ἀτελής: Difference between revisions

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