The corpus record

ἀμελ-ής

ameles1

careless, negligent

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Where it lives

Aegineticus 1 · 3.44/10k
Apollodorus Against Polycles 1 · 2.18/10k
Evagoras 1 · 2.18/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Antidosis 3 · 1.7/10k
Economics 3 · 1.69/10k
Laches 1 · 1.3/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Discourses 8 · 1.08/10k
Gorgias 2 · 0.76/10k

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀμελ-ής · amel-ēs — LSJ

careless, negligent, carelessly

careless, negligent, Ar. Lys. 882, X. Mem. 2.6.19; φιλοπότης τε κἀμελής Eup. 208; ἀργὸς . . καὶ ἀ. Pl. R. 421d, etc. Adv. -λῶς carelessly, Th. 6.100: Comp. -έστερον Id. 2.11; -εστέρως Aen.Tact. 26.8.

2 careless of

c. gen., careless of . . , Pl. Sph. 225d, etc.; περί τινα Isoc. 19.32. Adv., ἐάν τις γονέων -έστερον ἔχῃ τοῦ δέοντος Pl. Lg. 932a; ἀμελῶς ἔχειν πρός τι X. Oec. 2.7; περὶ θεούς Id. Cyr. 1.2.7.

3 negligent

c. inf., οὐκ ἀ. ποιεῖν not negligent in doing, Plu. Adul. 2.64f.

II uncared for, unheeded, pains

Pass., uncared for, unheeded, οὐδενὶ τούτων ἀ. X. HG 6.5.41, cf. D. 50.15; οὐκ ἀμελὲς γεγένηταί μοι, c. inf., I have taken pains to . . , Luc. Dips. 9.

In the wild

ἀμελὴς · amelēs Aristophanes, Lysistrata 882 (DIORISIS sentence 676)
ἀμελῆ · amelē Demosthenes, Apollodorus Against Polycles 14 (DIORISIS sentence 36)
ἀμελῶν · amelōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1092)
ἀμελὲς · ameles Epictetus, Discourses 1.12 (DIORISIS sentence 640)
ἀμελῶν · amelōn Epictetus, Discourses 2.20 (DIORISIS sentence 3266)
ἀμελῶς · amelōs Epictetus, Discourses 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2019)

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Where it came from

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