ἐντέλεια

See also: Ἐντέλεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐντελής (entelḗs, “complete, full”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /en.té.leː.aː/ → /enˈte.li.a/ → /enˈde.li.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /en.té.leː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /enˈte.li.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /enˈte.li.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /enˈte.li.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /enˈde.li.a/

Noun

ἐντέλειᾱ • (entéleiā) f (genitive ἐντελείᾱς); first declension

1. completeness, plenitude

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐντελείᾱ; τῆς ἐντελείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐντελείᾱ hē enteleíā	τὼ ἐντελείᾱ tṑ enteleíā	αἱ ἐντέλειαι hai entéleiai
Genitive	τῆς ἐντελείᾱς tês enteleíās	τοῖν ἐντελείαιν toîn enteleíain	τῶν ἐντελειῶν tôn enteleiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐντελείᾳ têi enteleíāi	τοῖν ἐντελείαιν toîn enteleíain	ταῖς ἐντελείαις taîs enteleíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐντελείᾱν tḕn enteleíān	τὼ ἐντελείᾱ tṑ enteleíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐντελείᾱς tā̀s enteleíās
Vocative	ἐντελείᾱ enteleíā	ἐντελείᾱ enteleíā	ἐντέλειαι entéleiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐντέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐντέλεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐντέλεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)