μελέτη

meletēNoun (Feminine)G8281

meditation

Full Lexicon Entry

1.care, attention, (Hesiod); μ. *πλεόνων *care for many things, (Hesiod); ἔργων μ. attention to action, (Thucydides):—;but with genitive subjecti, care paid by one, *θεῶν του μελέτῃ *(Sophocles Tragicus)
2.practice, exercise, Lat. meditatio, (Pindar); ἡ δι᾽ ὀλίγου μ. their short practice, (Thucydides); *πόνων μελέται *painful exercises, of the Spartan discipline, (Thucydides)
3.in a military sense, exercise, practice, drill, (Thucydides)
4.of an orator, rehearsal, (Demosthenes Orator)
5.a pursuit, (Pindar)
6.care, anxiety, *μελέτῃ κατατρύχεσθαι *(Euripides)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Feminine)

Morphology G:N-F

DescriptionGreek Noun, Feminine

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