Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “un-”) +‎ τέλος (télos, “end”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix)Category:Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ἀ-#ΤΕΛΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ής#ΑΤΕΛΗΣ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ἀτελής • (atelḗs) m or f (neuter ἀτελές)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΑΤΕΛΗΣCategory:Ancient Greek adjectives#ΑΤΕΛΗΣCategory:Ancient Greek oxytone terms#ΑΤΕΛΗΣCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΑΤΕΛΗΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΑΤΕΛΗΣCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΑΤΕΛΗΣ; third declension

1. without end
   1. not brought to an end or issue, unaccomplished
      • c. 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
      • c. 420 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1012
      • 431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.12
      • 431 BCE – 404 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 of Kos, On Joints 807
      • 375 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. never-ending, 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
   • c. 385 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 – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.168
   • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.91
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 908.3
   • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.192
   • 460 BCE – 430 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