διατελ-έω,
future -τελέσω, Attic dialect -τελῶ: perfect διατετέλεκα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.4, “IG” 22.223 A 5] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—bring quite to an end, accomplish, ἐπεί περ ἠρξάμην, διατελέσαι βούλομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.4; δ. χάριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 434 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of Time, διατετελεκὼς τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἐφήβοις δέκα ἔτη [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” [prev. cited] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II absolutely,
__II.1 mostly with participle, continue being or doing so and so, τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς ζόης δ. ἐόντα τυφλόν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.117; δ. ἐόντες ἐλεύθεροι [prev. author] 7.111, compare 1.32, etc.; δ. τὸν λοιπὸν βίον δουλεύοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38; δ. καθεύδοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31a; μινυρίζων δ. τὸν βίον ὅλον [prev. author] “R.” 411a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διετέλεσας πειρώμενος you have been trying all along, [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 206a: with _adjectives_, δ. πρόθυμος] Refs] continue zealous, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.89, compare 1.34; δ. ἀχίτων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.2; ἡδὺς δ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 45.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 with no participle or adjective, continue, live, δ. μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων διὰ βίου [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 192c; δ. χαριέντως [prev. author] “R.” 426a; ἐν ἀγρῷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]