Included with: ἐπιμελ-ής, ές,
careful or anxious about, ἀγαθῶν [[5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 197d; τῶν φιλῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.35, etc.; also ἐ. περὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ἔργα [prev. work] 3.4.9. ] Refs]
__2. absolutely, careful, attentive, [[ Ar. “Nu.” 501, X. “Mem.” 2.6.38, etc.] Refs]: comparative -εστέρα ψυχή [[5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 472, cf. X. “An.” 3.2.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative, [[ Isoc. 4.142; -εστέραν ἔχειν ἑτέρου θεραπείαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 223.9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb -λῶς carefully, [[ X. “Mem.” 2.4.2, Pl. “Ti.” 88c, Men. “Pk.” 32, etc.] Refs]; Ionic dialect -λέως 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Art.” 55; Cretan dialect -λίως [[“SIG” 685.118 (from Itanos)] Refs]: comparative -έστερον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.14; -έστερα “SIG” 785.9; -εστέρως 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.629b: superlative -έστατα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Alc.” 1.104d.
__II. passive, cared for, an object of care, οἱ τοῦτ᾽ ἦν ἐπιμελές 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40; οἷς ἁγνεῖαι.. ἐπιμελεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 909e; τὸ ἐ. τοῦ δρωμένου the charge of the execution of orders, [[ Th. 5.66: mostly in _neuter_ ἐπιμελές, with _dative_ _person_, Κύρῳ ἐπιμελὲς ἐγένετο τὰ Κροῖσος εἶπε] Refs] made him anxious, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, compare 5.12, 7.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μοι ἦν it was my business, [[ [prev. author] 2.150: c.] Refs]infinitive, οὐδενὶ ἐ. ἦν σκοπεῖν it was no one's business to see, [[ Antipho 2.4.6 ] Refs]; οἷς ἐ. εἴη εἰδέναι who made it their business to know, [[ Th. 1.5, cf. D. 18.249; ἐ. πεποίημαι εἰδέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 172c; τοῖς ἄρχουσιν ἐ. ἔστω μή.. [prev. author] “Lg.” 932d: with _dative_ et _genitive_, οἷς τούτων ἐ. [prev. work] 763e, compare 824; δεῖπερὶ ἀρετῆς ἐ. εἶναι τῇ πόλει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]