ἀτελής

From ἀ- (a-, “un-”) +‎ τέλος (télos, “end”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

ἀτελής • (atelḗs) m or f (neuter ἀτελές); third declension

1. without end
   1. not brought to an end or issue, unaccomplished
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.546
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.8.15
   2. incomplete, unfinished
      • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 227
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1012
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.12
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.40
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1.8.12
   3. inchoate, imperfect
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 807
      • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 495C
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 2.1.14
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 4.6.1
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 3.1.5
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Prior Analytics 1.1.7
      • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Syrian Goddess 20
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 3.1.5
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.472F
   4. neverending, endless
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 24B
2. (active voice) not bringing to an end, not accomplishing one's purpose
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 3.74
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 179D
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 248B
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 3.11.9
   • Philo 2.417
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Collected Works 30.12
   1. not giving accomplishment to a thing
      • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 5.83
3. free from tax or tribute, scot-free
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.168
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.91
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 908.3
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.192
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.46
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 565.4
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 568.11
   • Inscriptiones Graecae 2737.6, (Compare Aristotle Politics 2.9,18)
   1. (of things) untaxed, tax-free
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 917.26
   2. (of sums) without charge or deduction, net, clear
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, de Vectigalibus 4.14
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 816.8
      • Inscriptiones Graecae 2556.23
   3. not costly
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 248
4. uninitiated
   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Demeter 481

• “ἀτελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀτελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀτελής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀτελής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτελής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀτελής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀτελής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clear idem, page 136.
  • crude idem, page 187.
  • exempt idem, page 290.
  • fragmentary idem, page 342.
  • immature idem, page 417.
  • imperfect idem, page 420.
  • incomplete idem, page 429.
  • net idem, page 556.
  • unaccomplished idem, page 906.
  • unconsummated idem, page 911.
  • undeveloped idem, page 914.
  • undone idem, page 915.
  • unfinished idem, page 918.
  • unfulfilled idem, page 919.
  • unperformed idem, page 927.
  • unsuccessful idem, page 933.