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ἀμέλει

amelei

never mind, do not trouble yourself

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀμέλει · amelei — LSJ

never mind, do not trouble yourself

never mind, do not trouble yourself, esp. to begin an answer, Ar. Nu. 877, Lib. Decl. 20.18:—hence,

II doubtless, by all means, of course

as Adv., doubtless, by all means, of course, Ar. Ach. 368, Nu. 488, al., Pl. Phd. 82a, al., X. Mem. 1.4.7, Men. Sam. 8; freq. ironically, as Ar. Ra. 532; freq. in Thphr. Char. to introduce a subject, 13.1, al., or a further point, 2.9, al.

2 for instance

for instance, Thphr. Char. 6.3, Luc. DDeor. 24[25].1, etc.

3 at any rate

at any rate, Luc. Nigr. 26, Gp. 10.2.3.

4 and indeed, and so

and indeed, Phld. Ir. p.16 W., Str. 1.2.34, D.H. Rh. 2.2, J. AJ 7.4.1; and so, Polyaen. 2.22.3, 7.6.4.

5 actually

actually, to give emphasis, Agath. 2.3, al.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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