μελετ-άω,
future -ήσω [
Refs 8th c.BC+] Verb,
take thought or
care for, with
genitive, βίου, ἔργου, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a physician,
treat a case, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive [
Refs]
2 attend to, study, οὐ δύναμαι ἀκοῦσαι, τοῦτο μελετῶν (i.e. τὸ ἀκοῦσαι) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II pursue, exercise, [μαντείην] [
Refs]; μ. τοῦτο (i.e. ἡμεροδρόμην εἶναι) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in
Attic dialect, μ. σοφίαν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέχνας, ῥητορικήν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
practise, ἤθη, γαστριμαργίας, ὕβρεις, [
Refs]; [νόμους] [
NT+5th c.BC+]; especially
practise speaking,
con over a speech
in one's mind, λογάρια δύστηνα μελετήσας [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; also,
deliver, declaim[
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —
passive, τὸ ναυτικὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι naval warfare cannot
be practised 'en amateur', [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐταξία μετὰ κινδύνων μελετωμένη discipline
put in practice on the battle-field, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 with
infinitive, μετρίως ἀλγεῖν μελετᾷ σοφία
practises moderation in grief, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἀποθνῄσκειν, τεθνάναι,
practise dying, death, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3 less frequently with
participle, μ. κυβερνῶντες [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with ὡς and
participle, [
Refs]
II.4 with
preposition, μ. ἔν τινι [
LXX]
II.5 absolutely,
study, train oneself, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
dative modi, τόξῳ μ. καὶ ἀκοντίῳ [
Refs]; ἐν τῷ μὴ μελετῶντι by want of
practice, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5.b especially
practise oratory, declaim, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τῶν καιρῶν μ.
extemporize a speech, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of actors, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.6 in Medicine texts, of disease,
threaten, μ. τὴν τοῦ καρκινώματος γένεσιν [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:—
passive, ἀπειλᾷ καὶ μελετᾶται μανία [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.7 with
accusative person,
exercise, train persons, ἐμελέτησεν [αὐτοὺς] ὡς εἶεν.. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
infinitive, οὓς ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους μελετᾷ Φείδων [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —
passive, μελετώμενοι ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τὴν πτῆσιν, of eaglets, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III Grammars,
to be accustomed, with
infinitive, μεμελέτηκε τὸ τ ¯ εἰς θ ¯ τρέπεσθαι [
Refs 9th c.AD+]
III.b in Medicine texts,
acquire a habit, μελετησάντων ἐκπίπτειν βραχιόνων [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—
passive,
become chronic, μελετηθὲν τὸ πάθος [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
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