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|Definition=[ᾰ], aor. ἠμέλησα, Ep.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἀμ- Il., v. infr.: pf. ἠμέληκα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.43: ([[ἀμελής]]): [[have no care for]], [[be neglectful of]], in Hom. always c. neg. (not in Od.), οὐδ' ὣς Μενελάου ἐφημοσύνης ἀμέλησεν Il.17.697; οὐκ ἀμέλησε κασιγνήτοιο πεσόντος 8.330; [[οὐκ ἀμέλησε Πατρόκλοιο πεσόντος]] = [[he lost not sight of Patroclus]] [in order to [[plunder]] him], 17.9:—after Hom., with and without neg., εἰ τούτων ἀμελήσει [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.121.γ, cf. Ar.''Nu.''989, Th.3.40, Pl.''Lg.''900b, al.; δόξης ἀμελῆσαι D.18.227; ἀμελήσας ὑμῶν 21.167; ([[τούτῳ]] is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[τούτο]]υ in Lycurg.15); οὐκ ἐμοῦ τοῦ νομοθέτου ἀμελήσων ἀλλ' εἰς τὸν Κρόνον αὐτόν Luc.''Sat.''10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., to [[be careless]], [[be negligent]], Hes.''Op.''400, freq. in Att., Isoc.9.78, etc.; τὸ μὴ ἀμελεῖν μάθε A.''Eu.''86; πῶς ἐπὶ τοῖς φθιμένοις ἀμελεῖν καλόν; S.''El.''237.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. rei, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.163: c. acc. pers. et part., [[overlook]]: hence, [[allow]], [[suffer]], [[παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρᾳ θνῄσκοντας ἀμελεῖ]] = [[having gotten children in secret, he abandons them to die]], E.''Ion''439: c. gen., τοῦ [[ὀργίζεσθαι]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.3.9.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., [[neglect]] to do, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.66, Pl. ''Phd.''98d, ''Lg.''944d, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be slighted]], [[be overlooked]], E.''IA'' 1094, Th.1.68; ἐκφεύγει τἀμελούμενον [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''111; οὐδ' ἐκεῖνά μοι ἀμελεῖται X.''Oec.''12.2; οἱ ἠμελημένοι ἄνθρωποι Th.2.49.<br><span class="bld">III</span> pf. part. Pass. in med. sense, [[careless]], Max.Tyr.8.7, 21.9. Adv. [[ἠμελημένως]] = [[carelessly]], X.''An.''1.7.19.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[ἀμέλει]], v. sub voc.