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ἀμελέω

ameleo

—have no care for, be neglectful of

Appears 80 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμελέω [ᾰ], aor. ἠμέλησα, Ep. ἀμ- Il., v. infr.: pf. ἠμέληκα X. Cyr. 1.6.43: (ἀμελής):A. —have no care for, be neglectful of, in Hom. always c. neg. (not in Od.), οὐδʼ ὣς Μενελάου ἐφημοσύνης ἀμέλησεν Il. 17.697; οὐκ ἀμέλησε κασιγνήτοιο πεσόντος 8.330; οὐκ ἀμέλησε Πατρόκλοιο πεσόντος he lost not sight of Patroclus [in order to plunder him], 17.9:—after Hom., with and without neg., εἰ τούτων ἀμελήσει Hdt. 2.121.γʹ, cf. Ar. Nu. 989, Th. 3.40, Pl. Lg. 900b, al.; δόξης ἀμελῆσαι D. 18.227; ἀμελήσας ὑμῶν 21.167; (τούτῳ is f.l. for τούτου in Lycurg. 15); οὐκ ἐμοῦ τοῦ νομοθέτου ἀμελήσων ἀλλʼ εἰς τὸν Κρόνον αὐτόν Luc. Sat. 10. 2. abs., to be careless, negligent, Hes. Op. 400, freq. in Att., Isoc. 9.78, etc.; τὸ μὴ ἀμελεῖν μάθε A. Eu. 86; πῶς ἐπὶ τοῖς φθιμένοις ἀμελεῖν καλόν; S. El. 237. 3. c. acc. rei, Hdt. 7.163: c. acc. pers. et part., overlook: hence, allow, suffer, παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρᾳ θνῄσκοντας ἀμελεῖ lets them die, E. Ion 439: c. gen., τοῦ ὀργίζεσθαι X. Mem. 2.3.9. 4. c. inf., neglect to do, Hdt. 2.66, Pl. Phd. 98d, Lg. 944d, al. II. Pass., to be slighted, overlooked, E. IA 1094, Th. 1.68; ἐκφεύγει τἀμελούμενον S. OT 111; οὐδʼ ἐκεῖνά μοι ἀμελεῖται X. Oec. 12.2; οἱ ἠμελημένοι ἄνθρωποι Th. 2.49. III. pf. part. Pass. in med. sense, careless, Max.Tyr. 8.7, 21.9. Adv. ἠμελημένως carelessly, X. An. 1.7.19. IV. ἀμέλει, v. sub voc.
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