I.care, attention, Hes.; μ. πλεόνων care for many things, id=Hes.; ἔργων μ. attention to action, Thuc.:—but c. gen. subjecti, care paid by one, θεῶν του μελέτῃ Soph.
2.practice, exercise, Lat. meditatio, Pind.; ἡ δι᾽ ὀλίγου μ. their short practice, Thuc.; πόνων μελέται painful exercises, of the Spartan discipline, id=Thuc.
b.in a military sense, exercise, practice, drill, id=Thuc.
c.of an orator, rehearsal, Dem.
3.a pursuit, Pind.
II.care, anxiety, μελέτῃ κατατρύχεσθαι Eur.