Liddell–Scott–Jones: τέλλω

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accomplish

τέλλω,aor.

A.

ἔτειλα

Pi. O. 2.70

:— Pass.

τέλλομαι:—poet. Verb, but used in Cretan Prose (v. infr.),accomplish, ἔτειλαν ὁδόν

Pi.

l.c.;performduties, rites, etc.,τέλλεμ(inf.) μὲν τὰ θῖνα καὶ τὰ ἀντρώπινα

Leg.Gort. 10.42

:— Med. ,τελλόμεναι χορόν, apparently = στελλόμεναι , PSI 10.1181.39 :— Pass. ,come into being, γένος φυτευθὲν λοιπὸν αἰεὶ τέλλετο

Pi. P. 4.257

; ὕμνοι ὑστέρων ἀρχὰ λόγων τέλλεται καὶ ὅρκιον

Id. O. 11(10).6

;ἐς χάριν τέλλεται turnsto good, ib. 1.76 ;ἀπὸ θεσφάτων ἀγαθὰ φάτις . . τέλλεταιcj. Emper. forστέλλεται, A. Ag. 1133 (lyr.); of the gadfly,οἷόν τε νέαις ἐπὶ φορβάσιν οἶστρος τέλλεται) = γίγνεται ) A.R. 3.277 ; ἠοῦς τελλομένης

Browse lexicon entries

Id. 1.1360

;πρόκα τελλομένου ἔτεοςas soon as a yearis complete, ib. 688 .

2.

Pass. , of stars, = ἀνατέλλω ,rise, Arat. 285 , 320 , 382 .

II. intr. in Act. , = ἀνατέλλω, ἡλίου τέλλοντος at sunrise, S. El. 699 ;ἶρις τέλλει grows up, Nic. Fr. 74.32 . (Cf.πέλω(πέλομαι) fin., with whichτέλλομαι( Pass. ) is cogn.; the Act.

τέλλω(fr. whichδικασπόλος, θυηπόλος, ὑμνοπόλος, etc. are derived) may be formed fr. the Pass. , with causal meaning ('cause to come into existence or be done'), asπείθωfr.πείθομαι, πεύθωfr.πεύθομαι; the senseriseis perh. derived from that ofrevolveas used of stars;ἐντέλλω, ἐπιτέλλω(A) may orig. have meant 'cause to be done (by another)'.)

References

Pi. O. 2.70
Pi.
Leg.Gort. 10.42
PSI 10.1181.39
Pi. P. 4.257
Id. O. 11(10).6
1.76
A. Ag. 1133
A.R. 3.277
Id. 1.1360
688
Arat. 285
320
382
S. El. 699
Nic. Fr. 74.32