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) (ML)