ἐπιμελέομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=also [[ἐπιμέλομαι]] Hdt.1.98, 2.2,174,al., Th.6.54 (v.l.in 7.39), Lys.7.25 (cod. M), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 516b, ''PEleph.''13.7 (iii B.C.), ''PCair.'' ''Zen.''44.17 (iii B.C.), etc.; the contr. form prevails in codd., e.g.Ar. ''Pl.''1117, X.''An.''5.7.10, Pl.''Mx.''248e, and in Att. Inscrr. from 380 B.C. (older Att. spellings are ambiguous), and is required by the metre in E.''Ph.''556: <span class="bld">A</span> fut. ἐπιμελήσομαι Hdt.5.29, Th.3.25, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπιμεληθήσομαι</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.7.8, Aeschin.3.27 (Dor. 3sg. -θησεῖ ''IG''12(3).170.25 (Astypalaea), pl. -θησεῦντι ib.12(1).694 (Rhodes)): aor. ἐπεμελήθην Hdt.8.109, Th.8.68, Isoc.4.38, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.3.11, etc. ([[ἐπεμελησάμην]] only late, ''IGRom.''4.684.14 (i A.D.), ''SIG''875 (ii A.D.), Gal.''Protr.'' 9): pf. ἐπιμεμέλημαι Th.6.41: Act. only in ''SIG''1044.31 (Halic.):—[[take care of]], [[have charge of]] or [[have management of]], rare in Poets, as E.''Ph.''556, freq. in Prose: c. gen. objecti, Hdt.1.98, 5.29, Ar.''V.''154, ''Pl.''1117, Th.3.25, Isoc.4.38, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 331d, etc.; περί τινος X.''An.''5.7.10; ([[ὑπὲρ]]) τῆς στρατηγίας Id.''Cyr.''1.6.12; περί τινα Pl.''Mx.''248e: later, c.dat., παιδίῳ ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''744.6 (i B.C.), cf.''PTeb.''58.62 (ii B.C.): c.acc.et inf., [[take care that]].., Th.6.54: c.gen.et inf., X.''Oec.''20.9:followed by [[ὅπως]] with ind. fut. or subj. aor., Foed. ap. Th.4.118, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.10.2, etc.: with opt. after an aor., Id.''HG''6.5.37; by [[ὅπως]] c.inf., Id.''Cyr.''4.2.37 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); by [[ὡς]] with opt. (after past tenses), Id.''An.''1.1.5, etc.; also <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὸς ὅπως</b> ἔσται Pl.''Euthphr.''2d; by [[ἵνα]] c.subj., ''Inscr.Prien.''44.35 (ii B.C.): with neut. Adj. in acc., [[take care with respect to]] a thing, Th.6.41: c.acc. et dat., τὰ ἄλλα τοῖς πολεμάρχοις X.''HG''5.4.4, cf. ''IG''22.233.20 (in E. ''Ph.''556 the acc. belongs to [[ἔχοντες]]): c. acc. cogn., ἐ. πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 325c, cf.''IG''22.1261.5: abs., [[give heed]], [[attend]], Hdt.2.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. of public commissions, [[have charge of]], [[be inspector]] or [[curator of]], τῶν μοριῶν ἐλαῶν Lys.7.29; τῶν δεκαδέων [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.1.14; δρόμου Id.''An.'' 4.8.25; [[ὁδῶν]] (of the Roman cura viarum) ''CIG''4011 (Ancyra): c.acc. cogn., Pl.''Lg.''812e:—in Att. Inscrr., [[ἐπιμεληθῆναι]] (inf. = imper.) is usual of a definite commission, ποιήσεως ''IG''22.555, etc. (so -ηθέντων ib.12.70); [[ἐπιμελεῖσθαι]], of matters requiring permanent attention, ib. 12.56, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. to [[be engaged in]], [[cultivate]] any pursuit, art, etc., [[δυοῖν]] τέχναιν D.27.31; τῆς ἀρετῆς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.71, cf. ''Mem.''4.5.10.