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μέλω , Med. μέλομαι , used in both voices, either in neut. sense,
A.to be an object of care or thought, or in act. sense, care for, take an interest in.
A. pres. μέλω: impf. ἔμελον, Ep. “μέλονOd.5.6: fut. μελήσω, Ep. inf. “μελησέμενIl.10.51: aor. ἐμέλησα: pf. μεμέληκα; also Ep. and Lyr. μέμηλα, Dor. part. μεμα_λώς dub. in Pi.O.1.89 (for Ep. forms of Med.v.infr.111.2): almost always 3sg.and pl., exc. in pres. (v. infr.):—to be an object of care or thought, sts. with a personal subject (not in Att. Prose):
I. πᾶσι δόλοισιν ἀνθρώποισι μέλω by all manner of wiles am I in men's thoughts, i. e. am well known to them, Od.9.20; “Ἀργὼ πᾶσι μέλουσα12.70; “μελήσεις ἄφθιτον ἀνθρώποις αἰὲν ἔχων ὄνομαThgn.245; “Εὐθυμίᾳ μέλων εἴηνPi.Fr.155; “μέλει σφισὶ ΚαλλιόπαId.O.10(11).14; “ἵνα θανοῦσα νερτέροισιν μέλωE.Andr. 850 (lyr.); “Ἔρως . . οὐρανίδαισι μέλωνId.Tr.842; “μέλων πολλοῖσιAP 5.121 (Diod.); “ μέλουσα ἀγέληThem.Or.1.10a: pf. part., ἀρεταῖσι μεμαλότας dear to virtue, Pi.O.1.89 (dub.); μέλεγάρ οἱ [Ὀδυσσεύς] Od. 5.6; “τὸν ξεῖνον δὲ ἐῶμεν . . . Τηλεμάχῳ μελέμεν18.420: but more freq. of things, μή τοι ταῦτα . . . μελόντων let not these things weigh on thy soul, Il.18.463, Od.13.362; “μηδέ τί οἱ θάνατος μελέτω φρεσίIl.24.152; σοὶ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν 'tis good these things should be a care to thee, 5.490; “πόλεμος δ᾽ ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει6.492; “μελήσουσιν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ ἵπποι5.228; “ τόσσα μέμηλε2.25; “οἷς ὕβρις μέμηλε κακήHes.Op. 238; “τοῖσιν . . ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἄλλα μεμήλειOd.1.151, cf. Il.2.614; “ὅσα φημὶ μελησέμεν Ἀργείοισι10.51; “ἔλεγε . . κομιδῆς πέρι τὴν ὥρην αὐτῷ μελήσεινHdt.8.19; “μέλει γὰρ ἀνδρὶ . . τἄξωθενA.Th.200; “σοὶ χρὴ μέλειν ἐπιστολάςId.Pr.3; “οὗτος . . δμωσὶν ἂν μέλοι πόνοςE.Supp.939; “ τοῖσιν ἀστοῖς ἔμελενAr.Ec.459; “τοῖσδε μελήσει γάμοςE.El.1342 (anap.); “τοῦτο ἴσασιν ἐμοὶ μεμεληκόςX.Ap.20.
6. freq. with a neg., οὐδέν μοι μέλει I care not, Ar.Ra.655; “μή νυν μελέτω σοι μηδένId.Pl. 208; “τῷ δ᾽ οὐδὲν μ.Alex.178.2; so τί δέ σοι μέλει; Diph.73.10.
2. Ep. pf. and plpf. Pass. μέμβλεται , μέμβλετο (fr. μέ-μλ-εται, μέ-μλ-ετο), with pres. and impf. sense, νύ τοι οὐκέτι πάγχυ μετὰ φρεσὶ μέμβλετ᾽ Ἀχιλλεύς (for μέλει); Il.19.343; μέμβλετο γάρ οἱ τεῖχος (for ἔμελε) 21.516; “φόνος δέ οἱ οὐκ ἐνὶ θυμῷ μέμβλετοOd.22.12; “ᾗσιν ἀοιδὴ μέμβλεται ἐν στήθεσσινHes. Th.61: hence later Ep. formed a pres. μέμβλομαι, 2pl. “μέμβλεσθεA.R.2.217; 3pl. μέμβλονται, in act. sense (cf. B. 11 infr.), “μ. πόνοισιOpp.H.4.77: the regul. pf. and plpf. (with pres. and impf. sense) also occur in later Poets, “μεμέληταιOpp.C.1.436; “Φοίβῳ μεμελήμεθαAP10.17 (Antiphil.); “μεμέληνταιCall.Fr.anon.119, Opp.C.1.349: 2 and 3 plpf. μεμέλησο, -το, AP5.219 (Agath.), Theoc.17.46; part. μεμελημένος, α, ον, cared for, “πολλοῖς μεμελημέναι ἡρωῖναιId.26.36, cf. AP7.199 (Tymn.): aor. part. Pass. μεληθέν ib.5.200; cf. βέβλεσθαι.
B. with an object, care for, take an interest in a thing, c. gen., Hom. only in pf. part., μέγα πλούτοιο μεμηλώς busied with, attending to . . , Il.5.708; “μέγα πτολέμοιο μεμηλώς13.297: later in pres., “οὐκ ἔφα τις θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλεινA.Ag.370 (lyr.); “μέλειν μὲν ἡμῶνS.Aj.689; “δεινόν σε . . τικτούσης μέλεινId.El.342: later c. dat., care for, “μέλω κύρτοιςAP10.10 (Arch. Jun.); “θεοῖς μέλοντεςPlu.Sull.7: abs., to be anxious, “μέλει . . κέαρA.Th.288, cf. Pers.1049 (both lyr.); “μελούσῃ καρδίᾳE.Rh.770.
2. rarely c. acc., “πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀντάξια ταῦτα μέμηλαςthou hastinvented, h.Merc.437 (fort. μέμηδας).
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