ἐντελής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-, “in”) + τέλος (télos, “accomplishment, fulfilment; end”) + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /en.te.lɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /en.teˈle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /en.teˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /en.teˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /en.deˈlis/
Adjective
ἐντελής • (entelḗs) m or f (neuter ἐντελές); third declension
- complete, full
- (of victims) perfect, unblemished
- (of equipment) in good condition
- (of men) full-grown, developed
- possessing full rights
- qualified to hold public office
- subject to taxes or tributes
- Antonym: ἀτελής (atelḗs)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐντελής entelḗs |
ἐντελές entelés |
ἐντελεῖ enteleî |
ἐντελεῖ enteleî |
ἐντελεῖς enteleîs |
ἐντελῆ entelê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐντελοῦς enteloûs |
ἐντελοῦς enteloûs |
ἐντελοῖν enteloîn |
ἐντελοῖν enteloîn |
ἐντελῶν entelôn |
ἐντελῶν entelôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐντελεῖ enteleî |
ἐντελεῖ enteleî |
ἐντελοῖν enteloîn |
ἐντελοῖν enteloîn |
ἐντελέσῐ / ἐντελέσῐν entelésĭ(n) |
ἐντελέσῐ / ἐντελέσῐν entelésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐντελῆ entelê |
ἐντελές entelés |
ἐντελεῖ enteleî |
ἐντελεῖ enteleî |
ἐντελεῖς enteleîs |
ἐντελῆ entelê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐντελές entelés |
ἐντελές entelés |
ἐντελεῖ enteleî |
ἐντελεῖ enteleî |
ἐντελεῖς enteleîs |
ἐντελῆ entelê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐντελῶς entelôs |
ἐντελέστερος entelésteros |
ἐντελέστᾰτος enteléstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐντέλειᾱ (entéleiā)
Further reading
- “ἐντελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐντελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐντελής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐντελής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)