Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀτελεύτητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀτελεύτητος ἀτελεύτητη ἀτελεύτητον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + τελευτητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: teleuta/w

Sense

  1. not brought to an end or issue, unaccomplished
  2. impracticable

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸ δ’ ἄπειρον ἢ τὸ ἀδύνατον διελθεῖν τῷ μὴ πεφυκέναι διιέναι, καθάπερ ἡ φωνὴ ἀόρατοσ, ἢ τὸ διέξοδον ἔχον ἀτελεύτητον, ἢ ὃ μόλισ, ἢ ὃ πεφυκὸσ ἔχειν μὴ ἔχει διέξοδον ἢ πέρασ· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 11 151:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν παλινάγρετον οὐδ’ ἀπατηλὸν οὐδ’ ἀτελεύτητον ὅ τί κεν κεφαλῇ κατανεύσω. (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 53:8)

Synonyms

  1. not brought to an end or issue

  2. impracticable

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

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