Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀτέλεστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀτέλεστος

Structure: ἀτελεστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tele/w

Sense

  1. without end or issue, to no purpose, without effect, unaccomplished
  2. uninitiated in

Examples

  • περικλασθήσονται κλῶνεσ ἀτέλεστοι, καὶ ὁ καρπὸσ αὐτῶν ἄχρηστοσ, ἄωροσ εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ εἰσ οὐθὲν ἐπιτήδειοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 4:5)

Synonyms

  1. without end or issue

  2. uninitiated in

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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