Strong G3195μέλλω
to ensue
- Transliteration
- mellō
- Pronunciation
- mel'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A strengthened form of G3199 (through the idea of expectation); to intend that is be about to be do or suffer something (of persons or things especially events; in the sense of purpose duty 6
necessity probability 6
possibility or hesitation): - about after that be (almost) (that which is things + which was for) to come intend was to (be) mean mind be at the point (be) ready + return shall (begin) (which that) should (after afterwards hereafter) tarry which was for will would be yet.
necessity probability 6
possibility or hesitation): - about after that be (almost) (that which is things + which was for) to come intend was to (be) mean mind be at the point (be) ready + return shall (begin) (which that) should (after afterwards hereafter) tarry which was for will would be yet.
Detailed definition
μέλλω,
[in LXX: Job.3:8 (עָתִיד) 19:25 (אַחֲרוֹן); elsewhere for fut., and frequently in Wi, II, 4Mac;]
to be about to be or do;
1. with inf. (Bl., §62, 4; 68, 2; M, Pr., 114);
__(a) of intending or being about to do of one's own free will: with inf. praes., Mat.2:13, Luk.10:1, Act.3:3 5:35, Heb.8:5, 2Pe.1:12 (Field, Notes, 240), al.; with inf. aor. (Bl., §58, 3), Act.12:6, Rev.3:16;
__(b) of compulsion, necessity or certainty: with inf. praes., Mat.16:27, Luk.9:31, Jhn.6:71, Rom.4:24, al.; with inf. aor., Rom.8:18, Gal.3:23, Rev.3:2 12:4.
2. Ptcp., ὁ μέλλων: absol., Rom.8:38, 1Co.3:22; τὰ μ., Col.2:17; εἰς τὸ μ. (Field, Notes, 65); with subst., Mat.3:7 12:32 (ὁ αἰὼν ὁ μ.; LXX for עַד), Act.24:25, 1Ti.4:8, Heb.2:5, al.
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.3:8 (עָתִיד) 19:25 (אַחֲרוֹן); elsewhere for fut., and frequently in Wi, II, 4Mac;]
to be about to be or do;
1. with inf. (Bl., §62, 4; 68, 2; M, Pr., 114);
__(a) of intending or being about to do of one's own free will: with inf. praes., Mat.2:13, Luk.10:1, Act.3:3 5:35, Heb.8:5, 2Pe.1:12 (Field, Notes, 240), al.; with inf. aor. (Bl., §58, 3), Act.12:6, Rev.3:16;
__(b) of compulsion, necessity or certainty: with inf. praes., Mat.16:27, Luk.9:31, Jhn.6:71, Rom.4:24, al.; with inf. aor., Rom.8:18, Gal.3:23, Rev.3:2 12:4.
2. Ptcp., ὁ μέλλων: absol., Rom.8:38, 1Co.3:22; τὰ μ., Col.2:17; εἰς τὸ μ. (Field, Notes, 65); with subst., Mat.3:7 12:32 (ὁ αἰὼν ὁ μ.; LXX for עַד), Act.24:25, 1Ti.4:8, Heb.2:5, al.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3195 appears in 107 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- should25
- shall19
- come17
- be14
- will11
- ye3
- ready3
- intend2
- thou2
- about1
- after1
- begin1
First verses
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matthew 11:14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
- Matthew 12:32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
- Matthew 16:27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
- Matthew 17:12But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
- Matthew 17:22And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
- Matthew 20:22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
- Matthew 24:6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
- Mark 10:32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
- Mark 13:4Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
- Luke 3:7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Luke 7:2And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
- Luke 9:31Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
- Luke 9:44Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
- Luke 10:1After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
- Luke 13:9And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
- Luke 19:4And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
- Luke 19:11And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
- Luke 21:7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μέλλω,
imperfect ἔμελλον and ἤμελλον (see. below), Epic dialect μέλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.278, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.232, 9.378, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.164)]; Epic dialect, Ionic dialect μέλλεσκον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.240, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.109)]: future μελλήσω [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.15, NT.Matt.24.6)]: aorist ἐμέλλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.55, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.65, etc., and ἠμ- (see. below))]:—passive and middle, see below see.—Only present and imperfect in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)], Lyric poetry, and Trag.: aorist only in Prose (except [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus, see below): the)]imperfect ἤμελλον with long augment is established by the metre in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 898, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 906, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 597, “Ra.” 1038 (both _anapaest meter_), 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1309 (cf. Scholia (at [prev. work])), 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 58)]: aorist 1 ἠμέλλησα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 259)]; ἤμελλον is not found in earlier Attic dialect Inscrr., but occurs in Papyrus, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.146 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.145 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus (but ἔμελλον 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 25.3).)]
