ἀμελέω
πᾶσα γυνὴ τοῦ λύχνου ἀρθέντος ἡ αὐτή ἐστι → all women are the same in the dark, all women are the same when the lights go out
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], aor. ἠμέλησα, Ep.
A ἀμ- Il., v. infr.: pf. ἠμέληκα X. Cyr.1.6.43: (ἀμελής):—have no care for, be neglectful of, in Hom. always c. neg. (not in Od.), οὐδ' ὣς Μενελάου ἐφημοσύνης ἀμέλησεν Il.17.697; οὐκ ἀμέλησε κασιγνήτοιο πεσόντος 8.330; οὐκ ἀμέλησε Πατρόκλοιο πεσόντος he lost not sight of Patroclus [in order to plunder him], 17.9:—after Hom., with and without neg., εἰ τούτων ἀμελήσει Hdt.2.121.γ, cf. Ar.Nu.989, Th.3.40, Pl.Lg.900b, al.; δόξης ἀμελῆσαι D.18.227; ἀμελήσας ὑμῶν 21.167; (τούτῳ is f.l. for τούτου in Lycurg.15); οὐκ ἐμοῦ τοῦ νομοθέτου ἀμελήσων ἀλλ' εἰς τὸν Κρόνον αὐτόν Luc.Sat.10. 2 abs., to be careless, negligent, Hes.Op.400, freq. in Att., Isoc.9.78, etc.; τὸ μὴ ἀμελεῖν μάθε A.Eu.86; πῶς ἐπὶ τοῖς φθιμένοις ἀμελεῖν καλόν; S.El.237. 3 c. acc. rei, Hdt.7.163: c. acc. pers. et part., overlook: hence, allow, suffer, παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρᾳ θνῄσκοντας ἀμελεῖ lets them die, E.Ion439: c. gen., τοῦ ὀργίζεσθαι X.Mem.2.3.9. 4 c. inf., neglect to do, Hdt.2.66, Pl. Phd.98d, Lg.944d, al. II Pass., to be slighted, overlooked, E.IA 1094, Th.1.68; ἐκφεύγει τἀμελούμενον S.OT111; οὐδ' ἐκεῖνά μοι ἀμελεῖται X.Oec.12.2; οἱ ἠμελημένοι ἄνθρωποι Th.2.49. III pf. part. Pass. in med. sense, careless, Max.Tyr.8.7, 21.9. Adv. ἠμελημένως carelessly, X.An.1.7.19. IV ἀμέλει, v. sub voc.
