διατελέω
diateleo
bring quite to an end, accomplish
Appears 58 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διατελέω, fut. -τελέσω, Att. -τελῶ: pf. διατετέλεκα Cyr. 1.5.4, IG 22.223A5:—Α. bring quite to an end, accomplish, ἐπεί περ ἠρξάμην, διατελέσαι βούλομαι HG 7.3.4; δ. χάριν Heracl. 434; so of Time, διατετελεκὼς τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἐφήβοις δέκα ἔτη Cyr.l. c. II. abs., 1. mostly c. part., continue being or doing so and so, τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς ζόης δ. ἐόντα τυφλόν 6.117; δ. ἐόντες ἐλεύθεροι 7.111, cf. 1.32, etc.; δ. τὸν λοιπὸν βίον δουλεύοντες 1.38; δ. καθεύδοντες Ap. 31a; μινυρίζων δ. τὸν βίον ὅλον R. 411a; διετέλεσας πειρώμενος you have been trying all along, Tht. 206a: with Adjs., δ. πρόθυμος continue zealous, 6.89, cf. 1.34; δ. ἀχίτων Mem. 1.6.2; ἡδὺς δ. 45.9. 2. with no part. or Adj., continue, live, δ. μετʼ ἀλλήλων διὰ βίου Smp. 192c; δ. χαριέντως R. 426a; ἐν ἀγρῷ Georg. 4. b. generally, continue, persevere, διατέλει ὥσπερ ἤρξω Grg. 494c; δ. ἐν ὕπνῳ GA 779a24; ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ Pr. 933a14; of things, continue, ἐὰν αἱ μιμήσεις ἐκ νέων πόρρω δ. R. 395d.
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