I to be destined or likely to, indicating an estimated certainty or strong probability in the present, past, or future (cf. Aristonic. cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.326, 11.817, 16.46, +others): a. with)]present infinitive (or its equivalent), of a probability in the present, ὅθι που μέλλουσιν ἄριστοι βουλὰς βουλεύειν where belike the best are holding counsel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.326)]; ᾧ μέλλεις εὔχεσθαι to whom thou doubtless prayest, [Refs (11.364)]; μέλλεις δὲ σὺ ἴδμεναι doubtless thou knowest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.200)]; τὰ δὲ μέλλετ᾽ ἀκουέμεν belike you have heard it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.125, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.94; οὕτω που Διὶ μέλλει ὑπερμενέϊ φίλον εἶναι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.116)]; ὄλβον δὲ θεοὶ μέλλουσιν ὀπάζειν methinks it is the gods who give wealth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.19)]; εἰ δ᾽ οὕτω τοῦτ᾽ ἐστίν, ἐμοὶ μέλλει φίλον εἶναι you may be sure it is my good pleasure, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.564. b. with)]aorist infinitive, of a probability in the past, μέλλω που ἀπεχθέσθαι Διὶ πατρί I must have become hateful to father Zeus, [Refs (21.83)]; κελευσέμεναι δέ σ᾽ ἔμελλε δαίμων a god must surely have bidden thee, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.274)]; πολλάκι που μέλλεις ἀρήμεναι you must often have prayed, [Refs (22.322)]; μέλλω ἀθανάτους ἀλιτέσθαι I must have sinned against the immortals, [Refs (4.377)]; ἄλλοτε δή ποτε μᾶλλον ἐρωῆσαι πολέμοιο μέλλω at any other time rather than this I may have drawn back.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.777)]; μέλλει μέν πού τις καὶ φίλτερον ἄλλον ὀλέσσαι before now, no doubt, a man has lost.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (24.46, compare 18.362; τοῦ δ᾽ ἤδη μέλλουσι κύνες ταχέες τ᾽ οἰωνοὶ ῥινὸν ἀπ᾽ ὀστεόφιν ἐρύσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.133)]; of a destiny in the past, ἔμελλεν οἷ αὐτῷ θάνατον.. λιτέσθαι he was fated to have been praying for his own death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.46)]; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλον ἑταίρῳ κτεινομένῳ ἐπαμῦναι since I was (i.e. am) not destined to have succoured my comrade when they were slaying him, [Refs (18.98: with)]present infinitive, οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλες ἀνάλκιδος ἀνδρὸς ἑταίρους ἔδμεναι he was to turn out no helpless man whose comrades you ate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.475. with with)]future infinitive, of a destin y or probability in the future, ἅ οὐ τελέεσθαι ἔμελλον which were not to be accomplished, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.36)]; τάχα δ᾽ ἀνστήσεσθαι ἔμελλεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 694; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλον ἔγωγε νοστήσας οἶκόνδε.. εὐφρανέειν ἄλοχον 5.686, compare 12.113, 22.356, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.293, 384; μέλλον ἔτι ξυνέσεσθαι ὀϊζυῖ πολλῇ 7.270)]; περὶ τρίποδος γὰρ ἔμελλον θεύσεσθαι they were to have run.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.700, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 463; χρόνῳ ἔμελλέ σ᾽ Ἕκτωρ.. ἀποφθίσειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1027; ἔμελλον ἄρα παύσειν ποθ᾽ ὑμᾶς τοῦ κοάξ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 268; φεύγει; ἔμελλόν σ᾽ ἆρα κινήσειν ἐγώ [prev. author] “Nu.” 1301, compare “V.” 460, “Pl.” 103, “Ach.” 347: with)]present infinitive, καὶ γὰρ ἐγώ ποτ᾽ ἔμελλον ἐν ἀνδράσιν ὄλβιος εἶναι I had a chance of being, might have been.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.138; μέλλεν ποτὲ οἶκος ὅδ᾽ ἀφνειὸς καὶ ἀμύμων ἔμμεναι, ὄφρ᾽ ἔτι κεῖνος ἀνὴρ ἐπιδήμιος ἦεν 1.232)]: with aorist infinitive [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare(below 11), οὐδεὶς ἂν οὐδὲ μελλήσειε γενέσθαι ἀγαθός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1105b11: with)]infinitive understood, [τὰ μὲν] πάσχουσι, τὰ δὲ μέλλουσι [πάσχειν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 814)]; ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ οὑμὸς τοῦτο πέπονθεν βίος οὐ μὰ Δί᾽ οὐδέ γε μέλλει no, not likely! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 551; οὐδὲν.. οὔτε ἐπάθετε οὔτε ἐμελλήσατε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.55; οὔτ᾽ ἐμὲ ἀπέφηνεν ἡ βουλὴ οὔτ᾽ ἐμέλλησεν 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.49.)]
