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διατελέω

diateleo

bring quite to an end, accomplish

Appears 37 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διατελέω, fut. -τελέσω, Att. -τελῶ: pf. διατετέλεκα X. Cyr. 1.5.4, IG 22.223A5:—Α. 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. II. abs., 1. 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. 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. 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.
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