μέλεσθαι

From LSJ

Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ᾽ ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ᾽ ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this life – rather, it is just a corpse with a soul

Sophocles, Antigone, 1165-7

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also μέλω): heed, attend to, care for, look after, pay regard to, see about, take charge of, take measures for