I.d in εἰ clauses, εἰ μέλλει πόλις εἶναι if it is to be a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 324e: with)]future infinitive, εἰ ἐμέλλομεν.. ἀνοίσειν if we were to refer.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 75b)]: with aorist infinitive, εἰ μέλλομεν.. δηλῶσαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 713a, compare “Smp.” 184d, “Plt.” 268d, +others)]: so in participle, τὴν μέλλουσαν οἰκήσεσθαι πόλιν καλῶς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1261a3, etc.)]
I.e in final clauses, ξυνεπιμέλεσθαι ᾗ μέλλει ἄριστα ἕξειν, = {ᾗ ἄριστα ἕξει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.39; εἴχομεν ἂν.. ἐπιστάτην λαβεῖν.. ὃς ἔμελλεν.. ποιήσειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 20b, compare 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 46, etc.)]
I.f in questions, the infinitive being understood, τί οὐ μέλλω (μέλλεις, etc.); why shouldn't I? why is it not likely that I should?, i. e. yes, of course, τὸν υἱὸν ἑόρακας αὐτο; Answ. τί δ᾽ οὐ μέλλω (i.e. ἑορακέναι); of course I have, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.6)]; τί δ᾽ οὐ μέλλει, εἴπερ γε δρᾷ αὐτ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 605c)]; πῶς γὰρ οὐ μέλλε; [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 78b, etc.)]; ἀλλὰ τί μέλλε; what (else) would you expect? i. e. yes, of course, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 349d, “Hp.Mi.” 373d.)]
II to be about to, in purely temporal sense, with future infinitive, Ἕκτορα δῖον ἔτετμεν ἀδελφεόν, εὖτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλε στρέψεσθ᾽ ἐκ χώρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.515)]; ὁ μέν μιν ἔμελλε γενείου.. ἁψάμενος λίσσεσθαι (perhaps present infinitive), ὁ δ᾽ αὐχένα μέσσον ἔλασσε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.454; ἄλεισον ἀναιρήσεσθαι ἔμελλε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.9, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.544, 2.39, 6.52, 393)]; δειπνήσειν μέλλομεν, ἢ τ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 464, compare “Eq.” 931 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8, etc.: with)]present infinitive, τί μέλλεις δρᾶ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1379, “Th.” 215, compare “Ec.” 760, “Ach.” 493, “Av.” 498, +others; μέλλω μαίνεσθαι “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 1.23)]: more rarely with aorist infinitive, παθεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 625; κτανεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 967 (nisi to be read κτενεῖν))]; ἀναλαβεῖν, λιπεῖν, θανεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 292, “Heracl.” 709, “Med.” 393)]; ἀπολέσαι, λαβεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 366, “Ach.” 1159 (Lyric poetry); προσθεῖναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.92; οὐδὲ ἐμέλλησαν οὐδὲ διενοήθησαν ἐνθέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.19: 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 316 wrongly condemns this _construction_)] —The infinitive is sometimes omitted, τὸ μέλλειν ἀγαθά (i.e. πράσσειν or πράξειν) the expectation of good things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1182, compare “IA” 1118.)]
III to be always going to do without ever doing: hence, delay, put off, frequently in Trag. (also in middle μέλλομαι, see infr. IV near the end): in this signification usually followed by present infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 678 (Lyric poetry), “OC” 1627, etc.)]; τοὺς ξυμμάχους.. οὐ μελλήσομεν τιμωρεῖν· οἱ δ᾽ οὐκέτι μέλλουσι κακῶς πάσχειν we shall not delay to succour our allies, for their sufferings are not being delayed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.86: frequently with μὴ οὐ, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 627, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 540: with μή, τί μέλλομεν.. μὴ πράσσειν κακ; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1242)]: rarely followed by aorist infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 299 (Lyric poetry), “Rh.” 673:)]infinitive is frequently omitted, τί μέλλει; why delayest thou? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 36, compare “Pers.” 407, “Ag.” 908, 1353, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 917, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.78, etc.; μακρὰ μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 219 (Lyric poetry); Ἄρης στυγεῖ μέλλοντας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 723; ἴωμεν καὶ μὴ μέλλωμεν ἔτι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 712b)]; μέλλον τι.. ἔπος a hesitating word, which one hesitates to speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1002)]; μέλλων σφυγμός a hesitating pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.653.)]
