ἐπιμέλεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, written<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ἐπιμέλεα]] ''IG''22.483.24 (iv B.C.), Aeol. gen. <b class="b3">ἐπιμεληΐας</b> ib.12(2).243 (Mytilene); Ion. [[ἐπιμελίη]]; Ion. gen. <b class="b3">ἐπιμελίης</b> Ps.-Hdt.''Vit.Hom.''5([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]): —[[care bestowed upon]] a thing, [[attention paid]] to it, and abs., [[attention]], [[diligence]], Prose word, once in Hdt. (v. infr.), freq. in Th., X., etc.: in plural, [[pains]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.4, etc.: c.gen.objecti, <b class="b3">ἐπιμέλεια τοῦ ναυτικοῦ, οἰκείων</b> <b class="b3">καὶ πολιτικῶν</b>, Th.2.39,40; τῶν ἔργων Id.3.46; τῶν πραγμάτων And. 2.13; τῶν κοινῶν Isoc.7.25; τῶν καμνόντων Pl.''Lg.''720d (hence, of medical [[treatment]], S.E.''P.''2.240); πλήθους γεννημάτων Pl.''Lg.''740d; also [[περί]] τινος τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιεῖσθαι Th.7.56; περὶ τοὺς νέους Lycurg.106; <b class="b3">πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν</b>, D.22.78, Pl.''Lg.''754b; εἰς τὰ ἀναγκαῖα Posidon.8J.; <b class="b3">ἐπιμέλειάν τινος ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν</b>, Hdt.6.105, Th.6.41, Arist.''Pol.''1330b11, D.61.43, cf.[[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 451d; opp. <b class="b3">ἐπιμελείας τυγχάνειν</b> to have [[attention]] [[paid]] to one, Isoc.6.154, cf. ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''58.22 (iii A.D.), etc.; ἐ. παρὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου Hyp.''Epit.''43; δι' ἐπιμελείας ἔχειν τινά Is. 7.14; [[ἐπιμελείᾳ]], [[κατ' ἐπιμέλειαν]], [[with diligence]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.3.47, ''HG''4.4.8; δι' ἐπιμελείας θεοῦ ἡ [[ἀτυχία]] γίγνεται Antipho 3.3.8; <b class="b3">μετὰ πάσης</b> ἐπιμελείας X.Eph.2.10.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. a [[commission]] or [[charge]], Aeschin.3.13, Arist. ''Pol.''1299a20 (pl.); <b class="b3">ἡ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιμέλεια</b> ib.1322b18, cf. ib.30 (pl.); ἡ <b class="b3">τῶν ἐφήβων ἐπιμέλεια</b>, a special [[office]] at [[Athens]], Din.3.15; so <b class="b3">πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν</b> [[χρηματιστής|χρηματιστῶν]] = [[ἐπιμελητής|ἐπιμελητὴς]] τῶν χρηματιστῶν, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''281.2 (i A.D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. any [[employment]] or [[pursuit]], interpol. in [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.13, etc.: pl., ἐπιμέλειαι καὶ σπουδαί = [[pursuit]]s which [[demand]] [[zeal]], Arist.''Rh.''1370a11, cf.''EN''1138b26.