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|Definition=Med. [[μέλομαι]], used in both voices, either in neut. sense, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be an object of care]] or [[be an object of thought]], or in act. sense, [[care for]], [[take an interest in]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> pres. [[μέλω]]: impf. [[ἔμελον]], Ep. μέλον <span class="bibl">Od.5.6</span>: fut. [[μελήσω]], Ep. inf. μελησέμεν <span class="bibl">Il.10.51</span>: aor. [[ἐμέλησα]]: pf. [[μεμέληκα]]; also Ep. and Lyr. [[μέμηλα]], Dor. part. [[μεμαλώς]] dub. in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.89</span> (for Ep. forms of Med.v.infr.<span class="bibl">111.2</span>): almost always 3sg.and pl., exc. in pres. (v. infr.):—to [[be an object of care]] or [[be an object of thought]], sometimes with a personal subject (not in Att. Prose): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b3">πᾶσι δόλοισιν ἀνθρώποισι μέλω</b> by all manner of wiles am I in men's [[thought]]s, i. e. am [[well known]] to them, <span class="bibl">Od.9.20</span>; Ἀργὼ πᾶσι μέλουσα <span class="bibl">12.70</span>; μελήσεις ἄφθιτον ἀνθρώποις αἰὲν ἔχων ὄνομα <span class="bibl">Thgn.245</span>; Εὐθυμίᾳ μέλων εἴην <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>155</span>; μέλει σφισὶ Καλλιόπα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).14</span>; ἵνα θανοῦσα νερτέροισιν μέλω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span> 850</span> (lyr.); Ἔρως… οὐρανίδαισι μέλων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>842</span>; μέλων πολλοῖσι <span class="title">AP</span> 5.121 (Diod.); ἡ μέλουσα ἀγέλη <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.10a</span>: pf. part., <b class="b3">ἀρεταῖσι μεμαλότας</b> [[dear]] to virtue, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.89</span> (dub.); <b class="b3">μέλεγάρ οἱ [Ὀδυσσεύς</b>] <span class="bibl">Od. 5.6</span>; τὸν ξεῖνον δὲ ἐῶμεν… Τηλεμάχῳ μελέμεν <span class="bibl">18.420</span>: but more freq. of things, <b class="b3">μή τοι ταῦτα… μελόντων</b> [[let]] not these things [[weigh]] on thy [[soul]], <span class="bibl">Il.18.463</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.362</span>; μηδέ τί οἱ θάνατος μελέτω φρεσί <span class="bibl">Il.24.152</span>; <b class="b3">σοὶ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν</b> 'tis good these things should be a [[care]] to thee, <span class="bibl">5.490</span>; πόλεμος δ' ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει <span class="bibl">6.492</span>; μελήσουσιν δ' ἐμοὶ ἵπποι <span class="bibl">5.228</span>; ᾧ τόσσα μέμηλε <span class="bibl">2.25</span>; οἷς ὕβρις μέμηλε κακή <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span> 238</span>; τοῖσιν… ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἄλλα μεμήλει <span class="bibl">Od.1.151</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.2.614</span>; ὅσα φημὶ μελησέμεν Ἀργείοισι <span class="bibl">10.51</span>; ἔλεγε… κομιδῆς πέρι τὴν ὥρην αὐτῷ μελήσειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.19</span>; μέλει γὰρ ἀνδρὶ… τἄξωθεν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>200</span>; σοὶ χρὴ μέλειν ἐπιστολάς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>3</span>; οὗτος… δμωσὶν ἂν μέλοι πόνος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>939</span>; ἃ τοῖσιν ἀστοῖς ἔμελεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>459</span>; τοῖσδε μελήσει γάμος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1342</span> (anap.); τοῦτο ἴσασιν ἐμοὶ μεμεληκός <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ap.