IV participle μέλλων is used quasi-adjectivally, ὁ μ. χρόνος the future time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).7, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 839, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 111b28: Grammars, ὁ μέλλων)] the future tense, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 638.23, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 69.28, etc.)]; ἡ μ. αὐτοῦ δύναμις his future power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 494c; μ. φυλάξασθαι χρέος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.40)]; τὸν μ. βλαστόν (καρπόν codices) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.15.1: especially in _neuter_, τὸ μέλλον, τὰ μέλλοντα)] things to come, the future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.56, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 102, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, 4.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 178e, etc.)]; opposed to to what is simply future (τὸ ἐσόμενον), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Divinatione per Somnia” 463b29, compare “GC” 337b4)]; εἰς τὸ μέλλον (i.e. ἔτος) [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Luke.13.9, compare “PLond.” 3.1231.4 (2nd c.AD), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 14:—also in)]middle, τὰ ἰσχυρότατα ἐλπιζόμενα μέλλεται your strongest pleas are hopes in futurity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.111:)] — but
V passive μέλλομαι, ὡς μὴ μέλλοιτο τὰ δέοντα that the necessary steps might not be delayed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.47)]; ἐν ὅσῳ ταῦτα μέλλεται while these delays are going on, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.37:)]future μελλήσομαι uncertain reading in [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 2.30:)]perfect participle μεμελλημένος, = {μέλλων, σφυγμός} [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.308.)]
imperfect ἔμελλον and ἤμελλον (see. below), Epic dialect μέλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.278, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.232, 9.378, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.164)]; Epic dialect, Ionic dialect μέλλεσκον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.240, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.109)]: future μελλήσω [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.15, NT.Matt.24.6)]: aorist ἐμέλλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.55, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.65, etc., and ἠμ- (see. below))]:—passive and middle, see below see.—Only present and imperfect in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)], Lyric poetry, and Trag.: aorist only in Prose (except [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus, see below): the)]imperfect ἤμελλον with long augment is established by the metre in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 898, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 906, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 597, “Ra.” 1038 (both _anapaest meter_), 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1309 (cf. Scholia (at [prev. work])), 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 58)]: aorist 1 ἠμέλλησα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 259)]; ἤμελλον is not found in earlier Attic dialect Inscrr., but occurs in Papyrus, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.146 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.145 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus (but ἔμελλον 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 25.3).)]
I to be destined or likely to, indicating an estimated certainty or strong probability in the present, past, or future (cf. Aristonic. cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.326, 11.817, 16.46, +others): a. with)]present infinitive (or its equivalent), of a probability in the present, ὅθι που μέλλουσιν ἄριστοι βουλὰς βουλεύειν where belike the best are holding counsel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.326)]; ᾧ μέλλεις εὔχεσθαι to whom thou doubtless prayest, [Refs (11.364)]; μέλλεις δὲ σὺ ἴδμεναι doubtless thou knowest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.200)]; τὰ δὲ μέλλετ᾽ ἀκουέμεν belike you have heard it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.125, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.94; οὕτω που Διὶ μέλλει ὑπερμενέϊ φίλον εἶναι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.116)]; ὄλβον δὲ θεοὶ μέλλουσιν ὀπάζειν methinks it is the gods who give wealth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.19)]; εἰ δ᾽ οὕτω τοῦτ᾽ ἐστίν, ἐμοὶ μέλλει φίλον εἶναι you may be sure it is my good pleasure, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.564. b. with)]aorist infinitive, of a probability in the past, μέλλω που ἀπεχθέσθαι Διὶ πατρί I must have become hateful to father Zeus, [Refs (21.83)]; κελευσέμεναι δέ σ᾽ ἔμελλε δαίμων a god must surely have bidden thee, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.274)]; πολλάκι που μέλλεις ἀρήμεναι you must often have prayed, [Refs (22.322)]; μέλλω ἀθανάτους ἀλιτέσθαι I must have sinned against the immortals, [Refs (4.377)]; ἄλλοτε δή ποτε μᾶλλον ἐρωῆσαι πολέμοιο μέλλω at any other time rather than this I may have drawn back.