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.3.19 </a> : united with the personal construction, <span class="quote greek">οὗτος μητρὶ κηδεύειν μέλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:983" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:983/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 983 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> less freq. with a Conj., <span class="quote greek">οὐ μέλειν οἱ ὅτι ἀποθνῄσκει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.72 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σοὶ μελέτω ὅκως</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.9 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:8:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:8:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.8.13 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὡς δὲ καλῶς ἕξει .. , ἐμοὶ μελήσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:2:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:2:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 3.2.13 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐμοὶ τοῦτο μέλει, μὴ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1121 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">οὐ τοσοῦτόν μοι μέλει εἰ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg021.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg021.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 21.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> 3 sg. is freq. used impers. with the object in gen., and pers. in dat., <span class="foreign greek">ᾧ μέλει μάχας</span> to whom <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">there is care</span> for the battle, who <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">careth</span> for it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:946" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:946/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 946 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:974" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:974/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 974 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐμοὶ δ’ ἔλασσον Ζηνὸς ἢ μηδὲν μέλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:938" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:938/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 938 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θεοῖσιν εἰ δίκης μέλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1036" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1036/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1036 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ζηνὶ τῶν σῶν μέλει πόνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:717" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:717/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 717 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πάνυ μοι τυγχάνει μεμεληκὸς τοῦ ᾄσματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:339b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:339b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 339b </a> ; also <span class="quote greek">μέλει μοι περί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:780" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:780/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 780 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:502" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:502/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 502 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 2.150d </span>; <span class="quote greek">μεμέληκέ μοι περὶ αὐτῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:428b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:428b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 428b </a> : less freq. with <span class="quote greek">ὑπέρ, εἴπερ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινῇ βελτίστου δεῖ μέλειν ὑμῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.37 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> abs., <span class="quote greek">μηδέ σοι μελησάτω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:334/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 334 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οἶμαι θεοῖς τοῖς κάτω μέλειν, οἳ</span> (nisi leg. <span class="foreign greek">οἷς</span>) <span class="quote greek"> ἠδίκηνται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 1.31 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> freq. with a neg., <span class="foreign greek">οὐδέν μοι μέλει</span> I <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">care</span> not, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:655" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:655/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 655 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μή νυν μελέτω σοι μηδέν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:208" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:208/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 208 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῷ δ’ οὐδὲν μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:178:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:178.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 178.2 </a> ; so <span class="foreign greek">τί δέ σοι μέλει</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:73:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:73.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diph.</span> 73.10 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μέλον ἔστι</span> periphr. for <span class="foreign greek">μέλει</span>, as <span class="quote greek">τοῖσδ’ ἔσται μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:653" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:653/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 653 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1433" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1433/canonical-url/"> 1433 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> neut. part. used abs., <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲν ἄρ’ ἐμοῦ μέλον</span> for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">they took</span> no <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thought</span> of me, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1288" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1288/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1288 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δῆλον ὅτι οἶσθα, μέλον γέ σοι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">since you care about it</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 24d </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν αὐτῷ μ. τοῦ τοιούτου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:235a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:235a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 235a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. αὐτοῖς ἰσχυρῶς ὅπῃ τὸ μέλλον ἀποβήσοιτο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.2.24 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὔτε σκοπούμεναι οὔτε μ. αὐταῖς ἄλλο ἢ χαρίζεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:501b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:501b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 501b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Med. is used by Poets and in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> like Act., <span class="foreign greek">μελόμεθα, -ησόμεθα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 27 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be an object of care</span>, <span class="quote greek">Ἄρτεμιν ᾇ μελόμεσθα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 60 </a> : mostly in 3 sg., <span class="quote greek">ἐμοὶ δέ κε ταῦτα μελήσεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:523" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.523/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.523 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μή τί τοι ἡγεμόνος γε ποθὴ μελέσθω</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">let</span> it not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">weigh on</span> thy <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mind</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:505" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.505/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.505 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τἀντεῦθεν .. αὐτῷ μελέσθω</span> <span class="quote greek">Λοξίᾳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 61 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τἀνθάδ’ ἂν μέλοιτ’ ἐμοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1436" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1436/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1436 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γάμους .. σοὶ χρὴ μέλεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:759" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:759/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 759 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἰαχὰν μελομέναν νεκροῖς</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1302" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1302/canonical-url/"> 1302 </a>: rarely impers., <span class="quote greek">σοὶ .. μελέσθω φρουρῆσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 74 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέλεταί τινί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 1.53 </a> , Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 24 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Ep. pf. and plpf. Pass. <span class="orth greek">μέμβλεται</span>, <span class="orth greek">μέμβλετο</span> (fr. <span class="foreign greek">μέ-μλ-εται, μέ-μλ-ετο</span>), with pres. and impf. sense, <span class="foreign greek">ἦ νύ τοι οὐκέτι πάγχυ μετὰ φρεσὶ μέμβλετ’ Ἀχιλλεύς</span> (for <span class="foreign greek">μέλει</span>); <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:343" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.343/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.343 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μέμβλετο γάρ οἱ τεῖχος</span> (for <span class="foreign greek">ἔμελε</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:516" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.516/canonical-url/"> 21.516 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φόνος δέ οἱ οὐκ ἐνὶ θυμῷ μέμβλετο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ᾗσιν ἀοιδὴ μέμβλεται ἐν στήθεσσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 61 </a> : hence later Ep. formed a pres. <span class="foreign greek">μέμβλομαι</span>, 2 pl. <span class="quote greek">μέμβλεσθε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:217" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.217/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.217 </a> ; 3 pl. <span class="foreign greek">μέμβλονται</span>, in act. sense (cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 11 </span> infr.), <span class="quote greek">μ. πόνοισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 4.77 </a> : the regul. pf. and plpf. (with pres. and impf. sense) also occur in later Poets, <span class="quote greek">μεμέληται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:436" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.436/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">C.