ἀμελ-έω [ᾰ],
aorist ἠμέλησα, Epic dialect ἀμ-[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”] Refs 8th c.BC+], see below: perfect ἠμέληκα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.43] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ἀμελής):—have no care for, be neglectful of, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always with _negative_ (not in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), οὐδ᾽ ὣς Μενελάου ἐφημοσύνης ἀμέλησεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.697; οὐκ ἀμέλησε κασιγνήτοιο πεσόντος 8.330] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀμέλησε Πατρόκλοιο πεσόντος he lost not sight of Patroclus [in order to plunder him],[[ 17.9:—after 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], with and without negative, εἰ τούτων ἀμελήσει[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.γ,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 989, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 900b, +others; δόξης ἀμελῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.227; ἀμελήσας ὑμῶν 21.167] Refs 5th c.BC+]; (τούτῳ is falsa lectio for{τούτου} in [[ 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 15); οὐκ ἐμοῦ τοῦ νομοθέτου ἀμελήσων ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὸν Κρόνον αὐτόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sat.” 10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 absolutely, to be careless, negligent, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 400] Refs 8th c.BC+], frequently in Attic dialect, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.78, etc.; τὸ μὴ ἀμελεῖν μάθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 86; πῶς ἐπὶ τοῖς φθιμένοις ἀμελεῖν καλό; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 237. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with accusative of things, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.163] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative person et participle, overlook: hence, allow, suffer, παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρᾳ θνῄσκοντας ἀμελεῖ lets them die, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 439: with _genitive_, τοῦ ὀργίζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]