'impér. de ἀμελέω, employé adv. :
      1 sois sans inquiétude, sois tranquille : ἀμέλει, ποιήσω ταῦτ' ἐγώ, AR. Lys. 842, sois tranquille, je le ferai ; joint à καλῶς : ἀμέλει, καλῶς, AR. Nub. 532, sois tranquille, c’est bien ;
      2 p. suite, certes, assurément, sans doute, AR. Nub. 488, etc. ; XÉN. Cyr. 8, 3, 4 ; PLAT. Phæd. 82 a, etc. ; ironiq. AR. Ran. 532 ; ἀμέλει γέ τοι, DH. Rhet. 2, 2, p. 234, etc. ; ἀμέλει γοῦν, SEXT. P. 2, 63, etc. certes.

Étym. cf. ἀμελέω.

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properly imper. of ἀμελέω (cf. ἀμέλησον Luc. DMort. 5.2), never mind, do not trouble yourself, esp. to begin an answer, Ar. Nu. 877, Lib. Decl. 20.18; — hence, as Adv., doubtless, by all means, of course, Ar. Ach. 368, Nu. 488, al., Pl. Phd. 82a, al., X. Mem. 1.4.7, Men. Sam. 8; freq. ironically, as Ar. Ra. 532; freq. in Thphr. Char. to introduce a subject, 13.1, al., or a further point, 2.9, al.
for instance, Thphr. Char. 6.3, Luc. DDeor. 25.1, etc.
at any rate, Luc. Nigr. 26, Gp. 10.2.3.
and indeed, Phld. Ir. p. 16 W., Str. 1.2.34, D.H. Th. 2.2, J. AJ 7.4.1; and so, Polyaen. 2.22.3, 7.6.4.
actually, to give emphasis, Agath. 2.3, al.

eigtl. imperat. von ἀμελέω, sei unbesorgt, Ar. Ach. 367 ; dah. allerdings, gewiß, Ar. Nub. 488, Eur. Ion 439 ; ἀμ. κλαύσεται Eupol. bei Schol. Ar. Vesp. 1263 ; Plat. Phaed. 82a u. sonst ; Xen. Mem. 1.4.7 ; bes. in Antworten, Nicostr. Ath. XI.474b ; Philipp. ib. VI.230b ; Xen. Cyr. 5.2.13 ; oft verb. mit ὥσπερ ; auch ironisch, Ar. Ran. 533.