ἡμιτελής
From LSJ
εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
English (LSJ)
ές, (τέλος)
A half-finished, δόμος ἡ. a house but half complete, i.e. childless, Il.2.701; βίος Str.7.3.3, cf. Luc. DMort.19.1; Ὀλύμπιον Dicaearch.1.1; ἡ. θάλαμος AP7.627 (Diod.); ἡ. νίκη D.H.2.42; φωναί Id.Comp.14; ἐνέργειαι Aret.SD1.7; of a child, Luc.Sacr.5; οὐδὲν ἡμιτελὲς καταλείπειν X.Cyr.8.1.3; ἡ. ἀφιέναι D.H.Th.9; ἡ. ἀνήρ, opp. τελείως ἀγαθός, X.Cyr.3.3.38; ἡ. περὶ λόγους D.H.Dem.23; ἡ. τὴν ἀρετήν Ph.2.199. Adv. -λῶς Longin. ap.Porph.Plot.19.
