ἀτέλεστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[without end]], [[issue]], or [[effect]], [[unaccomplished]], ἅλιον θεῖναι πόνον ἠδ' ἀ. <span class="bibl">Il.4.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">57</span>,<span class="bibl">168</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.273</span>; σῖτον ἔδοντες μὰψ αὔτως ἀ. <span class="bibl">16.111</span>; τὰ δέ κεν θεὸς ἢ τελέσειεν ἤ κ' ἀτέλεστ' εἴη <span class="bibl">8.571</span>, cf. <span class="title">Tab.Defix.Aud.</span>68b: rare in Prose, of prayers, [[not deserving of accomplishment]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.22</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. κῶνος</b> [[truncated]] cone, Hero ''*Stereom''.1.16: neut. pl. as Adv., [[inconclusively]], ἀ. λαλεῖν <span class="title">AP</span>12.21 (Strat.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[uninitiated in]]. ., c. gen., βακχευμάτων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>40</span>: metaph., ἀ. ἱερῶν καὶ μυστηρίων τῆς πολιτείας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Flam.</span>2</span>: abs., ἀ. καὶ ἀμύητος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>69c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1419a4</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Acad.Ind.</span>p.4</span> M.; ἀ. τῷ θεῷ <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>3.9</span>; prob. <b class="b2">unmarried, Tab. Defix.Aud</b>.<span class="bibl">68a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀτελής]] III, χώρα <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Prooem.</span>55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[endless]], [[eternal]], <span class="bibl">Parm.8.4</span>.</span>