ἐπιμελ-έομαι,
also ἐπιμελ-μέλομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.98, 2.2, 174, +others, Th. 6.54 (variant in 7.39), Lys. 7.25 (codex M), Pl. “Grg.” 516b, “PEleph.” 13.7 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.” “Zen.” 44.17 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the contraction form prevails in codices, e.g.[[ Ar. “Pl.” 1117, X. “An.” 5.7.10, Pl. “Mx.” 248e, and in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. from 4th c.BC (older _Attic dialect_ spellings are ambiguous)] Refs 4th c.BC+], and is required by the metre in [[ E. “Ph.” 556 ] Refs]: future ἐπιμελήσομαι [[5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.29, Th. 3.25, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -μεληθήσομαι variant in [[ X. “Mem.” 2.7.8, Aeschin. 3.27 ] Refs] (Doric dialect 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -θησεῖ [[“IG” 12(3).170.25 (from Astypalaea), _plural_ -θησεῦντι [prev. work]12(1).694 (from Rhodes))] Refs]: aorist ἐπεμελήθην [[5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.109, Th. 8.68, Isoc. 4.38, X. “Mem.” 1.3.11, etc. (ἐπεμελησάμην only late, “IGRom.” 4.684.14 (1st c.AD), “SIG” 875 (2nd c.AD), Gal. “Protr.” 9)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐπιμεμέλημαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.41: active only in [[“SIG” 1044.31 (Halic.)] Refs]:—take care of, have charge or management of, rare in Poets, as [[ E. “Ph.” 556, frequently in Prose: with _genitive_ objecti, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.98, 5.29, Ar. “V.” 154, “Pl.” 1117, Th. 3.25, Isoc. 4.38, Pl. “R.” 331d, etc.; περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ὑπὲρ] τῆς στρατηγίας [[[prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.12; περί τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 248e: later, with _dative_, παιδίῳ “POxy.” 744.6 (1st c.BC),compare “PTeb.” 58.62 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.accusative et infinitive, take care that.. , [[ Th. 6.54 ] Refs]: c.genitive et infinitive, [[ X. “Oec.” 20.9:followed by ὅπως] Refs] with indicative future or subjunctive aorist, Foed. cited in [[ Th. 4.118, X. “Mem.” 2.10.2, etc.] Refs]: with optative after an aorist, [[ [prev. author] “HG” 6.5.37 ] Refs]; by ὅπως c.infinitive, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.2.37 (assuming variant)] Refs]; by ὡς with optative (after past tenses), [[ [prev. author] “An.” 1.1.5, etc.] Refs]; also ἐ. τινὸς ὅπως ἔσται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2d; by ἵνα c.subjunctive, [[“Inscription Prien.” 44.35 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with neuter adjective in accusative, take care with respect to a thing, [[ Th. 6.41: c._accusative_ et _dative_, τὰ ἄλλα τοῖς πολεμάρχοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.4, compare “IG” 22.233.20 (in E. “Ph.” 556 the _accusative_ belongs to ἔχοντες)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative cognate, ἐ. πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν [[5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325c, compare “IG” 22.1261.5] Refs]: absolutely, give heed, attend, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]