μέριμν-α, ἡ,
care, thought, solicitude, ὅν τε θαμιναὶ ἐπιστρωφῶσι μέριμναι [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 44, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.54, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τινός care for.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 132, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1460; ἀμφί τι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 843 (Lyric poetry); ἐλθεῖν ἐς τόδε μερίμνης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 244, compare 404 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, cares, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 178, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 11.1, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 13.8, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 343, etc.; γνώμαις δὲ λεπταῖς.. ξύνειμι καὶ μερίμναις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1404; λύπας, μερίμνας, ἁρπαγάς 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 88.] Refs 8th c.BC+]—Rare in early Prose, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Insomn.” 89, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Amatores” 134b (_plural_); later ἡ τοῦ βίου μ. “UPZ” 20.29 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. καὶ φροντίς[[ Aristeas 271; μ. τοῦ αἰῶνος NT.Matt.13.22, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 131.3, etc. ] NT+2nd c.AD+]
__2 concrete, object of care or thought, μεγάλην σε πατὴρ ἐφύτευσε μ. θνητοῖς ἀνθρώποισι [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 160. ] Refs]
__3 pursuit, ambition, especially in plural, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.108, “N.” 3.69; κουφόταται μ. 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.69: _sing._, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.92. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 Κηΐα μ. the Cean poet's fancy, [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 18.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]