ἀτελής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + τέλος (télos, “end”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.te.lɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.teˈle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.teˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.teˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.teˈlis/
Adjective
ἀτελής • (atelḗs) m or f (neuter ἀτελές); third declension
- without end
- not brought to an end or issue, unaccomplished
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.546
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.8.15
- incomplete, unfinished
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 227
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1012
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.12
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.40
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1.8.12
- inchoate, imperfect
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 807
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 495C
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 2.1.14
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 4.6.1
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 3.1.5
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Prior Analytics 1.1.7
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, De Dea Syria 20
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 3.1.5
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.472F
- neverending, endless
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 24B
- not brought to an end or issue, unaccomplished
- (active) not bringing to an end, not accomplishing one's purpose
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 3.74
- 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 179D
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 248B
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 3.11.9
- Philo 2.417
- 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Collected Works 30.12
- not giving accomplishment to a thing
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 5.83
- free from tax or tribute, scot-free
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.168
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.91
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 908.3
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.192
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.46
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 565.4
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 568.11
- Inscriptiones Graecae 2737.6, (Compare Aristotle Politics 2.9,18)
- (of things) untaxed, tax-free
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 917.26
- (of sums) without charge or deduction, net, clear
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, de Vectigalibus 4.14
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 816.8
- Inscriptiones Graecae 2556.23
- not costly
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 248
- uninitiated
- 7th-6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Demeter 481
Inflection
Third declension of ἀτελής; ἀτελές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀτελής atelḗs | ἀτελές atelés | ἀτελεῖ ateleî | ἀτελεῖ ateleî | ἀτελεῖς ateleîs | ἀτελῆ atelê | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀτελοῦς ateloûs | ἀτελοῦς ateloûs | ἀτελοῖν ateloîn | ἀτελοῖν ateloîn | ἀτελῶν atelôn | ἀτελῶν atelôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀτελεῖ ateleî | ἀτελεῖ ateleî | ἀτελοῖν ateloîn | ἀτελοῖν ateloîn | ἀτελέσῐ / ἀτελέσῐν atelési(n) | ἀτελέσῐ / ἀτελέσῐν atelési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀτελῆ atelê | ἀτελές atelés | ἀτελεῖ ateleî | ἀτελεῖ ateleî | ἀτελεῖς ateleîs | ἀτελῆ atelê | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀτελές atelés | ἀτελές atelés | ἀτελεῖ ateleî | ἀτελεῖ ateleî | ἀτελεῖς ateleîs | ἀτελῆ atelê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀτελῶς atelôs | ἀτελέστερος atelésteros | ἀτελέστᾰτος ateléstatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- “ἀτελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀτελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀτελής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀτελής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀτελής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀτελής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἀτελής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- clear idem, page 136.
- crude idem, page 187.
- exempt idem, page 290.
- fragmentary idem, page 342.
- immature idem, page 417.
- imperfect idem, page 420.
- incomplete idem, page 429.
- net idem, page 556.
- unaccomplished idem, page 906.
- unconsummated idem, page 911.
- undeveloped idem, page 914.
- undone idem, page 915.
- unfinished idem, page 918.
- unfulfilled idem, page 919.
- unperformed idem, page 927.
- unsuccessful idem, page 933.