Ὅσον οὐκ ἀποτετέλεστο

it had been all but completed

Translated by David Whitehead12 Jan 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

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Meaning [it had been] nearly [completed].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὅσον οὐκ ἀποτετέλεστο· ἀντὶ τοῦ σχεδόν.

Betacode

*(/oson ou)k a)potete/lesto: a)nti\ tou= sxedo/n.

Notes

Same entry in other lexica; references at Photius omicron560. The headword phrase is taken to be quoted from Thucydides 4.69.3 (where the verb is spelled a)petete/lesto, with augment: web address 1), on the Athenian wall at Nisaia.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

ο698Ὅσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμιas much as I am more kingly ο699Ὅσον βιώσιμονas far as [is] livable ο700Ὅσον οὐκ ἀποτετέλεστοit had been all but completed ο701Ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη πονηρῶς τε καὶ ἀθλίως ἀπολουμένων[they] having already all but perished both wickedly and miserably ο702Ὅσον οὔπωimminent, imminently

Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Jul 2013

29 Jul 2013Revised — David Whitehead
13 Jan 2010expanded note — David Whitehead
12 Jan 2010expanded note, added link — Catharine Roth
12 Jan 2010expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
12 Jan 2010Translated — David Whitehead