</span>20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> impers. c. inf., οὐκ ἔμελέν μοι ταῦτα μεταλλῆσαι <span class="bibl">Od.16.465</span>; so in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1250</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.141</span>, etc.; also, μοι ἐμέλησεν ὥστε εἰδέναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.19</span>: united with the personal construction, οὗτος μητρὶ κηδεύειν μέλει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>983</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> less freq. with a Conj., οὐ μέλειν οἱ ὅτι ἀποθνῄσκει <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.72</span>; <b class="b3">σοὶ μελέτω ὅκως</b>… <span class="bibl">Id.1.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.13</span>, etc.; ὡς δὲ καλῶς ἕξει... ἐμοὶ μελήσει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.13</span>; <b class="b3">ἐμοὶ τοῦτο μέλει, μὴ</b>… <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1121</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">οὐ τοσοῦτόν μοι μέλει εἰ</b>… <span class="bibl">Lys.21.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> 3sg. is freq. used impers. with the object in gen., and pers. in dat., <b class="b3">ᾧ μέλει μάχας</b> to whom there is [[care]] for the [[battle]], who careth for it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>946</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>974</span>; ἐμοὶ δ' ἔλασσον Ζηνὸς ἢ μηδὲν μέλει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>938</span>; θεοῖσιν εἰ δίκης μέλει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 1036</span>; Ζηνὶ τῶν σῶν μέλει πόνων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>717</span>; πάνυ μοι τυγχάνει μεμεληκὸς τοῦ ᾄσματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>339b</span>; also μέλει μοι περί τινος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>780</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>502</span>, Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2.150d; μεμέληκέ μοι περὶ αὐτῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span>428b</span>: less freq. with ὑπέρ, εἴπερ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινῇ βελτίστου δεῖ μέλειν ὑμῖν <span class="bibl">D. 21.37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> abs., μηδέ σοι μελησάτω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>334</span>; <b class="b3">οἶμαι θεοῖς τοῖς κάτω μέλειν, οἳ</b> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[οἷς]]) ἠδίκηνται <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> freq. with a neg., <b class="b3">οὐδέν μοι μέλει</b> I [[care]] not, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>655</span>; μή νυν μελέτω σοι μηδέν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pl.</span> 208</span>; τῷ δ' οὐδὲν μ. <span class="bibl">Alex.178.2</span>; so <b class="b3">τί δέ σοι μέλει</b>; <span class="bibl">Diph.73.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">μέλον ἔστι</b> periphr. for [[μέλει]], as τοῖσδ' ἔσται μ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>653</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">1433</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> neut. part. used abs., <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἄρ' ἐμοῦ μέλον</b> [[for they took no thought of me]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1288</span>; <b class="b3">δῆλον ὅτι οἶσθα, μέλον γέ σοι</b> [[since you care about it]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>24d</span>; οὐδὲν αὐτῷ μ. τοῦ τοιούτου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>235a</span>; μ. αὐτοῖς ἰσχυρῶς ὅπῃ τὸ μέλλον ἀποβήσοιτο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.2.24</span>; οὔτε σκοπούμεναι οὔτε μ. αὐταῖς ἄλλο ἢ χαρίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>501b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Med. is used by Poets and in Hp. like Act., <b class="b3">μελόμεθα, -ησόμεθα</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>27</span>; to [[be an object of care]], Ἄρτεμιν ᾇ μελόμεσθα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>60</span>: mostly in 3sg., ἐμοὶ δέ κε ταῦτα μελήσεται <span class="bibl">Il.1.523</span>; <b class="b3">μή τί τοι ἡγεμόνος γε ποθὴ μελέσθω</b> [[let]] it not [[weigh on]] thy [[mind]], <span class="bibl">Od.10.505</span>; <b class="b3">τἀντεῦθεν… αὐτῷ μελέσθω</b> Λοξίᾳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>61</span>; τἀνθάδ' ἂν μέλοιτ' ἐμοί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1436</span>; γάμους… σοὶ χρὴ μέλεσθαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>759</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἰαχὰν μελομέναν νεκροῖς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1302</span>: rarely impers., σοὶ… μελέσθω φρουρῆσαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>74</span>; μέλεταί τινί τινος <span class="bibl">Theoc. 