ἐπιμέλ-εια, ἡ,
written -εα “IG” 22.483.24 [[ (4th c.BC), _Aeolic dialect_ _genitive_ -ηΐας [prev. work]12(2).243 (from Mytilene)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ionic dialectgenitive -λίης Ps.-[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus “Vit.Hom.” 5(assuming variant)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: —care bestowed upon a thing, attention paid to it, and absolutely, attention, diligence, Prose word, once in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), frequently in Th., X., etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, pains, [[ X. “Cyr.” 1.6.4, etc.: with _genitive_ objecti, ἐ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ, οἰκείων καὶ πολιτικῶν, Th. 2.39, 40; τῶν ἔργων [prev. author] 3.46; τῶν πραγμάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.13; τῶν κοινῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.25; τῶν καμνόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 720d ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (hence, of medical treatment, [[ S.E. “P.” 2.240); πλήθους γεννημάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740d; also περί τινος τὴν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.56; περὶ τοὺς νέους 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 106 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, [[ D. 22.78, Pl. “Lg.” 754b; εἰς τὰ ἀναγκαῖα 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 8J. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐπιμέλειάν τινος ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.105, Th. 6.41, Arist. “Pol.” 1330b11, D. 61.43, cf. Pl. “R.” 451d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐπιμελείας τυγχάνειν to have attention paid to one, [[ Isoc. 6.154, compare “POxy.” 58.22 (3rd c.AD), etc.] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐ. παρὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Epitaphius” 43; δι᾽ ἐπιμελείας ἔχειν τινά 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.14; ἐπιμελείᾳ, κατ᾽ ἐπιμέλειαν, with diligence, [[ X. “Cyr.” 5.3.47, “HG” 4.4.8; δι᾽ ἐπιμελείας θεοῦ ἡ ἀτυχία γίγνεται 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ πάσης ἐ. [[ X.Eph. 2.10. ] Refs]