Perseus analyses of ἔτελλε:

τέλλω (accomplish): aor ind act 3rd sg
τέλλω (accomplish): imperf ind act 3rd sg

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τέλλω

τέλλω, aor. ἔτειλα Pi. O. 2.70:—Pass. τέλλομαι:—

A. poet. Verb, but used in Cretan Prose (v. infr.), accomplish, ἔτειλαν ὁδόν Pi. l.c.; perform duties, rites, etc., τέλλεμ (inf.) μὲν τὰ θῖνα καὶ τὰ ἀντρώπινα Leg.Gort. 10.42:—Med., τελλόμεναι χορόν , apparently = στελλόμεναι, PSI 10.1181.39:—Pass., come into being, γένος φυτευθὲν λοιπὸν αἰεὶ τέλλετο Pi. P. 4.257; ὕμνοι ὑστέρων ἀρχὰ λόγων τέλλεται καὶ ὅρκιον Id. O. 11(10).6; ἐς χάριν τέλλεται turns to good, ib.1.76; ἀπὸ θεσφάτων ἀγαθὰ φάτις . . τέλλεται cj. Emper. for στέλλεται, A. Ag. 1133 (lyr.); of the gadfly, οἷόν τε νέαις ἐπὶ φορβάσιν οἶστρος τέλλεται ) = γίγνεται) A.R. 3.277; ἠοῦς τελλομένης Id. 1.1360; πρόκα τελλομένου ἔτεος as soon as a year is complete, ib.688.

2. Pass., of stars, = ἀνατέλλω, rise, Arat. 285,320,382.