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ἐντελ-ής , ές, (τέλος)
A.complete, full, “τὸν μισθὸν ἀποδώσω 'ντελῆ” Ar.Eq.1367, cf. Th.8.45; δώσειν ἐ. τὴν δραχμήν ib.29; τροφὴν ἐ. δοῦναι ib.78; “δεῖπνον ἐ. καὶ μηδὲν ἐλλιπές” Euang.1.2 (but τὸ ἐ. ὀνομαζόμενον δεῖπνον the last course, Luc.Symp. 38); ἵν᾽ ἐ. ὦσι [οἱ λόγοι] Phld.Herc.1251.13; opp. ἐλλιπής, A.D. Synt.38.9, al.: Sup. “-έστατος, βάσανος” Ael.Tact.21.3; ἐντελὲς τρίγωνον <*> Luc.Vit.Auct.4.
2. of victims, perfect, unblemished, “δώδεκ᾽ ἐντελεῖς ἔχων βοῦς” S.Tr.760, cf. Luc.Sacr.12.
3. of military equipment, in good condition, Th.6.45; “τριήρεις” Aeschin.2.175.
4. of men, οὐ γὰρ ἐντελὴς . . προσφέρειν full-grown so as to offer, A.Ch. 250; “ἐ. τὴν ἡλικίαν” Ael.NA3.40; finished, accomplished, “ἐ. καὶ ἔνδοξοι” Artem.2.35, cf.Sch.Hes.Th.242; also “ἐντελῆ τὴν ἀνδρείαν εἰσφέρονται” Onos.4.2: Comp. “-έστερος” Hsch.: Sup., Id.
5. Adv. -λῶς, Ion. -λέως, entirely, completely, Arist.Rh.Al.1436a12, Herod.4.79, Plb.10.30.3, etc.; perfectly, J.AJ19.6.2: Comp. “-έστερον” Marin. Procl.15.
II. possessing full rights, “ἱππεῖς ἐ. Ῥωμαίων” D.S.34.2.31; qualified to hold public office, opp. ἀτελής, SIG286.10 (Milet., iv B. C.):—dub. cj. in A.Ag.105.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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