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.777)]; μέλλει μέν πού τις καὶ φίλτερον ἄλλον ὀλέσσαι before now, no doubt, a man has lost.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (24.46, compare 18.362; τοῦ δ᾽ ἤδη μέλλουσι κύνες ταχέες τ᾽ οἰωνοὶ ῥινὸν ἀπ᾽ ὀστεόφιν ἐρύσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.133)]; of a destiny in the past, ἔμελλεν οἷ αὐτῷ θάνατον.. λιτέσθαι he was fated to have been praying for his own death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.46)]; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλον ἑταίρῳ κτεινομένῳ ἐπαμῦναι since I was (i.e. am) not destined to have succoured my comrade when they were slaying him, [Refs (18.98: with)]present infinitive, οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλες ἀνάλκιδος ἀνδρὸς ἑταίρους ἔδμεναι he was to turn out no helpless man whose comrades you ate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.475. with with)]future infinitive, of a destin y or probability in the future, ἅ οὐ τελέεσθαι ἔμελλον which were not to be accomplished, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.36)]; τάχα δ᾽ ἀνστήσεσθαι ἔμελλεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 694; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλον ἔγωγε νοστήσας οἶκόνδε.. εὐφρανέειν ἄλοχον 5.686, compare 12.113, 22.356, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.293, 384; μέλλον ἔτι ξυνέσεσθαι ὀϊζυῖ πολλῇ 7.270)]; περὶ τρίποδος γὰρ ἔμελλον θεύσεσθαι they were to have run.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.700, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 463; χρόνῳ ἔμελλέ σ᾽ Ἕκτωρ.. ἀποφθίσειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1027; ἔμελλον ἄρα παύσειν ποθ᾽ ὑμᾶς τοῦ κοάξ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 268; φεύγει; ἔμελλόν σ᾽ ἆρα κινήσειν ἐγώ [prev. author] “Nu.” 1301, compare “V.” 460, “Pl.” 103, “Ach.” 347: with)]present infinitive, καὶ γὰρ ἐγώ ποτ᾽ ἔμελλον ἐν ἀνδράσιν ὄλβιος εἶναι I had a chance of being, might have been.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.138; μέλλεν ποτὲ οἶκος ὅδ᾽ ἀφνειὸς καὶ ἀμύμων ἔμμεναι, ὄφρ᾽ ἔτι κεῖνος ἀνὴρ ἐπιδήμιος ἦεν 1.232)]: with aorist infinitive [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare(below 11), οὐδεὶς ἂν οὐδὲ μελλήσειε γενέσθαι ἀγαθός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1105b11: with)]infinitive understood, [τὰ μὲν] πάσχουσι, τὰ δὲ μέλλουσι [πάσχειν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 814)]; ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ οὑμὸς τοῦτο πέπονθεν βίος οὐ μὰ Δί᾽ οὐδέ γε μέλλει no, not likely! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 551; οὐδὲν.. οὔτε ἐπάθετε οὔτε ἐμελλήσατε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.55; οὔτ᾽ ἐμὲ ἀπέφηνεν ἡ βουλὴ οὔτ᾽ ἐμέλλησεν 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.49.)]
I.d in εἰ clauses, εἰ μέλλει πόλις εἶναι if it is to be a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 324e: with)]future infinitive, εἰ ἐμέλλομεν.. ἀνοίσειν if we were to refer.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 75b)]: with aorist infinitive, εἰ μέλλομεν.. δηλῶσαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 713a, compare “Smp.” 184d, “Plt.” 268d, +others)]: so in participle, τὴν μέλλουσαν οἰκήσεσθαι πόλιν καλῶς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1261a3, etc.)]
I.e in final clauses, ξυνεπιμέλεσθαι ᾗ μέλλει ἄριστα ἕξειν, = {ᾗ ἄριστα ἕξει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.39; εἴχομεν ἂν.. ἐπιστάτην λαβεῖν.. ὃς ἔμελλεν.. ποιήσειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 20b, compare 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 46, etc.)]
I.f in questions, the infinitive being understood, τί οὐ μέλλω (μέλλεις, etc.); why shouldn't I? why is it not likely that I should?, i. e. yes, of course, τὸν υἱὸν ἑόρακας αὐτο; Answ. τί δ᾽ οὐ μέλλω (i.e. ἑορακέναι); of course I have, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.6)]; τί δ᾽ οὐ μέλλει, εἴπερ γε δρᾷ αὐτ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 605c)]; πῶς γὰρ οὐ μέλλε; [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 78b, etc.)]; ἀλλὰ τί μέλλε; what (else) would you expect? i. e. yes, of course, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 349d, “Hp.Mi.” 373d.)]
