1. μέλω · melō — Beekes
to be concerned with, care for
The corpus record
μέλω
melo
to be concerned with, care for
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys 1 · 13.35/10k
- Against Macartatus 6 · 9.69/10k
- Apollodorus Against Callipus 2 · 9.56/10k
- Rhesus 5 · 9.3/10k
- Letter 9 1 · 8.76/10k
- Against Alcibiades 1 2 · 8.29/10k
- Apology 7 · 8.01/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 4 · 7.95/10k
- Letter 2 1 · 7.84/10k
- Defense Against A Charge Of Taking Bribes 1 · 7.73/10k
- Heracles 6 · 7.67/10k
- Fragments 3 · 7.53/10k
Densest 12 of 133 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μέλω · melō — Chantraine
impf
3. μέλω · melō — Frisk
3
4. μέλω · melō — Frisk
Ptz
5. μέλω · melō — LSJ
to be an object of care
Attestations
- μέμηλε · memēle Iliad 2.25
- μέμηλε · memēle Iliad 2.62
- μέλει · melei Iliad 2.338
- μεμήλει · memēlei Iliad 2.614
- μεμήλῃ · memēlēi Iliad 4.353
- μελήσουσιν · melēsousin Iliad 5.228
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 979-980; entry #4006 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 701; entry #5193 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2277; entry #7634 Review: Under source audit
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