1.53</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Ep. pf. and plpf. Pass. μέμβλεται, μέμβλετο (fr. <b class="b3">μέ-μλ-εται, μέ-μλ-ετο</b>), with pres. and impf. sense, <b class="b3">ἦ νύ τοι οὐκέτι πάγχυ μετὰ φρεσὶ μέμβλετ' Ἀχιλλεύς</b> (for [[μέλει]]); <span class="bibl">Il.19.343</span>; <b class="b3">μέμβλετο γάρ οἱ τεῖχος</b> (for [[ἔμελε]]) <span class="bibl">21.516</span>; φόνος δέ οἱ οὐκ ἐνὶ θυμῷ μέμβλετο <span class="bibl">Od.22.12</span>; ᾗσιν ἀοιδὴ μέμβλεται ἐν στήθεσσιν <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>61</span>: hence later Ep. formed a pres. [[μέμβλομαι]], 2pl. μέμβλεσθε <span class="bibl">A.R.2.217</span>; 3pl. [[μέμβλονται]], in act. sense (cf. B. 11 infr.), μ. πόνοισι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.77</span>: the regul. pf. and plpf. (with pres. and impf. sense) also occur in later Poets, μεμέληται <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.436</span>; Φοίβῳ μεμελήμεθα <span class="title">AP</span>10.17 (Antiphil.); μεμέληνται Call.Fr.anon.<span class="bibl">119</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.349</span>: <span class="bibl">2</span> and <span class="bibl">3</span> plpf. <b class="b3">μεμέλησο, -το</b>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.219 (Agath.), <span class="bibl">Theoc.17.46</span>; part. [[μεμελημένος]], μεμελημένα, μεμελημένον, [[cared for]], πολλοῖς μεμελημέναι ἡρωῖναι <span class="bibl">Id.26.36</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>7.199 (Tymn.): aor. part. Pass. [[μεληθέν]] ib.<span class="bibl">5.200</span>; cf. [[βέβλεσθαι]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> with an object, [[care for]], [[take an interest in]] a thing, c. gen., Hom. only in pf. part., <b class="b3">μέγα πλούτοιο μεμηλώς</b> [[busied with]], [[attending to]]... <span class="bibl">Il.5.708</span>; μέγα πτολέμοιο μεμηλώς <span class="bibl">13.297</span>: later in pres., οὐκ ἔφα τις θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>370</span> (lyr.); μέλειν μὲν ἡμῶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>689</span>; δεινόν σε… τικτούσης μέλειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>342</span>: later c. dat., [[care for]], μέλω κύρτοις <span class="title">AP</span>10.10 (Arch. Jun.); θεοῖς μέλοντες <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>7</span>: abs., to [[be anxious]], μέλει… κέαρ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>288</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>1049</span> (both lyr.); μελούσῃ καρδίᾳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>770</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> rarely c. acc., πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀντάξια ταῦτα μέμηλας thou hast [[invent]]ed, h.Merc.437 (fort. [[μέμηδας]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">θεοὶ τῶν ἀδίκων μέλουσι</b> ([[μέλλουσι]] codd. opt.) καὶ τῶν ὁσίων ἐπᾴειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>773</span> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Med. [[μέλομαι]], [[care for]], [[take care of]], c. gen., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>177</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1466</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>109</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Heracl.