μελετ-άω,
future -ήσω [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80, etc., -ήσομαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.24.2:—post- 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] Verb, take thought or care for, with genitive, βίου, ἔργου, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 316, 443: with _accusative_ _of things_, δόξαν ἀρετῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a physician, treat a case, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 27, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive [[, of the patient, [prev. work] 26, etc. ] Refs]
__2 attend to, study, οὐ δύναμαι ἀκοῦσαι, τοῦτο μελετῶν (i.e. τὸ ἀκοῦσαι) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.115; πλήθους δόξας μεμελετηκώς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II pursue, exercise, [μαντείην] [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 557 ] Refs]; μ. τοῦτο (i.e. ἡμεροδρόμην εἶναι) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.105 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in Attic dialect, μ. σοφίαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 511 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέχνας, ῥητορικήν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 511b, 511c, 448d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; practise, ἤθη, γαστριμαργίας, ὕβρεις, [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 81e; ὄρχησιν [prev. author] “Lg.” 813e ] Refs]; [νόμους] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 892 (Lyric poetry); ἀστοῖς ἴσα χρὴ μελετᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 171 (_anapaest meter_); τὴν τῶν πολεμικῶν ἄσκησιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1333b39: generally, μ. ἄδικα LXX.Job.27.4; ταῦτα μελέτα NT.1Tim.4.15 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; especially practise speaking, con over a speech in one's mind, λογάρια δύστηνα μελετήσας [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.255; ἀπολογίαν [prev. author] 46.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, deliver, declaim[[ (compare 11.5 b), λόγους 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.54:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, τὸ ναυτικὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι naval warfare cannot be practised 'en amateur', [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐταξία μετὰ κινδύνων μελετωμένη discipline put in practice on the battle-field, [[ [prev. author] 6.72, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 455c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]