μελέτη μελέτη, ἡ, μέλω care, attention, Hes.; μ. πλεόνων care for many things, Hes.; ἔργων μ. attention to action, Thuc.:—but c. gen. subjecti, care paid by one, θεῶν του μελέτῃ Soph. practice, exercise, Lat. meditatio, Pind.; ἡ διʼ ὀλίγου μ. their short practice, Thuc.; πόνων μελέται painful exercises, of the Spartan discipline, Thuc. in a military sense, exercise, practice, drill, Thuc. of an orator, rehearsal, Dem. a pursuit, Pind. care, anxiety, μελέτῃ κατατρύχεσθαι Eur.