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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Related to μέλω (mélō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.lé.tɛː/ → /meˈle.ti/ → /meˈle.ti/
Noun
μελέτη • (melétē) f (genitive μελέτης); first declension
- care, attention
- practice, exercise
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “μελέτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μελέτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μελέτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- application idem, page 36.
- assiduity idem, page 46.
- attention idem, page 51.
- care idem, page 113.
- diligence idem, page 224.
- discipline idem, page 229.
- exercise idem, page 291.
- heed idem, page 394.
- pain idem, page 588.
- perseverance idem, page 607.
- practice idem, page 631.
- regard idem, page 686.
- rehearsal idem, page 688.
- sedulousness idem, page 748.
- training idem, page 887.