ME vLW , A. neut. to be an object of care, B. trans., c. gen. to care for.
A. neuter, with pf. mevmhla , to be an object of care or thought to anyone, c. dat. pers., ajnqrwvpoisi mevlw I am a source of care to men, i.e. am well known to them, Od.; so, jArgw; pa`si mevlousa Ib.; nertevroisi mevlw Eur., etc.
II. most usual in 3 sing. and pl. of act. pres. mevlei, mevlousi ; impf. e[mele Ep. mevle ;f. melhvsei ; inf. pres.
and fut. mevlein and melhvsein : aor. I ejmevlhse : pf. memevlhke ; plqpf. ejmemelhvkei ; Ep. pf. mevmhle , plqpf. memhvlei :— mhv toi tau`ta melovntwn let not these things be a care to thee, Hom.; povlemo" a[ndressi melhvsei Il.; w|/ tovssa mevmhle to whom so great things are a care, Od., etc.:—an inf. often stands as nom., oujk e[melevn moi tau`ta metallh`sai Ib.
2. in Att. 3 sing. is commonly used impers. with the object in gen., and pers. in dat., w|/ mevlei mavca" to whom there is care for the battle, who careth for it, Aesch.; Zhni; tw`n sw`n mevlei povnwn Eur., etc.;—also, mevlei moi periv tino" Hdt., Att.; uJpevr tino" Dem.
3.
absol., with a neg.,
oujdevn moi mevlei
I
care
not, Ar.
4.
mevlon e[sti
periphr. for
mevlei
, as,
ejstiv ti mevlon tiniv
Soph.;
tou`to i[sasin ejmoi; memelhkov"
Xen. :—also absol.,
mevlon gev soi
since you have thought about it,
Plat.
III.
Med. is used by Poets like Act.,
to be an object of care,
ejmoi; dev ke tau`ta melhvsetai
Il.;
tajnqavdÆ
a]n mevloitov moi
what remains
should be a care
to you, Soph., etc.; rarely impers.,
mevletaiv moiv tino"
Theocr.
2. in Ep. Poets are found pf. and plqpf. pass. mevmbletai, mevmbleto , shortd. for memevlhtai, memevlhto , with pres. and impf. sense, oujkevti mevmbletÆ jAcilleuv" (for mevlei ) Achilles cares no longer for it, Il.; mevmbleto oiJ tei`co" (for e[mele ) the wall was a care to him, Ib.:—the regul. pf. occurs in later Poets, Foivbw/ memelhvmeqa Anth.; 2 and 3 sing. plqpf. memevlhso, -hto , Id., Theocr.
B. trans., c. gen. of persons, to care for, take care of, take an interest in a thing, plouvtoio memhlwv" busied with riches, Il.; polevmoio memhlwv" Ib.; qeoi; tw`n ajdivkwn mevlousin Eur.:—absol. to be anxious, mevlei kevar Aesch., etc.
II. Med. mevlomai , to care for, take care of, c. gen., Trag.; so in aor. I pass., tavfou melhqeiv" having provided for the burial, Soph.:—also melhqevn , as Pass. cared for, Anth.; and pf. part. memelhmevno" , Id.
melw/devw
melw/devw , to sing, chant, Ar.; and melw/diva
melw/diva
melw/diva , hJ , a singing, chanting, Eur.
II. a chant, choral song, Plat. From melw/dov"
melw/dov"
mel-w/dov" , ovn , ( mevlo" II , a[/dw ) singing, musical, melodious, Eur.
mevmaa
mevmaa , 3 pl. memava<Eth>si , pf. of * mavw .
memavqhka
memavqhka »ma±1/4 , pf. of manqavnw .
memakui`a
mema±kui`a , Ep. for memhkui`a , pf. part. fem. of mhkavomai .
memalwv"