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|Definition=aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἔτειλα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.70</span>:—Pass. <b class="b3">τέλλομαι</b>:—poet. Verb, but used in Cretan Prose (v. infr.), <b class="b2">accomplish</b>, ἔτειλαν ὁδόν Pi. l.c.; <b class="b2">perform</b> duties, rites, etc., <b class="b3">τέλλεμ</b> (inf.) μὲν τὰ θῖνα καὶ τὰ ἀντρώπινα <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>10.42:—Med., <b class="b3">τελλόμεναι χορόν</b>, apparently = [[στελλόμεναι]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>10.1181.39</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">come into being</b>, γένος φυτευθὲν λοιπὸν αἰεὶ τέλλετο <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.257</span>; ὕμνοι ὑστέρων ἀρχὰ λόγων τέλλεται καὶ ὅρκιον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>11(10).6</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς χάριν τέλλεται</b> <b class="b2">turns</b> to good, ib.<span class="bibl">1.76</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ θεσφάτων ἀγαθὰ φάτις . . τέλλεται</b> cj. Emper. for <b class="b3">στέλλεται</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 1133</span> (lyr.); of the gadfly, <b class="b3">οἷόν τε νέαις ἐπὶ φορβάσιν οἶστρος τέλλεται</b>) = [[γίγνεται]]) <span class="bibl">A.R.3.277</span>; ἠοῦς τελλομένης <span class="bibl">Id.1.1360</span>; <b class="b3">πρόκα τελλομένου ἔτεος</b> as soon as a year <b class="b2">is complete</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">688</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., of stars, = [[ἀνατέλλω]], <b class="b2">rise</b>, <span class="bibl">Arat.285</span>,<span class="bibl">320</span>,<span class="bibl">382</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr. in Act., = [[ἀνατέλλω, ἡλίου τέλλοντος]] at sun<b class="b2">rise</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>699</span>; <b class="b3">ἶρις τέλλει</b> <b class="b2">grows up</b>, Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 74.32. (Cf. <b class="b3">πέλω</b> (πέλομαι) fin., with which <b class="b3">τέλλομαι</b> (Pass.) is cogn.; the Act. <b class="b3">τέλλω</b> (fr. which <b class="b3">δικασπόλος, θυηπόλος, ὑμνοπόλος</b>, etc. are derived) may be formed fr. the Pass., with causal meaning ('cause to come into existence or be done'), as <b class="b3">πείθω</b> fr. <b class="b3">πείθομαι, πεύθω</b> fr. <b class="b3">πεύθομαι</b>; the sense <b class="b2">rise</b> is perh. derived from that of <b class="b2">revolve</b> as used of stars; <b class="b3">ἐντέλλω, ἐπιτέλλω</b> (A) may orig. have meant 'cause to be done (by another)'.)</span>