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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[care]], [[attention]], Hes.''Op.''412, Epich. [284]: pl., Emp.110.2: c. gen. objecti, <b class="b3">μελέτη πλεόνων</b> [[care for]] many things, Hes.''Op.''380; <b class="b3">μελέτην τινὸς ἐχέμεν</b>, = [[μελετᾶν]], [[ἐπιμελεῖσθαι]], ib.457; <b class="b3">ἔργων ἐκ πολλοῦ μελέτη</b> long-continued [[attention]] to [[action]], Th.5.69: c. gen. subjecti, [[care taken]] by one, θεῶν μελέτῃ S.''Ph.''196 (anap.); of a trainer, B.12.191: abs., μελέτῃ κατατρύχεσθαι [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 1099 (anap.): pl., Emp.131.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Medic., [[treatment]], Hp.''Fract.''31, 35 (pl.), ''Art.''50.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[practice]], [[exercise]], ὀξεῖα μελέτη Pi.''O.''6.37; ἔχων μελέτη Id.''N.''6.54; <b class="b3">ἡ δι' ὀλίγου μελέτη</b> their [[short]] [[practice]], Th.2.85; [[πόνων μελέτη]] = [[painful exercises]], of the [[Spartan]] [[discipline]], ib.39; [[μάθησις]] καὶ μελέτη [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''153b; μελέτη θανάτου Id.''Phd.''81a; ἡ [[ἐγκύκλιος]] τῶν προπαιδευμάτων μελέτη Ph.1.157.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in a military sense, [[exercise]], [[drill]], <b class="b3">μετὰ κινδύνων τὰς μελέτας ποιεῖσθαι</b> to [[go through one's exercises in actual war]], Th.1.18; ταῖς τῶν πολεμικῶν μελέτας Id.2.39; μ. ἐν ὅπλοις ποιεῖσθαι ''IG''22.1028.19, al.<br><span class="bld">c</span> freq. of orators, [[rehearsal]], [[declamation]], ταύτης τῆς μελέτης καὶ τῆς ἐπιμελείας D.18.309, al.; of actors, <b class="b3">νήστεις ὄντες τὰς μελέτας ποιούμενοι</b> making their [[rehearsal]]s, Arist.''Pr.''901b3.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[matter]] for discussion, μ. σοφισταῖς προσβαλεῖν Pi.''I.''5(4).28; [[branch of study]] or [[object of study]], Pl.''Grg.''500d, al.; ὁ νόμος σου μ. μού ἐστιν [[LXX]] ''Ps.''118(119).77.<br><span class="bld">2</span> later, [[theme]], [[lecture]], Str.1.2.2, Plu.2.41d, Luc.''Rh.Pr.''17; [[declamation]], μελέτῃσί τ' ἄριστον ''IG''3.625; τὰς μελέτας μισθοῦ ποιεῖσθαι Philostr.''VS''1.21.5.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[pursuit]], μία οὐχ ἅπαντας θρέψει μ. Pi.''O.''9.107, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''82a.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[practice]], [[usage]], ἃς οἱ πατέρες ἡμῖν παρέδοσαν μ. Th.1.85.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[habit]], Hp.''Mul.''1.17; ἢν ἐς μελέτην ἥκῃ τοῦ κακοῦ ὥνθρωπος Aret.''CA''1.5; <b class="b3">ἐν μελέτῃ γίγνεσθαι ψόφων</b> [[become accustomed to noises]], Stob.''App.''p.22 G.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[threatening symptom]] or [[threatening condition]], of [[disease]], μελέτη καὶ προοίμιον ἐπιληψίας Posidon. ap. Aët. 6.12; ὀδύνη… μ. λύσεως Aët.5.100, cf. Steph. ''in Hp.''1.191 D.