μέλω,
middle μέλομαι, used in both voices, either in
neuter sense,
to be an object of care or
thought, or in
active sense,
care for, take an interest in. A present μέλω:
imperfect ἔμελον,
Epic dialect μέλον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
future μελήσω,
Epic dialect infinitive μελησέμεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
aorist ἐμέλησα:
perfect μεμέληκ; also
Epic dialect and Lyric poetry μέμηλα,
Doric dialect participle μεμᾱλώς uncertain in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
singular and
plural, except in
present (see. below):—
to be an object of care or
thought, sometimes with a personal subject (not in
Attic dialect Prose):
A.I πᾶσι δόλοισιν ἀνθρώποισι μέλω by all manner of wiles
am I in men's
thoughts, i. e.
am well known to them, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
perfect participle, ἀρεταῖσι μεμαλότας
dear to virtue, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέλεγάρ οἱ [Ὀδυσσεύς] [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
let not these things
weigh on thy soul, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; σοὶ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν 'tis good these things
should be a care to thee,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2 impersonal with
infinitive, οὐκ ἔμελέν μοι ταῦτα μεταλλῆσαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: united with the personal construction, οὗτος μητρὶ κηδεύειν μέλει [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3 less frequently with a
conjunction, οὐ μέλειν οἱ ὅτι ἀποθνῄσκει [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοὶ μελέτω ὅκως.. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμοὶ τοῦτο μέλει, μὴ.. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τοσοῦτόν μοι μέλει εἰ.. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4 3rd.pers. singular is frequently used
impersonal with the object in
genitive, and
person in
dative, ᾧ μέλει μάχας to whom
there is care for the battle, who
careth for it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5 absolutely, μηδέ σοι μελησάτω [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἶμαι θεοῖς τοῖς κάτω μέλειν, οἳ (nisi to be read οἷς) ἠδίκηνται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.6 frequently with a
negative, οὐδέν μοι μέλει I
care not, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τί δέ σοι μέλε; [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
A.II μέλον ἔστι
periphrastic for μέλει, as τοῖσδ᾽ ἔσται μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 neuter participle used
absolutely, οὐδὲν ἄρ᾽ ἐμοῦ μέλον for
they took no
thought of me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δῆλον ὅτι οἶσθα, μέλον γέ σοι
since you care about it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.III middle is used by Poets and in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
active, μελόμεθα, -ησόμεθα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
to be an object of care, Ἄρτεμιν ᾇ μελόμεσθα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly in
3rd.pers. singular, ἐμοὶ δέ κε ταῦτα μελήσεται [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μή τί τοι ἡγεμόνος γε ποθὴ μελέσθω
let it not
weigh on thy
mind, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τἀντεῦθεν.. αὐτῷ μελέσθω Λοξίᾳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely
impersonal, σοὶ.. μελέσθω φρουρῆσαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2 Epic dialect perfect and
pluperfect passive μέμβλεται,
μέμβλετο (from μέ-μλ-εται, μέ-μλ-ετο), with
present and
imperfect sense, ἦ νύ τοι οὐκέτι πάγχυ μετὰ φρεσὶ μέμβλετ᾽ Ἀχιλλεύς (for μέλει); [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μέμβλετο γάρ οἱ τεῖχος (for ἔμελε)[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
present μέμβλομαι,
2nd pers. plural μέμβλεσθε [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
3rd.pers. plural μέμβλονται, in
active sense [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
perfect and
pluperfect (with
present and
imperfect sense) also occur in later Poets, μεμέληται [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
pluperfect μεμέλησο, -το, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
participle μεμελημένος, α, ον,
cared for, πολλοῖς μεμελημέναι ἡρωῖναι [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
aorist participle passive μεληθέν[
Refs]; compare βέβλεσθαι.
B with an object,
care for, take an interest in a thing, with
genitive, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
perfect participle, μέγα πλούτοιο μεμηλώς
busied with, attending to.., [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: later in
present, οὐκ ἔφα τις θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: later with
dative,
care for, μέλω κύρτοις [
Refs 1st c.BC+]:
absolutely,
to be anxious, μέλει.. κέαρ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.2 rarely with
accusative, πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀντάξια ταῦτα μέμηλας
thou hastinvented, [
Refs] (perhaps μέμηδας).
B.3 with _infinitive_, θεοὶ τῶν ἀδίκων μέλουσι (μέλλουσι codices _optative_) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.II _middle_ μέλομαι,
care for, take care of, with
genitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ λοιπά μου μέλου (where τὰ λ. is adverbial) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
infinitive, μέλομαι.. ἀείδειν [
Refs 6th c.BC+]:
aorist in same sense, with
genitive, τάφου μεληθείς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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