ἀμελέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], aor. [[ἠμέλησα]], Ep. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἀμ- Il., v. infr.: pf. ἠμέληκα <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.43</span>: (ἀμελής): [[have no care for]], [[be neglectful of]], in Hom. always c. neg. (not in Od.), οὐδ' ὣς Μενελάου ἐφημοσύνης ἀμέλησεν <span class="bibl">Il.17.697</span>; οὐκ ἀμέλησε κασιγνήτοιο πεσόντος <span class="bibl">8.330</span>; [[οὐκ ἀμέλησε Πατρόκλοιο πεσόντος]] = [[he lost not sight of Patroclus]] [in order to [[plunder]] him], <span class="bibl">17.9</span>:—after Hom., with and without neg., εἰ τούτων ἀμελήσει <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.[[γ]], cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>989</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>900b</span>, al.; δόξης ἀμελῆσαι <span class="bibl">D.18.227</span>; ἀμελήσας ὑμῶν <span class="bibl">21.167</span>; ([[τούτῳ]] is f.l. for [[τούτου]] in <span class="bibl">Lycurg.15</span>); οὐκ ἐμοῦ τοῦ νομοθέτου ἀμελήσων ἀλλ' εἰς τὸν Κρόνον αὐτόν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sat.</span>10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., to [[be careless]], [[be negligent]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>400</span>, freq. in Att., <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.78</span>, etc.; τὸ μὴ ἀμελεῖν μάθε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>86</span>; πῶς ἐπὶ τοῖς φθιμένοις ἀμελεῖν καλόν; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>237</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. rei, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.163</span>: c. acc. pers. et part., [[overlook:]] hence, [[allow]], [[suffer]], [[παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρᾳ θνῄσκοντας ἀμελεῖ]] = [[having gotten children in secret, he abandons them to die]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>439</span>: c. gen., τοῦ ὀργίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.3.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., [[neglect]] to do, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>98d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>944d</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be slighted]], [[be overlooked]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span> 1094</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.68</span>; ἐκφεύγει τἀμελούμενον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>111</span>; οὐδ' ἐκεῖνά μοι ἀμελεῖται <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>12.2</span>; οἱ ἠμελημένοι ἄνθρωποι <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> pf. part. Pass. in med. sense, [[careless]], <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.8.7</span>, <span class="bibl">21.9</span>. Adv. ἠμελημένως [[carelessly]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[ἀμέλει]], v. sub voc.</span>