The corpus record

μελέδημα

meledema · τό

care, anxiety

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Where it lives

Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μελέδ-ημα · meled-ēma — LSJ

care, anxiety, anxieties about, the care

care, anxiety, Hom. always in pl., μελεδήματα πατρός anxieties about his father, Od. 15.8; of sleep, λύων μ. θυμοῦ Il. 23.62; μελεδήματα θεῶν the care of the gods [for men], E. Hipp. 1103 (lyr.).

II object of care

object of care, Χαρίτων Ibyc. 5; ἐμοὶ μ. ἰσχάς Alex. 162.15 (anap.); Μοισάων Epigr.Gr. 238 (Smyrna).

In the wild

μελεδήματα · meledēmata Iliad 23.62
μελεδήματα · meledēmata Odyssey 15.8
μελεδήματα · meledēmata Odyssey 20.56
μελεδήματα · meledēmata Odyssey 23.343
μελεδήματα · meledēmata Odyssey 4.650

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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