μέλω , μέλει, μέλουσι, imp. μελέτω,
μελόντων, inf. μελέμεν, ipf.
ἔμελε, μέλε, fut. μελήσει, inf. μελησέμεν,
perf. μέμηλεν, subj. μεμήλῃ, part. μεμηλώς, plup.
μεμήλει, mid. pres. imp. μελέσθω, fut. μελήσεται, perf. μέμβλεται,
plup. μέμβλετο: be an object of
care or interest;
πᾶσι δόλοισι | ἀνθρώποισι μέλω, i. e. my wiles give me a
world - wide ‘renown,’ Od.
9.20; cf. Ἀργὼ πᾶσι μέλουσα,
i. e. the Argo ‘all - renowned,’ Od. 12.70; mostly only the 3d pers.,
μέλει μοί τις or τὶ, ‘I care for,’ ‘am
concerned with’ or ‘in’ somebody or
something, he, she, or it ‘interests me,’
‘rests’ or ‘weighs upon my
mind’; μελήσουσί μοι ἵπποι,
‘I will take care of the horses,’ Il. 5.228
; ἀνὴρ ᾧ τόσσα μέμηλεν, who has so
many ‘responsibilities,’ Il. 2.25; perf. part. μεμηλώς,
‘interested’ or ‘engaged in,’
‘intent on,’ τινός, Ε
708, Il. 13.297; mid.,
Il. 1.523, Il. 19.343, Il. 21.516,
Od. 22.12.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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