"μέλημα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μέλημα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mé.lɛː.ma/, /ˈme.li.ma/, /ˈme.li.ma/, /mé.lɛː.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.le̝.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.li.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.li.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.li.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μέλω (mélō, “to care for”) + -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|μέλω|-μα|t1=to care for}} μέλω (mélō, “to care for”) + -μα (-ma) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μελήμᾰτος|n|third|head=μέλημᾰ}} μέλημᾰ • (mélēmă) n (genitive μελήμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μέλημᾰ|μελήμᾰτος|form=N}} Forms: μέλημᾰ [canonical], mélēmă [romanization], μελήμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ μέλημᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ μελήμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μελήμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ μελήμᾰτος [genitive, singular], τοῖν μελημᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μελημᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ μελήμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν μελημᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μελήμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], μελήμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs melḗmăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs melḗmăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ μέλημᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ μελήμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μελήμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], μέλημᾰ [singular, vocative], μελήμᾰτε [dual, vocative], μελήμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. object of care, beloved object
    Sense id: en-μέλημα-grc-noun-9LgmxV8X Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 45 24 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 45 22 33 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 49 22 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 15 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 9 9
  2. charge, duty
    Sense id: en-μέλημα-grc-noun--DmcSqcj
  3. care, anxiety
    Sense id: en-μέλημα-grc-noun-TdZ46ye4
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    {
      "form": "τὸ μέλημᾰ",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.lɛː.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.le̝.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.ma/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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}

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