μέλω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Suggested connection to μέλλω (méllō, to intend, to mean to), but Beekes doesn't find this convincing.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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μέλω (mélō)

  1. (active voice and middle voice)
    1. (with passive meaning) to be an object of care or interest [with dative ‘to someone’]
    2. (with active meaning) to care for, be interested in [with genitive ‘someone, something’]
  2. (impersonal, active voice) to be a matter of concern [with genitive ‘something of concern’ and dative ‘to someone’]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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