ἐπιμελής

epimeles

careful

Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 7
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Book VI 1
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763e2
Book VII 1
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824a9
Book X 4
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900c9
902c2
909e1
907b6
Book XI 1
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932d7
Symposium 2
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172c5
197d7
Alcibiades I 1
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104d3
Letters 1
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334a7
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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467a7
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88c3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιμελής, ές, A. careful or anxious about, ἀγαθῶν Pl. Smp. 197d; τῶν φιλῶν X. Mem. 2.6.35, etc.; also ἐ. περὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ἔργα ib.3.4.9. 2. abs., careful, attentive, Ar. Nu. 501, X. Mem. 2.6.38, etc.: Comp. -εστέρα ψυχή S. Fr. 472, cf. X. An. 3.2.30: Sup., Isoc. 4.142; -εστέραν ἔχειν ἑτέρου θεραπείαν Men. 223.9. Adv. -λῶς carefully, X. Mem. 2.4.2, Pl. Ti. 88c, Men. Pk. 32, etc.; Ion. -λέως Hp. Art. 55; Cret. -λίως SIG 685.118 (Itanos): Comp. -έστερον X. Mem. 3.5.14; -έστερα SIG 785.9; -εστέρως Ath. 14.629b: Sup. -έστατα Pl. Alc. 1.104d. II. Pass., cared for, an object of care, οἱ τοῦτʼ ἦν ἐπιμελές Hdt. 3.40; οἷς ἁγνεῖαι . . ἐπιμελεῖς Pl. Lg. 909e; τὸ ἐ. τοῦ δρωμένου the charge of the execution of orders, Th. 5.66: mostly in neut. ἐπιμελές, c. dat. pers., Κύρῳ ἐπιμελὲς ἐγένετο τὰ Κροῖσος εἶπε made him anxious, Hdt. 1.89, cf. 5.12,7.37; ἐ. μοι ἦν it was my business, Id. 2.150: c.inf., οὐδενὶ ἐ. ἦν σκοπεῖν it was no oneʼs business to see, Antipho 2.4.6; οἷς ἐ. εἴη εἰδέναι who made it their business to know, Th. 1.5, cf. D. 18.249; ἐ. πεποίημαι εἰδέναι Pl. Smp. 172c; τοῖς ἄρχουσιν ἐ. ἔστω μή . . Id. Lg. 932d: c. dat. et gen., οἷς τούτων ἐ. ib.763e, cf. 824; δεῖπερὶ ἀρετῆς ἐ. εἶναι τῇ πόλει Arist. Pol. 1280b7. 2. suitable, τόπος POxy. 1412.11 (iii A.D.).

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