ἀτελής
atelēs

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning incomplete
Literal translation incomplete
Variants
ἀτελής atelēs
Edited by
incomplete zodiac sign quality

ἔστι δὲ τὸ ζῴδιον (…) ἀτελές

‘The zodiac sign (Taurus) is (…) incomplete’

— Vettius Valens 1.2.14

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἀτελής (Lemma #2823). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2823/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἀτελής (Lemma #2823). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2823/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἀτελής (Lemma #2823). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2823/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ἀτελής (Lemma #2823), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2823/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2823,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἀτελής ({Lemma} #2823)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2823/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2823/},
}