ἀτελής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[without end]], i.e., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[not brought to an end]] or [[not brought to an issue]], [[unaccomplished]], τῷ κε καὶ οὐκ ἀτελὴς [[θάνατος]] μνηστῆρσι γένοιτο <span class="bibl">Od.17.546</span>; <b class="b3">εἰρήνη ἐγένετο ἀτελής</b> the [[peace]] was [[not]] [[bring about|brought about]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.8.15</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μὲν λελεγμένα ἄρρητ' ἐγώ σοι κἀτελῆ φυλάξομαι</b> [[unaccomplished]], i. e. [[harmless]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1012</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[incomplete]], [[unfinished]], ἀτελῆ σοφίας καρπὸν δρέπειν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>209</span>; ἀτελεῖ τῇ νίκῃ . . ἀνέστησαν <span class="bibl">Th.8.27</span>; of a [[building]], ib.<span class="bibl">40</span>; [[without end]] or [[without purpose]], ἡ φύσις οὐθὲν . . ἀτελὲς ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1256b21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[inchoate]], [[imperfect]], of [[growth]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>41</span> (Comp.); ᾠὰ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>733a2</span>; [[ζῷα]] ib.<span class="bibl">774b5</span>; <b class="b3">πολῖται ἀ</b>., of [[minor]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1275a17</span>; ἀ. συλλογισμός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APr.</span>24a13</span>; ἀ. ποιεῖν τινά [[castrate]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Syr.D.</span>20</span>: Comp. ἀτελέστερος [[less highly developed]], <span class="bibl">Phlp.<span class="title">in Ph.</span>898.29</span>. Adv. [[ἀτελῶς]] = [[incompletely]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1275a13</span>, dub. in Plu.2.472f. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[never-ending]], Δαναΐδων ὑδρεῖαι ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ax.</span>371e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[indeterminate]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>24b</span>; τὸ μὲν [[ἄπειρον]] ἀ. ἡ δὲ [[φύσις]] ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>715b14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1256b21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[not bringing to an end]], [[not accomplishing one's purpose]], [[ineffectual]], ἀτελεῖ νόῳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.42</span>; of persons, ἀποπέμπειν τινά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>179d</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. περὶ τὸ κρίνειν</b> [[imperfectly fitted for]]... <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1281b38</span>; ἀ. εἴς τι <span class="bibl">Ph. 2.417</span>: c. inf., [[unable]] to do [[effectually]], [[ἄκυρος]] καὶ ἀ. σῶσαι <span class="bibl">And.4.9</span>; [[invalid]], δίκα <span class="title">Michel</span> 196 (Elis). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[not giving accomplishment to]] a thing, μαντεύμασι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> ([[τέλος]] IV) [[free from tax]] or [[free from tribute]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.168</span>, <span class="bibl">3.91</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.32.24</span>: c.gen., <b class="b3">ἀ. τῶν ἄλλων</b> [[free from]] all other [[tax]]es, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.192</span>; <b class="b3">καρπῶν ἀτελεῖς</b> [[free]] from [[tithe]] on [[produce]], <span class="bibl">Id.6.46</span>; [[exempt]], λῃτουργιῶν <span class="bibl">D.21.155</span>; [[στρατεία]]ς ib.166, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>22.1132.12, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1270b4</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ ἄλλου</b> (sc. [[φόρος|φόρου]]) <span class="title">IG</span>1.40; [[μετοικίου]] ib.2.121. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of things, [[untaxed]], ἀ. τὸν σῖτον ἐξάγειν <span class="bibl">D.34.36</span>; ὅσα οἱ νόμοι ἀ. πεποιήκασιν <span class="bibl">Id.42.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of sums, [[without deduction]], [[nett]], <b class="b3">ὀβολὸς ἀτελής</b> an [[obol]] [[clear gain]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.14</span> sq.; τριάκοντα μνᾶς ἀτελεῖς ἐλάμβανε τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ <span class="bibl">D.27.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[not costly]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>268</span>, <span class="bibl">Amphis 29</span>, Paus.Gr.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 305. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> ([[τέλος]] v) [[uninitiated]], c. gen., ἱερῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>481</span>; ἀ. τῆς θέας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>248b</span>; prob. [[unmarried]], Tab.Defix.Aud.68a: metaph., ἔρημον καὶ ἀ. [[φιλοσοφία]]ν λείπειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>495c</span>.</span>