ἀτέλεστος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A without end, issue, or effect, unaccomplished, ἅλιον θεῖναι πόνον ἠδ' ἀ. Il.4.26, cf. 57,168, Od.2.273; σῖτον ἔδοντες μὰψ αὔτως ἀ. 16.111; τὰ δέ κεν θεὸς ἢ τελέσειεν ἤ κ' ἀτέλεστ' εἴη 8.571, cf. Tab.Defix.Aud.68b: rare in Prose, of prayers, not deserving of accomplishment, Antipho 1.22; ἀ. κῶνος truncated cone, Hero *Stereom.1.16: neut. pl. as Adv., inconclusively, ἀ. λαλεῖν AP12.21 (Strat.).    II uninitiated in. ., c. gen., βακχευμάτων E.Ba.40: metaph., ἀ. ἱερῶν καὶ μυστηρίων τῆς πολιτείας Plu.Flam.2: abs., ἀ. καὶ ἀμύητος Pl.Phd.69c, cf. Arist.Rh.1419a4, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.4 M.; ἀ. τῷ θεῷ Ael.VH3.9; prob. unmarried, Tab. Defix.Aud.68a.    III = ἀτελής III, χώρα D.Prooem.55.    IV endless, eternal, Parm.8.4.

German (Pape)

[Seite 384] 1) unvollendet, d. i. a) ohne Erfolg, neben ἁλίη, ὁδός Od. 2, 273; πόνος Il. 4, 57; μὰψ αὔτως, ἀτέλεστον, σῖτον ἔδοντας Od. 16, 111, immerfort. – b) unausgeführt, Od. 8, 571. 18, 345; ἀτέλεστα λαλεῖν, vergebens, Strat. 16 (XII, 21). – c) was nicht ausgeführt werden darf, neben ἀθέμιτα Antiph. 1, 22. – 2) nicht eingeweiht, βακχευμάτων Eur. Bacch. 40; neben ἀμύητος, ohne höhere Bildung, Plat. Phaed. 69 c; τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ μυστηρίων Plut. Flam. 2; τῷ θεῷ Ael. V. H. 3, 9.