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μήδομαι , Il.2.360, etc.: impf.
A.ἐμήδετοh.Merc.46; Ep. μήδετο (v. infr.): fut. “μήσομαιS.Tr.973 (lyr.), E.HF1075 (lyr.); Ep. 2sg. “μήσεαιOd.11.474: aor. ἐμήσατο, μήσατο (v. infr.), also “μῆστοHsch.: pf. μέμηδα cj. for “μέμηλαh.Merc.437: (μέδω, μῆδος):—to be minded, intend, αὐτός τ᾽ εὖ μήδεο resolve well thyself, Il.2.360; ἅσσ᾽ ἂν ἐμοί περ αὐτῇ μηδοίμην what counsels I should take for myself, Od.5.189.
3. after Hom., simply, contrive, invent, “ἄρτιαPi.O.6.94; “τέχνας καὶ πόρουςA.Pr.477; “ἄφθιταAr.Av.689 (lyr.); “ὅσια καὶ νόμιμαId.Th. 676 (lyr.); “ὑμῖν κῦδος . . ἐμήσατο Χῖος ἀοιδόςTheoc.22.218; τί δὲ μήσωμαι; what shall I attempt? A.Th.1062, cf. S.Tr.973; τί σοι μήσομαι; E.Hipp.592; make skilfully, “μέλισσα μέλι μηδομέναSimon.47: c. acc. et inf., contrive that a thing should be, “ἄπιστον ἐμήσατο πιστὸν ἔμμεναιPi.O.1.31.
II. take care, keep watch, ib.106, so prob. in Hes.Fr.96.76.—Poet. word, used twice by Ar. (lyr.), Trag. only in lyr. exc. A.Pr.l.c., and in late Prose, Luc.Astr.6, 21.
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