LogeionPerseus analysis of ἐτέλεσσας:
τελέω (fulfil, accomplish, execute, perform): aor ind act 2nd sg
LSJ entry
τελέω
τελέω,
Ep. also τελείω,
both in Hom. (
τελέοντες Od. 3.262,
cf. 4.776,
al., τελείει 6.234,
23.161):
Ep. impf. τέλεον Il. 23.373,
768;
ἐτέλειον 9.456,
15.593;
Ion. τέλεσκον Call. Dian. 123,
Fr. 434;
τελέεσκον Q.S. 8.213:
fut. τελέσω Pi. N. 4.43,
X. Cyr. 8.6.3, (
δια-)
Pl. R. 425e codd., D. 21.66 codd. (
-τελῶ Cobet in both places), PAvrom. 2
A 9
(i B.C.);
Ep.also τελέω,
Il. 8.415,
12.59,
Od. 2.256,
etc.; Att. τελῶ S. El. 1435,
Ar. Ra. 173,
Pl. Prt. 311b:
aor. (
ἐ)
τέλεσα Od. 5.390;
Ep. τέλεσσα and ἐτέλεσσα Il. 246,
Il. 12.222,
23.543,
559,
al. (
inf. τελέσσαι Pi. P. 3.9);
Att. ἐτέλεσα Th. 4.78,
etc.: pf. τετέλεκα Pl. Ap. 20a, (
δια-)
D. 18.203:—
Med.,
fut. (v. infr.): aor. ἐτελεσάμην Id. 38.18,
etc.; pf. τετέλεσμαι Inscr.Prien. 11.34
(iii B.C.):—
Pass.,
Ep. impf. ἐτελείετο Il. 1.5:
fut. τελεσθήσομαι Thphr. Char. 16.12;
fut. Med. in this sense, τελεῖται A. Pr. 929,
Ag. 68 (anap.), etc., τελέεσθαι Il. 2.36,
τελεῖσθαι Od. 23.284;
part. τελεόμενος Hdt. 1.206,
τελεύμενος Id. 3.134:
aor. ἐτελέσθην Od. 4.663,
etc.; Aeol. inf. τελέσθην Sapph. Supp. 1.4:
pf. τετέλεσμαι Il. 18.74,
etc.: plpf. τετέλεστο 19.242:
Cret. pf. part. τετελημένος GDI 4963;
Ion. 3
pl. pf. τετέληνται dub. in SIG 1024.22
(Myconus, iii/ii B.C.): (
τέλος):—
A. fulfil, accomplish, execute, perform,
freq. in Poets from Hom. downwds., less freq. in Prose (except in signfs. ΙΙ and ΙΙΙ); τελέσαι ἔργον τε ἔπος τε Od. 2.272,
cf. Il. 1.108,
523,
etc.; τ. φιλοτήσια ἔργα Od. 11.246;
μʼ ἔφαντο ἄξειν εἰς Ἰθάκην, οὐδʼ ἐτέλεσσαν but did it not, 13.212;
τ. ἀέθλους 3.262;
πόνον 23.250;
πύματον δρόμον Il. 23.373;
ὁδόν Od. 2.256,
Mimn. 11;
sts. without ὁδόν, ἄτερ καμάτοιο τέλεσσαν ἤματι τῷ αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπήνυσαν οἴκαδʼ ὀπίσσω Od. 7.325;
ὁδῷ δὲ τὰ ξυντομώτατα ἐξ Ἀβδήρων ἐς Ἴστρον ἀνὴρ εὔζωνος ἑνδεκαταῖος τελεῖ Th. 2.97;
ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐς Φάρσαλον ἐτέλεσε Id. 4.78;
κίνδυνον τελέσσαι perform a dangerous feat, Epich. 99;
ἔργον S. El. 1399;
δίδυμα κακά A. Th. 782 (lyr.); προστάγματα Pl. Lg. 926a,
cf. d:—Pass.,
Hdt. 1.206;
καὶ εἰ τετελεσμένον ἐστί, = τελεῖσθαι δύναται, Od. 5.90,
Il. 14.196;
τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 7.465;
αὐτίκʼ ἔπειθʼ ἅμα μῦθος ἔην, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον ‘no sooner said than done’, 19.242;
ἐάνπερ ἐπὶ λόγῳ ἔργα τελῆται Pl. R. 389d,
cf. Plt. 288c;
γραφὴ τῶν τετελεσμένων ἔργων PPetr. 3p.340 (iii B.C.);
τετέλεσται Ev.Jo. 19.30 (cf. 28).
