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τελέθω

teletho

come into being

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τελέθω · telethō — LSJ

come into being, to be

poet. Verb, cogn. with τέλομαι, τέλλω, and πέλω (qq. v.), come into being, νὺξ τελέθει Il. 7.282, 293; τελέθουσι γυναῖκες Emp. 65.1: then simply to be so and so, ἀριπρεπέες τελέθουσι, μινυνθάδιοι τ., Il. 9.441, Od. 19.328; ζαχρηεῖς τ. Il. 12.347; ζαφλεγέες τ. 21.465; ἀμείνων τελέθει Od. 7.52; παντοῖοι τ. 17.486; ἵνα τʼ ἄρνες ἄφαρ κεραοὶ τ. 4.85; so also Hes. Op. 181, 506, Thgn. 770, Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141, Epich. 170, Pi. P. 2.78, and lyr. passages of Trag., as A. Supp. 1040, E. Andr. 783 (not in

II become

Med. τελέθομαι, become, ὀπίσω δὲ θεοὶ τελέθονται Ps.-Phoc. 104.

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τελέθω (scan p. 1512; entry #5996).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τελέθω (scan p. 1119; entry #7897).

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