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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

  • ἀτελέστων δ’ ἔτι τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν οὐσῶν ᾗκεν Ἀλέξανδροσ ὁ Πολυπέρχοντοσ υἱὸσ μετὰ δυνάμεωσ εἰσ τὴν Ἀττικήν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 65 3:1)

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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