A.“διατετέλεκα” X.Cyr.1.5.4, IG22.223A5:—bring quite to an end, accomplish, “ἐπεί περ ἠρξάμην, διατελέσαι βούλομαι” X.HG7.3.4; “δ. χάριν” E.Heracl.434; so of Time, “διατετελεκὼς τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἐφήβοις δέκα ἔτη” X.Cyr.l. c.
II. abs.,
1. mostly c. part., continue being or doing so and so, “τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς ζόης δ. ἐόντα τυφλόν” Hdt.6.117; “δ. ἐόντες ἐλεύθεροι” Id.7.111, cf. 1.32, etc.; “δ. τὸν λοιπὸν βίον δουλεύοντες” And.1.38; “δ. καθεύδοντες” Pl.Ap.31a; “μινυρίζων δ. τὸν βίον ὅλον” Id.R.411a; διετέλεσας πειρώμενος you have been trying all along, Id.Tht.206a: with Adjs., δ. πρόθυμος continue zealous, Th.6.89, cf. 1.34; “δ. ἀχίτων” X. Mem.1.6.2; “ἡδὺς δ.” Alex.45.9.