μέλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Suggested connection to μέλλω (méllō, to intend, to mean to), but Beekes doesn't find this convincing.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

μέλω (mélō)

  1. (active and middle)
    1. (with passive meaning) to be an object of care or interest [+dative = to someone]
    2. (with active meaning) to care for, be interested in [+genitive = someone, something]
  2. (impersonal, active) it [+genitive = something] is a matter of concern [+dative = to someone]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἐπιμελέομαι (epimeléomai)
  • μελεδαίνω (meledaínō)
  • μελεδαντός (meledantós)
  • μελεδώνη (meledṓnē)
  • μελησίμβροτος (melēsímbrotos)
  • μεμελημένως (memelēménōs)
  • μεταμέλομαι (metamélomai)

References

  • μέλω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μέλω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • μέλω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μέλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • μέλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • μέλω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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