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ἐπιμελ-ής , ές,
A.careful or anxious about, “ἀγαθῶνPl.Smp.197d; “τῶν φιλῶνX.Mem.2.6.35, etc.; also . περὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ἔργα ib.3.4.9.
2.. abs., careful, attentive, Ar. Nu.501, X.Mem.2.6.38, etc.: Comp. “-εστέρα ψυχήS.Fr.472, cf. X. An.3.2.30: Sup., Isoc.4.142; “-εστέραν ἔχειν ἑτέρου θεραπείανMen. 223.9. Adv. -λῶς carefully, X.Mem.2.4.2, Pl.Ti.88c, Men.Pk.32, etc.; Ion. “-λέωςHp.Art.55; Cret. “-λίωςSIG685.118 (Itanos): Comp. “-έστερονX.Mem.3.5.14; “-έστεραSIG785.9; “-εστέρωςAth.14.629b: Sup. “-έσταταPl.Alc.1.104d.
II.. Pass., cared for, an object of care, “οἱ τοῦτ᾽ ἦν ἐπιμελέςHdt.3.40; “οἷς ἁγνεῖαι . . ἐπιμελεῖςPl.Lg. 909e; τὸ . τοῦ δρωμένου the charge of the execution of orders, Th.5.66: mostly in neut. ἐπιμελές, c. dat. pers., Κύρῳ ἐπιμελὲς ἐγένετο τὰ Κροῖσος εἶπε made him anxious, Hdt.1.89, cf. 5.12,7.37; . μοι ἦν it was my business, Id.2.150: c.inf., οὐδενὶ . ἦν σκοπεῖν it was no one's business to see, Antipho 2.4.6; οἷς . εἴη εἰδέναι who made it their business to know, Th.1.5, cf. D.18.249; “. πεποίημαι εἰδέναιPl.Smp. 172c; “τοῖς ἄρχουσιν . ἔστω μή . . Id.Lg.932d: c. dat. et gen., οἷς τούτων . ib.763e, cf. 824; “δεῖπερὶ ἀρετῆς . εἶναι τῇ πόλειArist.Pol. 1280b7.
2.. suitable, “τόποςPOxy.1412.11 (iii A.D.).
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    • Antiphon, First Tetralogy, 4.6
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 249
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.89
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.150
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.40
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.12
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.37
    • Isocrates, Panegyricus, 142
    • Plato, Laws, 824
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    • Plato, Laws, 909e
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    • Plato, Symposium, 172c
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    • Plato, Timaeus, 88c
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.5
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    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 3.2.30
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    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 2.6.35
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 2.6.38
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 3.4.9
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 3.5.14
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 472
    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 501
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