ἐπιμέλ-εια, ἡ,
1 written -εα IG 22.483.24 (iv B.C.), Aeol. gen. -ηΐας ib.12(2).243 (Mytilene); Ion. gen. -λίης Ps.- Hdt. Vit.Hom. 5(s.v.l.): - care bestowed upon a thing, attention paid to it, and abs., attention, diligence, Prose word, once in Hdt. (v. infr.), freq. in Th., X., etc.: in pl., pains, X. Cyr. 1.6.4, etc.: c.gen.objecti, ἐ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ, οἰκείων καὶ πολιτικῶν, Th. 2.39, 40; τῶν ἔργων Id. 3.46; τῶν πραγμάτων And. 2.13; τῶν κοινῶν Isoc. 7.25; τῶν καμνόντων Pl. Lg. 720d (hence, of medical treatment, S.E. P. 2.240); πλήθους γεννημάτων Pl. Lg. 740d; also περί τινος τὴν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Th. 7.56; περὶ τοὺς νέους Lycurg. 106; πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, D. 22.78, Pl. Lg. 754b; εἰς τὰ ἀναγκαῖα Posidon. 8J.; ἐπιμέλειάν τινος ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν, Hdt. 6.105, Th. 6.41, Arist. Pol. 1330b11, D. 61.43, cf. Pl. R. 451d; opp. ἐπιμελείας τυγχάνειν to have attention paid to one, Isoc. 6.154, cf. POxy. 58.22 (iii A.D.), etc.; ἐ. παρὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου Hyp. Epit. 43; δι’ ἐπιμελείας ἔχειν τινά [Isa 7:14]; ἐπιμελείᾳ, κατ’ ἐπιμέλειαν, with diligence, X. Cyr. 5.3.47, HG 4.4.8; δι’ ἐπιμελείας θεοῦ ἡ ἀτυχία γίγνεται Antipho 3.3.8; μετὰ πάσης ἐ. X.[Eph 2:10].
2.. a commission or charge, Aeschin. 3.13, Arist. Pol. 1299a20 (pl.); ἡ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἐ. ib. 1322b18, cf. ib. 30 (pl.); ἡ τῶν ἐφήβων ἐ., a special office at Athens, Din. 3.15; so πρὸς τῇ ἐ. τῶν χρηματιστῶν, = ἐπιμελητὴς τῶν χρ., POxy. 281.2 (i A.D.).
3.. any employment or pursuit, interpol. in X. Cyr. 1.6.13, etc.: pl., ἐ. καὶ σπουδαί pursuits which demand zeal, Arist. Rh. 1370a11, cf. EN 1138b26.
ἐπιμέλεια , - ας , ἡ
( < ἐπιμελέομαι ),
[in LXX : [Pro 3:8] (H8250), Wis 13:13 , [Ezr 6:10], 1Ma 16:14 , al .;]
attention, care: [Act 27:3] ( v. Field, Notes , 143). †