τέλλω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editThe fusion of two pre-Greek verbs:
- The sense 'to rise' is from Proto-Hellenic *telne-, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥-n-h₂-, a nasal-infixed present (the present tense system includes a N progressive aspect marker) from the root Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to lift, take on”),[1] cognate with Armenian թողնել (tʻoġnel, “to let, allow”), Latin tollō (“to lift, carry away”), Old Irish tlenaid (“to carry away, steal”), Tocharian B tallaṃ (“to lift, endure”).[2]
- The sense 'to accomplish' is from Proto-Hellenic *kʷelne-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥-n-h₁-, also a nasal-infixed present from the root Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to turn”),[3] cognate with Welsh pallu (“to fail; to refuse”), Tocharian A källāṣ (“to lead, bring”), Albanian përkul (“to bend”). The meaning in Greek developed from 'to turn' > 'to go in a circle' (eg stars) > 'to carry out to the end'.[4][5][6]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tél.lɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtel.lo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtel.lo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtel.lo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.lo/
Verb
editτέλλω • (téllō)
- (poetic, Cretan) to accomplish, perform
- to rise (of stars) = ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō)
- (περιτέλλομαι (peritéllomai) only) to turn around in circles
Usage notes
editThis verb usually occurs with a prefix, see under Derived terms
Inflection
edit Present: τέλλω, τέλλομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔτελλον | ἔτελλες | ἔτελλε(ν) | ἐτέλλετον | ἐτελλέτην | ἐτέλλομεν | ἐτέλλετε | ἔτελλον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐτελλόμην | ἐτέλλου | ἐτέλλετο | ἐτέλλεσθον | ἐτελλέσθην | ἐτελλόμεθᾰ | ἐτέλλεσθε | ἐτέλλοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἔτειλᾰ, ἐτειλᾰ́μην
Derived terms
edit- ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō)
- ἐντέλλω (entéllō)
- ἐπιτέλλω (epitéllō)
- περιτέλλομαι (peritéllomai)
- τέλος (télos)
- ὑπερτέλλω (hupertéllō)
- ὑποτέλλομαι (hupotéllomai)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέλλω 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1462
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 622
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέλλω 3”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1462
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέλλομαι 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1461-2
- ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1970) “τέλλω”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 870
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 386
Further reading
edit- “τέλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τέλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τέλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τέλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- τέλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- τέλλω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “τέλλω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “τέλλω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telh₂- (bear)
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷelh₁-
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek verbs
- Ancient Greek poetic terms
- Doric Greek