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|Definition=fut. -ήσω Th.1.80, etc., -ήσομαι Luc.''Sol.'' 6, Philostr.''VS''1.24.2:—post-Hom. Verb,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[take thought]] or [[care for]], c. gen., [[βίου]], [[ἔργου]], Hes.''Op.''316, 443: c. acc. rei, δόξαν ἀρετῆς Th. 6.11; of a physician, [[treat]] a case, Hp.''Int.''27, etc.:—Pass., of the patient, ib.26, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[attend to]], [[study]], <b class="b3">οὐ δύναμαι ἀκοῦσαι, τοῦτο μελετῶν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸ ἀκοῦσαι</b>) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.115; πλήθους δόξας μεμελετηκώς Pl. ''Phdr.''260c.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[pursue]], [[exercise]], ([[μαντείην]]) ''h.Merc.''557; <b class="b3">μ. τοῦτο</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">ἡμεροδρόμην εἶναι</b>) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.105: freq. in Att., μ. σοφίαν Ar.''Pl.'' 511; [[τέχνας]], [[ῥητορικήν]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 511b, 511c, 448d; [[practise]], [[ἤθη]], [[γαστριμαργίας]], [[ὕβρεις]], Id.''Phd.''81e; ὄρχησιν Id.''Lg.''813e; ([[νόμους]]) E.''Ba.''892 (lyr.); ἀστοῖς ἴσα χρὴ μελετᾶν S.''OC''171 (anap.); τὴν τῶν πολεμικῶν ἄσκησιν Arist.''Pol.''1333b39: generally, μ. ἄδικα [[LXX]] ''Jb.''27.4; ταῦτα μελέτα ''1 Ep.Ti.''4.15; esp. [[practise]] speaking, [[con over]] a speech [[in one's mind]], λογάρια δύστηνα μελετήσας D.19.255; ἀπολογίαν Id.46.1; also, [[deliver]], [[declaim]] (cf. 11.5 b), λόγους D.C.40.54:—Pass., <b class="b3">τὸ ναυτικὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι</b> naval warfare cannot [[be practised]] 'en amateur', Th.1.142; <b class="b3">εὐταξία μετὰ κινδύνων μελετωμένη</b> discipline [[put in practice]] on the battle-field, Id.6.72, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 455c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">μετρίως ἀλγεῖν μελετᾷ σοφία</b> [[practises]] moderation in grief, E. ''Fr.''46; λαλεῖν μεμελετήκασί που Ar.''Ec.''119; also μ. τοξεύειν καὶ ἀκοντίζειν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.2.12, cf. Antipho 3.2.3; μ. ποιεῖν καὶ λέγειν Lys.10.9; <b class="b3">μ. ἀποθνῄσκειν, τεθνάναι</b>, [[practise]] dying, death, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 67e, 81a, cf. Epicur.''Fr.''470.<br><span class="bld">3</span> less freq. c. part., μ. κυβερνῶντες X.''Ath.''1.20; with [[ὡς]] and part., Id.''Cyr.''5.5.47.<br><span class="bld">4</span> with Prep., μ. ἔν τινι [[LXX]] ''Jo.'' 1.8,al.<br><span class="bld">5</span> abs., [[study]], [[train oneself]], Ar.''Ec.''164, Th.1.80, X.''HG'' 3.4.16; <b class="b3">ἦν τὸ ἱππικὸν μεμελετηκός</b> ib.6.4.10: c. dat. modi, τόξῳ μ. καὶ ἀκοντίῳ Id.''Cyr.''2.1.21; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ μὴ μελετῶντι</b> by want of [[practice]], Th.1.142.<br><span class="bld">b</span> esp. [[practise oratory]], [[declaim]], Pl.''Phdr.''228b; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῶν καιρῶν μ.</b> [[extemporize a speech]], D.61.43; Ἑλληνιστὶ μ. Plu.''Cic.''4, cf. 2.131a, Luc.''Sol.''6, Philostr. ''VS''1.24.2, ''AP''11.145; of actors, Arist. ''Pr.''904b3.<br><span class="bld">6</span> Medic., of disease, [[threaten]], μ. τὴν τοῦ καρκινώματος γένεσιν Leonid. ap. Aët.16.43: abs., ἢν κρύβδην μελετήσῃ… ἡ νοῦσος Aret.''SD''2.12:—Pass., ἀπειλᾷ καὶ μελετᾶται μανία Steph. ''in Hp.''1.99 D., cf. Aët.16.63.<br><span class="bld">7</span> c. acc. pers., [[exercise]], [[train]] persons, <b class="b3">ἐμελέτησεν [αὐτοὺς] ὡς εἶεν</b>… [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.1.42: c. inf., οὓς ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους μελετᾷ Φείδων Mnesim.4.7:—Pass., <b class="b3">μελετώμενοι ὑπ' αὐτῶν τὴν πτῆσιν</b>, of eaglets, Philostr.''VA''1.7.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Gramm., to [[be accustomed]], c. inf., μεμελέτηκε τὸ τ εἰς θ τρέπεσθαι ''An.Ox.''1.66; τὰ μὴ μελετήσανταπάσχεινσυναίρεσιν Theognost. ''Can.''145.25.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Medic., [[acquire a habit]], μελετησάντων ἐκπίπτειν βραχιόνων Gal.14.782:—Pass., [[become chronic]], μελετηθὲν τὸ πάθος Aët.16.67.