ἐπιμέλεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, written <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -εα <span class="title">IG</span>22.483.24 (iv B.C.), Aeol. gen. <b class="b3">-ηΐας</b> ib.12(2).243 (Mytilene); Ion.gen. <b class="b3">-λίης</b> Ps.-Hdt.<span class="title">Vit.Hom.</span>5(s.v.l.): —<b class="b2">care bestowed upon</b> a thing, <b class="b2">attention paid</b> to it, and abs., <b class="b2">attention</b>, <b class="b2">diligence</b>, Prose word, once in Hdt. (v. infr.), freq. in Th., X., etc.: in pl., <b class="b2">pains</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.4</span>, etc.: c.gen.objecti, <b class="b3">ἐ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ, οἰκείων</b> <b class="b3">καὶ πολιτικῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.39</span>,<span class="bibl">40</span>; τῶν ἔργων <span class="bibl">Id.3.46</span>; τῶν πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">And. 2.13</span>; τῶν κοινῶν <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.25</span>; τῶν καμνόντων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>720d</span> (hence, of medical <b class="b2">treatment</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.240</span>); πλήθους γεννημάτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>740d</span>; also περί τινος τὴν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.7.56</span>; περὶ τοὺς νέους <span class="bibl">Lycurg.106</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν</b>, <span class="bibl">D.22.78</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>754b</span>; εἰς τὰ ἀναγκαῖα <span class="bibl">Posidon.8J.</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιμέλειάν τινος ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.105</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.41</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1330b11</span>, <span class="bibl">D.61.43</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>451d</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἐπιμελείας τυγχάνειν</b> to have <b class="b2">attention paid</b> to one, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.154</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>58.22</span> (iii A.D.), etc.; ἐ. παρὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Epit.</span>43</span>; δι' ἐπιμελείας ἔχειν τινά <span class="bibl">Is. 7.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιμελείᾳ, κατ' ἐπιμέλειαν</b>, <b class="b2">with diligence</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.3.47</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>4.4.8</span>; δι' ἐπιμελείας θεοῦ ἡ ἀτυχία γίγνεται <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.8</span>; <b class="b3">μετὰ πάσης</b> <b class="b3">ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.Eph.2.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. <b class="b2">a commission</b> or <b class="b2">charge</b>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1299a20</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">ἡ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἐ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">1322b18</span>, cf. ib.<span class="bibl">30</span> (pl.); ἡ <b class="b3">τῶν ἐφήβων ἐ</b>., a special office at Athens, <span class="bibl">Din.3.15</span>; so <b class="b3">πρὸς τῇ ἐ. τῶν</b> <b class="b3">χρηματιστῶν</b>, = [[ἐπιμελητὴς τῶν χρ]]., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>281.2</span> (i A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. <b class="b2">any</b> <b class="b2">employment</b> or <b class="b2">pursuit</b>, interpol. in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.13</span>, etc.: pl., <b class="b3">ἐ. καὶ</b> <b class="b3">σπουδαί</b> <b class="b2">pursuits</b> which demand zeal, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1370a11</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1138b26</span>.</span>