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διατελ-έω

diateleo

bring quite to an end, accomplish

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Where it lives

Letter 9 2 · 17.51/10k
Against the Sophists 2 · 15.09/10k
Letter 8 1 · 15.04/10k
Philip's Letter 2 · 14.23/10k
Evagoras 6 · 13.05/10k
Plataicus 4 · 12.55/10k
Letter 4 1 · 12.15/10k
Aegineticus 3 · 10.33/10k
In Defense of Mantitheus 1 · 8.76/10k
Answer to Philip's Letter 1 · 7.76/10k
Busiris 2 · 7.28/10k
On the Scrutiny of Evandros 1 · 7.25/10k

Densest 12 of 65 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διατελ-έω · diatel-eō — LSJ

bring quite to an end, accomplish

bring quite to an end, accomplish, ἐπεί περ ἠρξάμην, διατελέσαι βούλομαι X. HG 7.3.4; δ. χάριν E. Heracl. 434; so of Time, διατετελεκὼς τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἐφήβοις δέκα ἔτη X. Cyr. l.c.

abs.,

1 continue being, doing, have been, all along, continue

mostly c. part., continue being or doing so and so, τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς ζόης δ. ἐόντα τυφλόν Hdt. 6.117; δ. ἐόντες ἐλεύθεροι Id. 7.111, cf. 1.32, etc.; δ. τὸν λοιπὸν βίον δουλεύοντες And. 1.38; δ. καθεύδοντες Pl. Ap. 31a; μινυρίζων δ. τὸν βίον ὅλον Id. R. 411a; διετέλεσας πειρώμενος you have been trying all along, Id. Tht. 206a: with Adjs., δ. πρόθυμος continue zealous, Th. 6.89, cf. 1.34; δ. ἀχίτων X. Mem. 1.6.2; ἡδὺς δ. Alex. 45.9.

2 continue, live

with no part. or Adj., continue, live, δ. μετʼ ἀλλήλων διὰ βίου Pl. Smp. 192c; δ. χαριέντως Id. R. 426a; ἐν ἀγρῷ Men. Georg. 4.

b continue, persevere, continue

generally, continue, persevere, διατέλει ὥσπερ ἤρξω Pl. Grg. 494c; δ. ἐν ὕπνῳ Arist. GA 779a24; ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ Id. Pr. 933a14; of things, continue, ἐὰν αἱ μιμήσεις ἐκ νέων πόρρω δ. Pl. R. 395d.

In the wild

διετέλουν · dieteloun Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..13 (DIORISIS sentence 165)
διετέλεσαν · dietelesan Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..20 (DIORISIS sentence 256)
διετέλουν · dieteloun Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..28 (DIORISIS sentence 346)
διατελοῦσιν · diatelousin Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..8 (DIORISIS sentence 104)
διετέλουν · dieteloun Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..fragments.3 (DIORISIS sentence 6)
διατελεῖν · diatelein Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 23)

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