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μελέτη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελέτη μελέτης

Structure: μελετ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: me/lw

Sense

  1. care, attention
  2. practice, exercise

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • χείλη ἐπανισταμένων μοι καὶ μελέτασ αὐτῶν κατ’ ἐμοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, (Septuagint, Lamentationes 3:62)
  • ἡ δὲ πλείστη διατριβὴ καὶ ὁ σκοπὸσ τῆσ ὀρχηστικῆσ ἡ ὑπόκρισίσ ἐστιν, ὡσ ἔφην, κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ τοῖσ ῥήτορσιν ἐπιτηδευομένη, καὶ μάλιστα τοῖσ τὰσ καλουμένασ ταύτασ μελέτασ διεξιοῦσιν· (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 65:1)
  • δαίμονι δ’ οἱο͂σ ἐήσθα, τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι ἄμεινον, εἴ κεν ἀπ’ ἀλλοτρίων κτεάνων ἀεσίφρονα θυμὸν εἰσ ἔργον τρέψασ μελετᾷσ βίου, ὥσ σε κελεύω. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 36:13)
  • καὶ θυρεοὺσ δὲ φέρουσιν, οὐχ οὕσπερ ἐσ τὰσ μάχασ, ἀλλὰ τῷ βάρει κουφοτέρουσ, ἅτε ἐπ̓ ὀξύτητι καὶ κάλλει τὰσ μελέτασ ποιούμενοι, καὶ ἐσ ἡδονὴν πεποικιλμένουσ· (Arrian, chapter 34 7:1)
  • "ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀναγίγνωσκε τὰ παλαιὰ μὲν μὴ σύ γε, μηδὲ εἴ τι ὁ λῆροσ Ἰσοκράτησ ἢ ὁ χαρίτων ἄμοιροσ Δημοσθένησ ἢ ὁ ψυχρὸσ Πλάτων, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ τῶν ὀλίγον πρὸ ἡμῶν λόγουσ καὶ ἅσ φασι ταύτασ μελέτασ, ὡσ ἔχῃσ ἀπ’ ἐκείνων ἐπισιτισάμενοσ ἐν καιρῷ καταχρῆσθαι καθάπερ ἐκ ταμιείου προαιρῶν. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:28)

Synonyms

  1. care

  2. practice

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