ἐπιμελ-έομαι, also ἐπιμελ-μέλομαι
Hdt. 1.98, 2.2, 174,al., Th. 6.54 (v.l.in 7.39), Lys. 7.25 (cod. M), Pl. Grg. 516b, PEleph. 13.7 (iii B.C.), PCair. Zen. 44.17 (iii B.C.), etc.; the contr. form prevails in codd., e.g. Ar. Pl. 1117, X. An. 5.7.10, Pl. Mx. 248e, and in Att. Inscrr. from 380 B.C. (older Att. spellings are ambiguous), and is required by the metre in E. Ph. 556: fut. ἐπιμελήσομαι Hdt. 5.29, Th. 3.25, etc.; -μεληθήσομαι v.l. in X. Mem. 2.7.8, Aeschin. 3.27 (Dor. 3 sg. -θησεῖ IG 12(3).170.25 (Astypalaea), pl. -θησεῦντι ib.12(1).694 (Rhodes)): aor. ἐπεμελήθην Hdt. 8.109, Th. 8.68, Isoc. 4.38, X. Mem. 1.3.11, etc. (ἐπεμελησάμην only late, IGRom. 4.684.14 (i A.D.), SIG 875 (ii A.D.), Gal. Protr. 9): pf. ἐπιμεμέλημαι Th. 6.41: Act. only in SIG 1044.31 (Halic.): -
1. take care of, have charge or management of, rare in Poets, as E. Ph. 556, freq. in Prose: c. gen. objecti, Hdt. 1.98, 5.29, Ar. V. 154, Pl. 1117, Th. 3.25, Isoc. 4.38, Pl. R. 331d, etc.; περί τινος X. An. 5.7.10; [ ὑπὲρ ] τῆς στρατηγίας Id. Cyr. 1.6.12; περί τινα Pl. Mx. 248e: later, c.dat., παιδίῳ POxy. 744.6 (i B.C.), cf. PTeb. 58.62 (ii B.C.): c.acc.et inf., take care that.., Th. 6.54: c.gen.et inf., X. Oec. 20.9:folld. by ὅπως with ind. fut. or subj. aor., Foed. ap. Th. 4.118, X. Mem. 2.10.2, etc.: with opt. after an aor., Id. HG 6.5.37; by ὅπως c. inf., Id. Cyr. 4.2.37 (s.v.l.); by ὡς with opt. (after past tenses), Id. An. 1.1.5, etc.; also ἐ. τινὸς ὅπως ἔσται Pl. Euthphr. 2d; by ἵνα c. subj., Inscr.Prien. 44.35 (ii B.C.): with neut. Adj. in acc., take care with respect to a thing, Th. 6.41: c.acc. et dat., τὰ ἄλλα τοῖς πολεμάρχοις X. HG 5.4.4, cf. IG 22.233.20 (in E. Ph. 556 the acc. belongs to ἔχοντες): c. acc. cogn., ἐ. πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν Pl. Prt. 325c, cf. IG 22.1261.5: abs., give heed, attend, Hdt. 2.2.
2.. of public commissions, have charge of, be inspector or curator of, τῶν μοριῶν ἐλαῶν Lys. 7.29; τῶν δεκαδέων X. Cyr. 8.1.14; δρόμου Id. An. 4.8.25; ὁδῶν (of the Roman cura viarum) CIG 4011 (Ancyra): c.acc. cogn., Pl. Lg. 812e: - in Att. Inscrr., ἐπιμεληθῆναι (inf. = imper.) is usual of a definite commission, ποιήσεως IG 22.555, etc. (so -ηθέντων ib.12.70); ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, of matters requiring permanent attention, ib. 12.56, etc.
3.. to be engaged in, cultivate any pursuit, art, etc., δυοῖν τέχναιν D. 27.31; τῆς ἀρετῆς X. Cyr. 7.5.71, cf. Mem. 4.5.10.