2. fulfil oneʼs word, τ. ἔπος, μῦθον, ὑπόσχεσιν,
Il. 14.44,
Od. 4.776,
10.483;
τελέω τὰ πάροιθεν ὑπέστην Il. 23.20;
τελέσαι κότον, χόλον,
glut oneʼs fury, wrath, 1.82,
4.178:
also, grant one the fulfilment or accomplishment of anything, τ. νόον τινί fulfil his wish, 23.149,
cf. Od. 22.51;
τ. ἐέλδωρ Hes. Sc. 36;
λιτάς A. Th. 627 (lyr.); κατάρας ib.724 (lyr.); rarely c. inf.,
οὐδʼ ἐτέλεσσε φέρων δόμεναι he succeeded not in . . ,
Il. 12.222 (cf. ἀνύω I.6):—Pass.,
to be fulfilled,
2.36,
330,
al.: esp. pf. part., [
μῦθος] τετελεσμένος ἐστί Il. 1.388,
cf.h.Ven. 26;
elsewh. in Hom. only neut., τὸ δὲ καὶ τετελεσμένον ἔσται Il. 1.212,
cf. 8.286,
al.:—Med.,
τελέσασθαι δίκην bring a suit to issue,
D. 38.18,
cf. 39.18 (
Pass.).
8. sts. intr., like the Pass.,
come to an end, be fulfilled, turn out,
οὐ γὰρ οἶδʼ ὅπῃ τελεῖ ib.1021,
cf. Pers. 225 (troch.), S. El. 1417 (lyr.): later = τελέθω, to be,
φύσει τελῶν μνησίκακος Tz. H. 2.83,
al. II. pay what one owes, what is due, λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας Il. 9.156,
298 (unless this means ‘
will administer good lawsʼ); νῆας . . αἵ κεν τελέοιεν ἕκαστα ἄστεʼ ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπων ἱκνεύμεναι bring supplies of everything, Od. 9.127:
generally, pay, present,
δῶρα, δωτίνην,
Il. 9.598,
Od. 11.352;
μισθόν Il. 21.457,
Eup. 4;
ἀργύριον Pl. Ly. 208b;
ἀργύριον . . μισθόν Id. Prt. 311d;
δύο δραχμὰς μισθόν Ar. Ra. 173:
metaph., τ. ὕμνον Pi. P. 1.79,
2.13;
τ. ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ,
i.e. die, Id. I. 1.68.
b. esp. pay tax, duty, toll, φόρον Pl. Alc. 1.123a;
τὰ τέλη Cratin.Jun. 9.5,
Arist. Ath. 55.3,
cf. Pl. Lg. 847b;
τ. μετοίκιον pay the tax of a μέτοικος,
ib. 850b;
ἱππάδα Is. 7.39;
θητικόν Arist. Ath. 7.4,
Lex ap. D. 43.54;
ξενικά D. 57.34;
συντάξεις Aeschin. 3.91;
freq. in Papyri, οἱ τελοῦντες τὰ καθήκοντα εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν PTeb. 5.174 (ii B.C.),
etc.; τ. σῖτον pay oneʼs contribution of corn, X. HG 5.3.21:
abs., pay tax, IG 12.1.2,3,
Hdt. 2.109:—
Pass.,
of money, etc., to be paid,
Id. 9.93;
of persons, to be in receipt of rent,
χώραν ἀτέλεστον ἔχουσιν αὐτοὶ τετελεσμένοι D. Prooem. 55.
3. since, in many Greek cities, the citizens were distributed into classes acc. to their taxable property, τ. εἴς τινας meant to belong to a class, to be reckoned among,
τ. ἐς Ἕλληνας, ἐς Βοιωτούς,
belong to the Greeks, the Boeotians, Hdt. 2.51,
6.108;
εἰς ἀστοὺς τ.
become a citizen, S. OT 222;
εἰς ἄνδρας τ.
come to manʼs estate, Pl. Lg. 923e;
εἰς γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρὸς τ.
become a woman instead of a man, E. Ba. 822;
ἕκαστος ἡμῶν ὑπό τινα τελεῖ δαίμονα ὃς πάσης ἡμῶν τῆς ζωῆς ἐπάρχει belongs . . ,
Herm. in Phdr.p.93 A. III. initiate in the mysteries, τινα Pl. Euthd. 277d;
τῇ μητρὶ τελούσῃ τὰς βίβλους ἀναγιγνώσκειν D. 18.259;
τυμπανίζειν καὶ τ.
Plu. 2.60a; τ. τῷ Διονύσῳ Milet. 6.23:—
Pass.,
to have oneself initiated,
Ar. Nu. 258;
τετελεσμένος Pl. Phd. 69c,
Berl.Sitzb. 1927.169 (
Cyrene),
etc.; ἐτέλεις, ἐγὼ δʼ ἐτελούμην D. 18.265;
Διονύσῳ τελεσθῆναι to be consecrated to Dionysus, initiated in his mysteries,
Hdt. 4.79;
ὀργίοισι Hp. Lex 5,
cf. X. Smp. 1.10:
c. acc., Βακχεῖʼ ἐτελέσθη Ar. Ra. 357 (anap.); τελέους τελετὰς τελούμενος Pl. Phdr. 249c,
cf. 250b;
also τ. μεγάλοισι τέλεσι Id. R. 560e.