</span> 1.436 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Φοίβῳ μεμελήμεθα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 10.17 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiphil.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">μεμέληνται</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Fr.anon.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0147.tlg001:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0147.tlg001:119/canonical-url/"> 119 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:349" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.349/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">C.</span> 1.349 </a>: <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> 2 </a> and <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a> plpf. <span class="foreign greek">μεμέλησο, -το</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 5.219 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agath.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 17.46 </a>; part. <span class="foreign greek">μεμελημένος,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cared for</span>, <span class="quote greek">πολλοῖς μεμελημέναι ἡρωῖναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 26.36 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.199 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Tymn.</span></span>): aor. part. Pass. <span class="foreign greek">μεληθέν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1744.tlg001:5:200" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1744.tlg001:5.200/canonical-url/"> 5.200 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">βέβλεσθαι</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>B).</strong></span> with an object, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">care for, take an interest in</span> a thing, c. gen., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> only in pf. part., <span class="foreign greek">μέγα πλούτοιο μεμηλώς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">busied with, attending to</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:708" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.708/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.708 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέγα πτολέμοιο μεμηλώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:297" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.297/canonical-url/"> 13.297 </a> : later in pres., <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἔφα τις θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:370" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:370/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 370 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μέλειν μὲν ἡμῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:689" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:689/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 689 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δεινόν σε .. τικτούσης μέλειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:342" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:342/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 342 </a> : later c. dat., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">care for</span>, <span class="quote greek">μέλω κύρτοις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 10.10 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arch.</span> </span> Jun.); <span class="quote greek">θεοῖς μέλοντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg033:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg033:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sull.</span> 7 </a> : abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be anxious</span>, <span class="quote greek">μέλει .. κέαρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:288" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:288/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 288 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1049" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1049/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 1049 </a> (both lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μελούσῃ καρδίᾳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:770" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:770/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 770 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> rarely c. acc., <span class="quote greek">πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀντάξια ταῦτα μέμηλας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thou hastinvented,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">h.Merc.</span> 437 </span> (fort. <span class="foreign greek">μέμηδας</span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> c. inf., <span class="foreign greek">θεοὶ τῶν ἀδίκων μέλουσι </span>(<span class="foreign greek">μέλλουσι</span> codd. opt.) <span class="quote greek">καὶ τῶν ὁσίων ἐπᾴειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:773" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:773/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 773 </a> (s.v.l.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Med. <span class="foreign greek">μέλομαι</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">care for, take care of</span>, c. gen., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:177" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:177/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 177 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1466" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1466/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1466 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 109 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:354" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:354/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 354 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:967" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.967/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 1.967 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ λοιπά μου μέλου</span> (where <span class="foreign greek">τὰ λ.</span> is adverbial) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1138/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1138 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μεμελημένοι ἀέθλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.101/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 4.101 </a> : c. dat., <span class="quote greek">ἐτητυμίῃ μεμελημένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:3:1:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:3:1:76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aet.</span> 3.1.76 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἱππασίῃ μεμελημένον ἦτορ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:500" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.500/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 4.500 </a> : c. acc., <span class="foreign greek">μέλομαι ῥόδον</span> (prob. l. for <span class="foreign greek">μέλπομαι</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Anacreont.</span> 53.2 </span>: with Preps., <span class="foreign greek">μέλεσθαι ἀμφί τι</span> or <span class="itype greek">τινος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:376" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.376/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.376 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:491" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.491/canonical-url/"> 4.491 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀμφ’ αἰγῶν μεμελημένοι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.221 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">ἐμέλοντο περὶ σφίσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:1172" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.1172/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 3.1172 </a> : c. inf., <span class="quote greek">μέλομαι .. ἀείδειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:65/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anacr.</span> 65 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μελέσθω λαὸς ἐκπονεῖν ἄκη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:367" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:367/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 367 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 96 </a> (lyr.): aor. in same sense, c. gen., <span class="quote greek">τάφου μεληθείς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1184" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1184/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1184 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}