COMPOUND: ἀτέλεστος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘without end, issue, or effect, unaccomplished’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + noun stem τελεσ- (τέλος) ‘fulfilment’ + adj. suf. -τος, -τον
OCCURRENCE: Il. IV, 26, 5, 168; Od. II, 273; VIII, 571; XVI, 111; XVIII, 345
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. m. sg., acc. n. sg., nom. n. pl., n. f. (target gender) sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: τελεστός is not attested in Homeric Greek