The corpus record

μέλ-ημα

melema · τό

object of care, beloved object, darling

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Where it lives

Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k

What it meant

μέλ-ημα · mel-ēma — LSJ

object of care, beloved object, darling

object of care, beloved object, darling, of persons, μ. τὦμον Sapph. 126, cf. Ar. Ec. 972 (lyr.), Men. Pk. 214; νέαισιν παρθένοισι μ. Pi. P. 10.59; Χαρίτων μ. Id. Fr. 95; Κύπριδος ib. 217; ὦ φίλτατον μ. δώμασιν A. Ch. 235; ὦ γραῦ, τῷ θανάτῳ μ. Ar. Ec. 905 (lyr.).

II charge, duty

charge, duty, A. Ag. 1551 (anap.); μέλον πάλαι μ. μοι S. Ph. 150 (lyr.).

2 care, anxiety

care, anxiety, A. Eu. 444, Theoc. 14.2, etc.

In the wild

μέλημʼ · melēmʼ Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1551
μέλημʼ · melēmʼ Aeschylus, Eumenides 443–444
μέλημα · melēma Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 235–237
μέλημά · melēma Sophocles, Philoctetes 150–151

Where it came from

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