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ἐπιμελής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιμελής ἐπιμελές

Structure: ἐπιμελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: me/lomai

Sense

  1. careful or anxious about, put in charge of
  2. careful, attentive
  3. cared for, an object of care, business

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ οἱο͂́ν τε μὴ καλῶσ ὑποδεικνύντοσ καλῶσ μιμεῖσθαι, οὔτ’ ἐν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ, οὔτ’ ἐν ἐπιτροπείᾳ, ὡσ ἀδύνατον μὴ ἐπιμελῶν δεσποτῶν ἐπιμελεῖσ εἶναι τοὺσ ἐφεστῶτασ. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 38:3)
  • τὸ δὲ ἐναντίον ἐστὶ σῶφρον, φείδεσθαι γειτόνων ἐπιμελῶν, καὶ ὡσ Εὐμένησ φησίν, εὖ παρεσκευασμένων. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 16:4)

Synonyms

  1. careful

  2. cared for

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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