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ἀμελ-ής (A), [α^], ές, （μέλει)
A.careless, negligent, Ar.Lys.882, X.Mem.2.6.19; “φιλοπότης τε κἀμελής” Eup.208; “ἀργὸς . . καὶ ἀ.” Pl.R.421d, etc. Adv. “-λῶς” carelessly, Th.6.100: Comp. “-έστερον” Id.2.11; “-εστέρως” Aen.Tact. 26.8.
2. c. gen., careless of . . , Pl.Sph.225d, etc.; “περί τινα” Isoc. 19.32. Adv., “ἐάν τις γονέων -έστερον ἔχῃ τοῦ δέοντος” Pl.Lg.932a; “ἀμελῶς ἔχειν πρός τι” X.Oec.2.7; “περὶ θεούς” Id.Cyr.1.2.7.
3. c. inf., οὐκ ἀ. ποιεῖν not negligent in doing, Plu.2.64f.
II. Pass., uncared for, unheeded, “οὐδενὶ τούτων ἀ.” X.HG6.5.41, cf. D.50.15; οὐκ ἀμελὲς γεγένηταί μοι, c. inf., I have taken pains to . . , Luc.Dips.9.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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