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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The fusion of two pre-Greek verbs:
The sense 'to rise' is from Proto-Hellenic *telne- , from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥-n-h₂- , a nasal-infixed present (the present tense system includes a N progressive aspect marker ) from the root Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ( “ to lift, take on ” ) ,[ 1] cognate with Armenian թողնել ( tʻoġnel , “ to let, allow ” ) , Latin tollō ( “ to lift, carry away ” ) , Old Irish tlenaid ( “ to carry away, steal ” ) , Tocharian B tallaṃ ( “ to lift, endure ” ) .[ 2]
The sense 'to accomplish' is from Proto-Hellenic *kʷelne- , from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥-n-h₁- , also a nasal-infixed present from the root Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ( “ to turn ” ) ,[ 3] cognate with Welsh pallu ( “ to fail; to refuse ” ) , Tocharian A källāṣ ( “ to lead, bring ” ) , Albanian përkul ( “ to bend ” ) . The meaning in Greek developed from 'to turn' > 'to go in a circle' (eg stars) > 'to carry out to the end'.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /tél.lɔː/ → /ˈtel.lo/ → /ˈte.lo/
Verb
τέλλω • (téllō )
( poetic , Cretan ) to accomplish , perform
to rise (of stars) = ἀνατέλλω ( anatéllō )
( περιτέλλομαι ( peritéllomai ) only) to turn around in circles
Usage notes
This verb usually occurs with a prefix, see under Derived terms
Inflection
Derived terms
References
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010 ) “τέλλω 2 ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10 ), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 1462
^ Rix, Helmut , editor (2001 ), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs ] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN , page 622
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010 ) “τέλλω 3 ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10 ), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 1462
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010 ) “τέλλομαι 1 ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10 ), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , pages 1461-2
^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1970 ) “τέλλω ”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 870
^ Rix, Helmut , editor (2001 ), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs ] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN , page 386
Further reading
“τέλλω ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“τέλλω ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889 ) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers
“τέλλω ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891 ) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges , New York: Harper and Brothers
τέλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français , Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001 ) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature , Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
τέλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924 ) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition , Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
τέλλω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“τέλλω ”, in Slater, William J. (1969 ) Lexicon to Pindar , Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
“τέλλω ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago , since 2011