</span>354</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">A.R.1.967</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ λοιπά μου μέλου</b> (where <b class="b3">τὰ λ</b>. is adverbial) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1138</span>; μεμελημένοι ἀέθλων <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.101</span>: c. dat., ἐτητυμίῃ μεμελημένος <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.76</span>; ἱππασίῃ μεμελημένον ἦτορ <span class="bibl">Q.S.4.500</span>: c. acc., <b class="b3">μέλομαι ῥόδον</b> (prob. l. for [[μέλπομαι]]) <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>53.2: with Preps., <b class="b3">μέλεσθαι ἀμφί τι</b> or τινος, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.376</span>, <span class="bibl">4.491</span>; ἀμφ' αἰγῶν μεμελημένοι <span class="title">AP</span>6.221 (Leon.); ἐμέλοντο περὶ σφίσιν <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1172</span>: c. inf., μέλομαι… ἀείδειν <span class="bibl">Anacr.65</span>; μελέσθω λαὸς [[ἐκπονεῖν]] ἄκη <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>367</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>96</span> (lyr.): aor. in same sense, c. gen., τάφου μεληθείς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1184</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[on II., [[most]] [[usual]] in 3rd sg. and pl. of act. pres. [[μέλει]], μέλουσι.]<br />A. [[neuter]], with perf. [[μέμηλα]], to be an [[object]] of [[care]] or [[thought]] to anyone, c. dat. pers., ἀνθρώποισι [[μέλω]] I am a [[source]] of [[care]] to men, i. e. am well [[known]] to them, Od.; so, Ἀργὼ πᾶσι μέλουσα Od.; νερτέροισι [[μέλω]] Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> μή τοι [[ταῦτα]] μελόντων let not these things be a [[care]] to thee, Hom.; [[πόλεμος]] [[ἄνδρεσσι]] [[μελήσει]] Il.; ὧι τόσσα [[μέμηλε]] to whom so [[great]] things are a [[care]], Od., etc.:—an inf. often stands as nom., οὐκ ἔμελέν μοι [[ταῦτα]] μεταλλῆσαι Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in [[attic]] 3rd sg. is [[commonly]] used impers. with the [[object]] in gen., and pers. in dat., ὧι [[μέλει]] μάχας to whom [[there]] is [[care]] for the [[battle]], who careth for it, Aesch.; Ζηνὶ τῶν σῶν [[μέλει]] πόνων Eur., etc.;—also, [[μέλει]] μοι [[περί]] τινος Hdt., [[attic]]; [[ὑπέρ]] τινος Dem.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> absol., with a neg., [[οὐδέν]] μοι [[μέλει]] I [[care]] not, Ar.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> μέλον ἔστι periphr. for [[μέλει]], as, [[ἐστί]] τι μέλον τινί Soph.; [[τοῦτο]] ἴσασιν ἐμοὶ μεμεληκός Xen.:—also absol., μέλον γέ σοι [[since]] you [[have]] [[thought]] [[about]] it, Plat.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> Mid. is used by Poets like Act., to be an [[object]] of [[care]], ἐμοὶ δέ κε [[ταῦτα]] μελήσεται Il.; τἀνθάδ' ἂν μέλοιτό μοι [[what]] [[remains]] should be a [[care]] to you, Soph., etc.; [[rarely]] impers., μέλεταί μοί τινος Theocr.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in epic Poets are [[found]] perf. and plup. [[pass]]. [[μέμβλεται]], [[μέμβλετο]], shortened for μεμέληται, μεμέλητο, with pres. and imperf. [[sense]], [[οὐκέτι]] μέμβλετ' [[Ἀχιλλεύς]] (for [[μέλει]]) [[Achilles]] cares no [[longer]] for it, Il.; [[μέμβλετο]] οἱ [[τεῖχος]] (for [[ἔμελε]]) the [[wall]] was a [[care]] to him, Il.:—the regul. perf. occurs in [[later]] Poets, Φοίβωι μεμελήμεθα Anth.; 2 and 3rd sg. plup. μεμέλησο, -ητο, Anth., Theocr.<br />B. [[transitive|trans.]], c. gen. of persons, to [[care]] for, [[take]] [[care]] of, [[take]] an [[interest]] in a [[thing]], πλούτοιο [[μεμηλώς]] busied with [[riches]], Il.; πολέμοιο [[μεμηλώς]] Il.; θεοὶ τῶν ἀδίκων μέλουσιν Eur.:—absol. to be [[anxious]], [[μέλει]] [[κέαρ]] Aesch., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Mid. [[μέλομαι]], to [[care]] for, [[take]] [[care]] of, c. gen., Trag.; so in aor1 [[pass]]., τάφου μεληθείς having provided for the [[burial]], Soph.:—also μεληθέν, as Pass. cared for, Anth.; and perf. [[part]]. μεμελημένος, Anth.