μεταμέλ-ομαι,
rare except in present and imperfect: future - μελήσομαι [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.16 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, also - μεληθήσομαι LXX.Psa.109(110).4, Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 899 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: aorist -εμελήθην [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.23.2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.75, later -ήσθην “PThead.” 51.15 (4th c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also Epic dialect μετεμέμβλετο probably in [[ Panyasis Epicus in “Etymologicum Genuinum” see at {μῦθος} (“Coll.Alex.” p.249 Powell)] Refs]: perfect - μεμέλημαι [[ LXX.1Mac.11.10, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.34 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] LXX+1st c.BC+]:—feel repentance, regret:—Constr.:
__1 with participle, μετεμέλοντο οὐ δεξάμενοι they repented that they had not.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27, compare 7.50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ὅτι.. [[ [prev. author] 5.14; ὁ μεταμελόμενος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110b23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 μεταμέλεσθαί τινι repent at a thing, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.9; ἐπί τινι [prev. author] 19.75 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τινων [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 43. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, change one's purpose or line of conduct, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.5, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.50.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II causal in future participle, τὸ μεταμελησόμενον that which will cause regret, matter for future repentance, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.23. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]