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ἐπιμελής

ἐπιμελής, ἐπιμελής ές, careful (adjective)

ἐπιμελ-ής, ές,
  • careful or anxious about, ἀγαθῶν Pl. Smp. 197d; τῶν φιλῶν X. Mem. 2.6.35, etc.; also ἐ. περὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ἔργα ib. 3.4.9.
      • 2 abs., careful, attentive, Ar. Nu. 501, X. Mem. 2.6.38, etc.: Comp. -εστέρα ψυχή S. Fr. 472, cf. X. An. 3.2.30: Sup., Isoc. 4.142; -εστέραν ἔχειν ἑτέρου θεραπείαν Men. 223.9. Adv. -λῶς carefully, X. Mem. 2.4.2, Pl. Ti. 88c, Men. Pk. 32, etc.; Ion. -λέως Hp. Art. 55; Cret. -λίως SIG 685.118 (Itanos): Comp. -έστερον X. Mem. 3.5.14; -έστερα SIG 785.9; -εστέρως Ath. 14.629b: Sup. -έστατα Pl. Alc. 1.104d.
    • II Pass., cared for, an object of care, οἱ τοῦτʼ ἦν ἐπιμελές Hdt. 3.40; οἷς ἁγνεῖαι . . ἐπιμελεῖς Pl. Lg. 909e; τὸ ἐ. 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; ἐ. μοι ἦν it was my business, Id. 2.150: c. inf., οὐδενὶ ἐ. ἦν σκοπεῖν it was no oneʼs business to see, Antipho 2.4.6; οἷς ἐ. εἴη εἰδέναι who made it their business to know, Th. 1.5, cf. D. 18.249; ἐ. πεποίημαι εἰδέναι Pl. Smp. 172c; τοῖς ἄρχουσιν ἐ. ἔστω μή . . Id. Lg. 932d: c. dat. et gen., οἷς τούτων ἐ. ib. 763e, cf. 824a; δεῖ περὶ ἀρετῆς ἐ. εἶναι τῇ πόλει Arist. Pol. 1280b7.
      • 2 suitable, τόπος POxy. 1412.11 (iii A.D.).

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