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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">care, attention</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>412</span>, <span class="bibl">Epich. [284]</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Emp.110.2</span>: c. gen. objecti, <b class="b3">μ. πλεόνων</b> <b class="b2">care for</b> many things, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>380</span>; <b class="b3">μελέτην τινὸς ἐχέμεν</b>, = [[μελετᾶν]], [[ἐπιμελεῖσθαι]], ib.<span class="bibl">457</span>; <b class="b3">ἔργων ἐκ πολλοῦ μ</b>. long-continued <b class="b2">attention</b> to action, <span class="bibl">Th.5.69</span>: c. gen. subjecti, <b class="b2">care taken</b> by one, θεῶν μελέτῃ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>196</span> (anap.); of a trainer, <span class="bibl">B.12.191</span>: abs., μελέτῃ κατατρύχεσθαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1099</span> (anap.): pl., <span class="bibl">Emp.131.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Medic., <b class="b2">treatment</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>31</span>, <span class="bibl">35</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Art.</span>50</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">practice, exercise</b>, ὀξεῖα μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.37</span>; ἔχων μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>6.54</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ δι' ὀλίγου μ</b>. their short <b class="b2">practice</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.85</span>; <b class="b3">πόνων μ</b>. <b class="b2">painful exercises</b>, of the Spartan discipline, ib.<span class="bibl">39</span>; μάθησις καὶ μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>153b</span>; μ. θανάτου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>81a</span>; ἡ ἐγκύκλιος τῶν προπαιδευμάτων μ. <span class="bibl">Ph.1.157</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in a military sense, <b class="b2">exercise, drill</b>, <b class="b3">μετὰ κινδύνων τὰς μελέτας ποιεῖσθαι</b> to go through one's <b class="b2">exercises</b> in actual war, <span class="bibl">Th.1.18</span>; ταῖς τῶν πολεμικῶν μ. <span class="bibl">Id.2.39</span>; μ. ἐν ὅπλοις ποιεῖσθαι <span class="title">IG</span>22.1028.19, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> freq. of orators, <b class="b2">rehearsal, declamation</b>, ταύτης τῆς μελέτης καὶ τῆς ἐπιμελείας <span class="bibl">D.18.309</span>, al.; of actors, <b class="b3">νήστεις ὄντες τὰς μ. ποιούμενοι</b> making their <b class="b2">rehearsals</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>901b3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b2">matter</b> for discussion, μ. σοφισταῖς προσβαλεῖν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>5(4).28</span>; <b class="b2">branch</b> or <b class="b2">object of study</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>500d</span>, al.; ὁ νόμος σου μ. μού ἐστιν <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>118(119).77</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> later, <b class="b2">theme, lecture</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.1.2.2</span>, Plu.2.41d, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>17</span>; <b class="b2">declamation</b>, μελέτῃσί τ' ἄριστον <span class="title">IG</span>3.625; τὰς μ. μισθοῦ ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>1.21.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">pursuit</b>, μία οὐχ ἅπαντας θρέψει μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.107</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>82a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">practice, usage</b>, ἃς οἱ πατέρες ἡμῖν παρέδοσαν μ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.85</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">habit</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.17</span>; ἢν ἐς μελέτην ἥκῃ τοῦ κακοῦ ὥνθρωπος <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν μ. γίγνεσθαι ψόφων</b> <b class="b2">become accustomed to</b> noises, <span class="bibl">Stob.<span class="title">App.</span>p.22</span> G. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">threatening symptom</b> or <b class="b2">condition</b>, of disease, μελέτη καὶ προοίμιον ἐπιληψίας Posidon. ap. <span class="bibl">Aët. 6.12</span>; ὀδύνη . . μ. λύσεως <span class="bibl">Aët.5.100</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Steph. <span class="title">in Hp.</span>1.191</span> D.</span>