μελετάω
μελετάω
to care for, attend to a thing, c. gen., Hes.
c. acc. rei, to attend to, study, Hdt., Soph.; μ. δόξαν to study, court reputation, Thuc.
to practise an art, Lat. meditari, μαντείαν Hhymn.; μ. τοῦτο (sc. κήρυκα εἶναι) Hdt.; μ. σοφίαν Ar.; ῥητορικήν Plat.:—in Attic also, to practise speaking, to con over a speech, Dem.:—Pass., τὸ ναυτικὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι nautical skill cannot be acquired by occasional practice, Thuc.; εὐταξία μετὰ κινδύνων μελετωμένη discipline won by practice on the battle-field, Thuc.
c. inf. to practise doing a thing, μ. τοξεύειν καὶ ἀκοντίζειν Xen.; μ. ἀποθνήσκειν Plat.
absol. to practise, exercise oneself, the acc. rei being omitted, Thuc., Xen.; ἐν τῷ μὴ μελετῶντι (= μελετᾶν) by want of practice, Thuc.: —esp. to rehearse a speech, declaim, Plat., etc.
c. acc. pers. to exercise or train persons, Xen.
from μελέτη
Headword (normalized):
μελετάω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μελεταω
Intro Text:
μελετάω
to care for, attend to a thing, c. gen., Hes.
c. acc. rei, to attend to, study, Hdt., Soph.; μ. δόξαν to study, court reputation, Thuc.
to practise an art, Lat. meditari, μαντείαν Hhymn.; μ. τοῦτο (sc. κήρυκα εἶναι) Hdt.; μ. σοφίαν Ar.; ῥητορικήν Plat.:—in Attic also, to practise speaking, to con over a speech, Dem.:—Pass., τὸ ναυτικὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι nautical skill cannot be acquired by occasional practice, Thuc.; εὐταξία μετὰ κινδύνων μελετωμένη discipline won by practice on the battle-field, Thuc.
c. inf. to practise doing a thing, μ. τοξεύειν καὶ ἀκοντίζειν Xen.; μ. ἀποθνήσκειν Plat.
absol. to practise, exercise oneself, the acc. rei being omitted, Thuc., Xen.; ἐν τῷ μὴ μελετῶντι (= μελετᾶν) by want of practice, Thuc.: —esp. to rehearse a speech, declaim, Plat., etc.
c. acc. pers. to exercise or train persons, Xen.
from μελέτη
URN:
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