II to be about to, in purely temporal sense, with future infinitive, Ἕκτορα δῖον ἔτετμεν ἀδελφεόν, εὖτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλε στρέψεσθ᾽ ἐκ χώρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.515)]; ὁ μέν μιν ἔμελλε γενείου.. ἁψάμενος λίσσεσθαι (perhaps present infinitive), ὁ δ᾽ αὐχένα μέσσον ἔλασσε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.454; ἄλεισον ἀναιρήσεσθαι ἔμελλε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.9, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.544, 2.39, 6.52, 393)]; δειπνήσειν μέλλομεν, ἢ τ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 464, compare “Eq.” 931 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8, etc.: with)]present infinitive, τί μέλλεις δρᾶ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1379, “Th.” 215, compare “Ec.” 760, “Ach.” 493, “Av.” 498, +others; μέλλω μαίνεσθαι “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 1.23)]: more rarely with aorist infinitive, παθεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 625; κτανεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 967 (nisi to be read κτενεῖν))]; ἀναλαβεῖν, λιπεῖν, θανεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 292, “Heracl.” 709, “Med.” 393)]; ἀπολέσαι, λαβεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 366, “Ach.” 1159 (Lyric poetry); προσθεῖναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.92; οὐδὲ ἐμέλλησαν οὐδὲ διενοήθησαν ἐνθέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.19: 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 316 wrongly condemns this _construction_)] —The infinitive is sometimes omitted, τὸ μέλλειν ἀγαθά (i.e. πράσσειν or πράξειν) the expectation of good things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1182, compare “IA” 1118.)]
III to be always going to do without ever doing: hence, delay, put off, frequently in Trag. (also in middle μέλλομαι, see infr. IV near the end): in this signification usually followed by present infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 678 (Lyric poetry), “OC” 1627, etc.)]; τοὺς ξυμμάχους.. οὐ μελλήσομεν τιμωρεῖν· οἱ δ᾽ οὐκέτι μέλλουσι κακῶς πάσχειν we shall not delay to succour our allies, for their sufferings are not being delayed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.86: frequently with μὴ οὐ, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 627, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 540: with μή, τί μέλλομεν.. μὴ πράσσειν κακ; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1242)]: rarely followed by aorist infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 299 (Lyric poetry), “Rh.” 673:)]infinitive is frequently omitted, τί μέλλει; why delayest thou? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 36, compare “Pers.” 407, “Ag.” 908, 1353, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 917, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.78, etc.; μακρὰ μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 219 (Lyric poetry); Ἄρης στυγεῖ μέλλοντας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 723; ἴωμεν καὶ μὴ μέλλωμεν ἔτι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 712b)]; μέλλον τι.. ἔπος a hesitating word, which one hesitates to speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1002)]; μέλλων σφυγμός a hesitating pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.653.)]
IV participle μέλλων is used quasi-adjectivally, ὁ μ. χρόνος the future time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).7, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 839, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 111b28: Grammars, ὁ μέλλων)] the future tense, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 638.23, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 69.28, etc.)]; ἡ μ. αὐτοῦ δύναμις his future power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 494c; μ. φυλάξασθαι χρέος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.40)]; τὸν μ. βλαστόν (καρπόν codices) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.15.1: especially in _neuter_, τὸ μέλλον, τὰ μέλλοντα)] things to come, the future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.56, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 102, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, 4.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 178e, etc.)]; opposed to to what is simply future (τὸ ἐσόμενον), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Divinatione per Somnia” 463b29, compare “GC” 337b4)]; εἰς τὸ μέλλον (i.e. ἔτος) [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Luke.13.9, compare “PLond.” 3.1231.4 (2nd c.AD), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 14:—also in)]middle, τὰ ἰσχυρότατα ἐλπιζόμενα μέλλεται your strongest pleas are hopes in futurity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.111:)] — but
V passive μέλλομαι, ὡς μὴ μέλλοιτο τὰ δέοντα that the necessary steps might not be delayed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.47)]; ἐν ὅσῳ ταῦτα μέλλεται while these delays are going on, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.37:)]future μελλήσομαι uncertain reading in [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 2.30:)]perfect participle μεμελλημένος, = {μέλλων, σφυγμός} [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.308.)]