; rJhtorikhvn Plat.:in Att. also, to practise speaking, to con over a speech, Dem.:Pass., to; nautiko;n oujk ejndevcetai ejk parevrgou meleta`sqai nautical skill cannot be acquired by occasional practice, Thuc.; eujtaxiva meta; kinduvnwn meletwmevnh discipline won by practice on the battle-field, Id.
III.
c. inf.
to practise doing
a thing,
m. toxeuvein kai; ajkontivzein
Xen.;
m. ajpoqnhvskein
Plat.
IV.
absol.
to practise, exercise oneself,
the acc. rei being omitted, Thuc., Xen.;
ejn tw`/ mh; meletw`nti (
=
meleta`n
) by want of
practice,
Thuc.:esp.
to rehearse a speech, declaim,
Plat., etc.
V. c. acc. pers. to exercise or train persons, Xen. From melevth
melevth
melevth , hJ , ( mevlw ) care, attention, Hes.; m. pleovnwn care for many things, Id.; e[rgwn m . attention to action, Thuc.:but c. gen. subjecti, care paid by one, qew`n tou melevth/ Soph.
2.
practice, exercise,
Lat.
meditatio
,
Pind.;
hJ diÆ ojlivgou m
. their short
rpaxtixe
, Thuc.;
povnwn melevtai
painful
exercises, of the Spartan discipline, Id.
b.
in a military sense,
exercise, practice, drill,
Id.
c.
of an orator,
rehearsal,
Dem.
3.
a pursuit,
Pind.
II.
care, anxiety,
melevth/ katatruvcesqai
Eur.
melevthma
melevthma , ato", tov , ( meletavw ) a practice, exercise, study, Plat., Xen.
melethrov"
melethrov" , av, ovn , ( meletavw ) practising diligently, Xen.
melethtevon
melethtevon , verb. Adj. of meletavw , one must study, Plat.
meleththvrion
meleththvrion , tov , ( meletavw ) a place for practice, Plut.
melevtwr
melevtwr , oro", oJ , ( mevlw ) one who cares for, an avenger, ajmfiv tina Soph.
melhdwvn
melhdwvn , hJ , = meledwvnh , Simon., Anth.
mevlhma
mevlhma , ato", tov , ( mevlw ) the object of care, a darling, of persons, toujmo;n mevl ., like Virgils mea cura, Pind.; w\ fivltaton m . Aesch.
II.
a charge, duty,
Id., Soph.
2.
care, anxiety,
Aesch., Theocr.
melhsivmbroto"
melhsiv-mbroto" , on , ( mevlw, brovto" ) with m inserted, an object of care or love to men, Pind.
melhvsw
melhvsw , fut. of mevlw .