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ἐπιμέλεια

ἐπιμέλεια, ἐπιμέλεια, ἡ, care, concern (noun)

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ἐπιμέλειʼ feminine nominative singular, feminine vocative singular, feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural of ἐπιμέλεια

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ἐπιμέλ-εια, ἡ, written -εα IG 2(2).483.24 (iv B.C.), Aeol. gen. -ηΐας ib. 12(2).243 (Mytilene); Ion. gen. -λίης Ps.-Hdt. Vit.Hom. 5 (s.v.l.): —
  • care bestowed upon a thing, attention paid to it, and abs., attention, diligence, Prose word, once in Hdt. (v. infr.), freq. in Th., X., etc.: in pl., pains, X. Cyr. 1.6.4, etc.: c. gen. objecti, ἐ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ, οἰκείων καὶ πολιτικῶν, Th. 2.39, 40; τῶν ἔργων Id. 3.46; τῶν πραγμάτων And. 2.13; τῶν κοινῶν Isoc. 7.25; τῶν καμνόντων Pl. Lg. 720d (hence, of medical treatment, S.E. P. 2.240); πλήθους γεννημάτων Pl. Lg. 740d; also περί τινος τὴν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Th. 7.56; περὶ τοὺς νέους Lycurg. 106; πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, D. 22.78, Pl. Lg. 754b; εἰς τὰ ἀναγκαῖα Posidon. 8J.; ἐπιμέλειάν τινος ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν, Hdt. 6.105, Th. 6.41, Arist. Pol. 1330b11, D. 61.43, cf. Pl. R. 451d; opp. ἐπιμελείας τυγχάνειν to have attention paid to one, Isoc. 6.154, cf. POxy. 58.22 (iii A.D.), etc.; ἐ. παρὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου Hyp. Epit. 43; διʼ ἐπιμελείας ἔχειν τινά Is. 7.14; ἐπιμελείᾳ, κατʼ ἐπιμέλειαν, with diligence, X. Cyr. 5.3.47, HG 4.4.8; διʼ ἐπιμελείας θεοῦ ἡ ἀτυχία γίγνεται Antipho 3.3.8; μετὰ πάσης ἐ. X.Eph. 2.10.
      • 2 a commission or charge, Aeschin. 3.13, Arist. Pol. 1299a20 (pl.); ἡ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἐ. ib. 1322b18, cf. ib. 30 (pl.); ἡ τῶν ἐφήβων ἐ., a special office at Athens, Din. 3.15; so πρὸς τῇ ἐ. τῶν χρηματιστῶν, = ἐπιμελητὴς τῶν χρ., POxy. 281.2 (i A.D.).
      • 3 any employment or pursuit, interpol. in X. Cyr. 1.6.13, etc.: pl., ἐ. καὶ σπουδαί pursuits which demand zeal, Arist. Rh. 1370a11, cf. EN 1138b26.

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