μεριμν-άω,
care for, be anxious about, meditate upon, ἔργον μεριμνῶν ποῖον..; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1124 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of philosophers, τὰ <μὲν ἀ>φανῆ μ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 672; οἱ λεπτῶς μεριμνῶντες “Lyrica Adespota” 135, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.6; μ. περὶ τῆς τῶν πάντων φύσεως [prev. work] 1.1.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλὰ μ. to be cumbered with many cares, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.7.12; τοῖς μεριμνῶσίν τε καὶ λυπουμένοις 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 3; μηθὲν τὴν ἀλήθειαν μεριμνᾶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.135 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 2.143 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; μεριμνήσω ὑπὲρ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου LXX.Psa.37(38).18; μ. εἰς τὴν αὔριον NT.Matt.6.34 ] NT+5th c.BC+]: c.infinitive, to be careful to do, ὁ μεριμνήσας τὰ δίκαια λέγειν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.192: with _relative_ clause, πολλὰ μ. ὅπως μὴ λάθῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.23; μεριμνῶ πῶς κλαύσω “Anthologia Graeca” 9.148; μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ τί φάγητε NT.Matt.6.25 ] NT+5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be treated with anxious care, [[ Anthologia Graeca 10.52 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); τράπεζαι πολυτελῶς μεμεριμνημέναι 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.641c ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἔννοια, ἀμφισβήτησις μ., [[ 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 22.26 “Intr.”, 44.1.3. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]