μελέτ-η (melete)

Where it lives

Apology 2 · 10/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 5 · 8.69/10k
The Erotic Essay 2 · 5.47/10k
Works and Days 3 · 5.2/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 3 · 4.32/10k
Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
Busiris 1 · 3.64/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k
Antidosis 6 · 3.41/10k
Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k

Densest 12 of 47 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μελέτ-η · melet-ē — LSJ

care, attention, care for, attention, care taken

care, attention, Hes. Op. 412, Epich. [284]: pl., Emp. 110.2: c. gen. objecti, μ. πλεόνων care for many things, Hes. Op. 380; μελέτην τινὸς ἐχέμεν, = μελετᾶν, ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, ib. 457; ἔργων ἐκ πολλοῦ μ. long-continued attention to action, Th. 5.69: c. gen. subjecti, care taken by one, θεῶν μελέτῃ S. Ph. 196 (anap.); of a trainer, B. 12.191: abs., μελέτῃ κατατρύχεσθαι E. Med. 1099 (anap.): pl., Emp. 131.2.

2 treatment

Medic., treatment, Hp. Fract. 31, 35 (pl.), Art. 50.

II practice, exercise, practice, painful exercises

practice, exercise, ὀξεῖα μ. Pi. O. 6.37; ἔχων μ. Id. N. 6.54; ἡ διʼ ὀλίγου μ. their short practice, Th. 2.85; πόνων μ. painful exercises, of the Spartan discipline, ib. 39; μάθησις καὶ μ. Pl. Tht. 153b; μ. θανάτου Id. Phd. 81a; ἡ ἐγκύκλιος τῶν προπαιδευμάτων μ. Ph. 1.157.

b exercise, drill, exercises

in a military sense, exercise, drill, μετὰ κινδύνων τὰς μελέτας ποιεῖσθαι to go through oneʼs exercises in actual war, Th. 1.18; ταῖς τῶν πολεμικῶν μ. Id. 2.39; μ. ἐν ὅπλοις ποιεῖσθαι IG 2(2).1028.19, al.

c rehearsal, declamation, rehearsals

freq. of orators, rehearsal, declamation, ταύτης τῆς μελέτης καὶ τῆς ἐπιμελείας D. 18.309, al.; of actors, νήστεις ὄντες τὰς μ. ποιούμενοι making their rehearsals, Arist. Pr. 901b3.

d matter, branch, object of study

matter for discussion, μ. σοφισταῖς προσβαλεῖν Pi. I. 5(4).28; branch or object of study, Pl. Grg. 500d, al.; ὁ νόμος σου μ. μού ἐστιν LXX Ps. 118(119).77.

2 theme, lecture, declamation

later, theme, lecture, Str. 1.2.2, Plu. Aud. 2.41d, Luc. Rh.Pr. 17; declamation, μελέτῃσί τʼ ἄριστον IG 3.625; τὰς μ. μισθοῦ ποιεῖσθαι Philostr. VS 1.21.5.

3 pursuit

pursuit, μία οὐχ ἅπαντας θρέψει μ. Pi. O. 9.107, cf. Pl. Phd. 82a.

III practice, usage

practice, usage, ἃς οἱ πατέρες ἡμῖν παρέδοσαν μ. Th. 1.85.

2 habit, become accustomed to

habit, Hp. Mul. 1.17; ἢν ἐς μελέτην ἥκῃ τοῦ κακοῦ ὥνθρωπος Aret. CA 1.5; ἐν μ. γίγνεσθαι ψόφων become accustomed to noises, Stob. App. p.22 G.

IV threatening symptom, condition

threatening symptom or condition, of disease, μελέτη καὶ προοίμιον ἐπιληψίας Posidon. ap. Aët. 6.12; ὀδύνη . . μ. λύσεως Aët. 5.100, cf. Steph. in Hp. 1.191 D.

In the wild

μελέταις · meletais Aeschylus, Eumenides 360–364
μελέτας · meletas Aristophanes, Frogs 1313–1321
μελέται · meletai Aristotle, De Memoria et Reminiscentia (DIORISIS sentence 25)
μελέτην · meletēn Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1152a (DIORISIS sentence 2499)
μελέτην · meletēn Aristotle, Politics 1274b (DIORISIS sentence 862)
μελετᾶν · meletan Aristotle, Politics 1333b (DIORISIS sentence 2859)

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