τέλειοςandτέλεος,α,ον, in Trag., Att. , and Dor. alsoος,ον, A. Eu. 382 (lyr.), Pl. Phlb. 67a , Arist. EN 1153b16 , SIG 265 (Delph.,iv B.C.), etc.: the formτέλειοςis alone used by Hom. , neither form in Hes. ;τέλεοςis alone used by Hdt. , exc. in 9.110 ; in Trag. and Att. both forms occur; Att. Inscrr. up to the end ofiii B.C.have onlyτέλεος, IG 12.76.39 , al., andτέλεος, τελέως, τελεῶare recommended by Thom. Mag. p.358R. ;τέλειοςfirst in IG 22.2314.51 , al. (earlyii B.C.), freq. in Papyri ( PCair.Zen. 429.13 , al.(iii B.C.), etc.), but the neut. used asAdv.is sts.τέλεον( BGU 903.12
(ii A.D.), etc.,
A.
τέλειον
POxy. 707.31
(ii A.D.), etc.): the formτέλεως, acc.τέλεων, with pl.τέλεῳ, is found in SIG 1025.61 , 1026.14 (Cos,iv/iii B.C.), dub. in Schwyzer 734 (Zeleia) and Herod. 7.20 : the formτέληονin GDI 4963 (Crete): (τέλος):—perfect, of victims,entire, without spotorblemish, ἀρνῶν αἰγῶν τε τελείων
Il. 1.66
, cf. 24.34 ;βοτὸν τ. Riv.Fil. 56.265 (Cyrene);τὸνς ϝεξήκοντα τελέονς ὄϝινς(acc. pl.) SIG 56.30 (Argos,v.B.C.); of sacrifices,ἱερὰ τ.perfect, of full taleornumber, orperformed with all rites, Th. 5.47 , Lexap. And. 1.97 , D. 59.60 ; τελέους ἀεὶ τελετὰς τελούμενος τέλεος ὄντως . . γίγνεται
(iii A.D.);εἰκὼν τελεία life-sized, GDI 4942b7 (Crete,ii B.C.); of a torsionengine,full-sized, opp. to the model of one, Ph. Bel. 55.30 : of human beings,full-grown, adult, Pl. Lg. 929c , X. Cyr. 1.2.4 , 12 , 14 , BGU 1100.10
(i B.C.), POxy. 485.30
(ii A.D.), Sor. 1.10 , al.
b. married, τέλειοι οἱ γεγαμηκότες
Paus.Gr. Fr. 306
;Ἥρα Τελείαis so expld. at Stymphalus, Paus. 8.22.2 , cf. Aristocl.Hist. 5 (ap.Sch. Theoc. 15.64 );v.infr. 11 .
3. of persons,accomplished, perfect in his kind, in relation to quality, Isoc. 12.32 , 242 ; ἱστοριῶν συγγραφέα τέλειον
Supp.Epigr. 1.400
(Samos,ii A.D.); τ. σοφιστής
Pl. Cra. 403e
; τ. εἴς τι
Id. Phdr. 269e
( Sup. ); κατὰ πάντα
Id. Ti. 30d
; πρός τι
Id. Lg. 647d
, 678b , Isoc. 12.9 , etc.; ἔν τινι
Id. Ep. 4.3
( Sup. ); οἱ τ. δογματικοί
Gal. 15.60
; butἡ τελεία μαῖαthetrainedorqualifiedmidwife, distd. fromἡ ἀρίστη(the trained and experienced midwife), Sor. 1.4 .
b. of things, φάρμακον τελεώτατον
Pl. Criti. 106b
;τ. ἀρετή, φιλία, etc., Arist. EN 1129b30 , 1156b34 , al.; of a syllogism in the1stfigure, the other figures beingἀτελεῖς, Id. APr. 27a1 , etc.; τὸ τελεώτατον ἐκεῖνο γυμνάσιον, ὂ δὴ καὶ κατασκευὴν ὀνομάζουσι
Gal. 6.169
, cf. 208 : even of evils,τ. νόσημαaserious, dangerousillness, Hp. Prorrh. 2.30 ; τελειοτάτη κακία
Gal. 16.500
;ἀδικία τελέα, τελεωτάτη,absolute, Pl. R. 348b , 344a ;συνθέσεις λευκὰς τελείας δέκα τρεῖςthirteencompletewhite suits, PHamb. 10.14
4. of prayers, vows, etc.,fulfilled, accomplished, εὐχωλαί
Pi. Fr. 122.15
; τέλειον ἐπ' εὐχᾷ ἐσλόν
Id. P. 9.89
; τελεία γένεος Οἰδίπου τ' ἀρά
A. Th. 832
(lyr.); μὰ τὴν τ. τῆς ἐμῆς παιδὸς Δίκην
Id. Ag. 1432
; τέλεα εὔγματα
Ar. Th. 353
(lyr.); of omens or predictions,ὄψις ὀνείρου οὐ τελέηa visionwhich importednothing, Hdt. 1.121 ; τ. σύμβολον
h.Merc. 526
(s. v.l.); τ. τὸ ἐνύπνιον ἀποτετέλεσται
Pl. R. 443b
.
5. of numbers,full, complete, τελέους ἑπτὰ μῆνας
Ar. Lys. 104
;τ. ἐνιαυτόςthegreatyear, Pl. Ti. 39d .
b. in Arithm., ofperfectnumbers, which are equal to the sumof their divisors, as 6
=
3 + 2 + 1 ; 28
=
14 + 7 + 4 + 2 + 1 , Id. R. 546b , Euc. 7
Def. 23 , Theo Sm. p.45 H., Nicom. Ar. 1.16 :—but 9 isτ. ὅτι ἐκ τελείου τοῦ γ̄ γίνεται, Theol.Ar. 58 ( 3 isτ. because it hasἀρχή, μέσον, τέλος, ib. 14 ).
6. τ. κρατήρ, i.e. thethirdbowl offered toΖεὺς Σωτήρ, Ar. Fr. 526 , E. Fr. 148 .
II. of the gods,having power to fulfil prayer, all-powerful(as implied in A. Ag. 973 ,Ζεῦ Ζεῦ τέλειε, τὰς ἐμὰς εὐχὰς τέλει), Ζεὺς τ. Pi. O. 13.115 , P. 1.67 ; τ. ὕψιστον Δία
A. Eu. 28
; τελέων τελειότατον κράτος, Ζεῦ
Id. Supp. 526
(lyr.); of Heraζυγία, the presiding goddess of marriage (v. supr. 1.2 b, τέλος
1.6
), Pi. N. 10.18 , A. Eu. 214 , Fr. 383 , Ar. Th. 973 (lyr.); of Apollo, Theoc. 25.22 ( Sup. ); of the Eumenides, A. Eu. 382 (lyr.); Μοῖραι
(iii B.C.);τ. μ' ὑπῆλθε completelydeceived me, Epicr. 9 ;τ. ἑστιᾶν perfectly, X. Smp. 2.2 ;τ. κινήσεται absolutely, Pl. Tht. 182c ;τ. γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐνώχλειhe was aperfectnuisance to us, PCair.Zen. 637.4
(iii B.C.);τ. γυμνάζεινput a person through theτέλειον γυμνάσιον, Gal. 6.286 ;μέσα τ.completelyneutral, Id. 18(2).59 , cf. 79 , al.--This is the only form of theAdv.allowed by Thom.Mag. p.358 R., butτελείωςis found in Gorg. Hel. 18 , Isoc. 13.18 , Pl. Def. 411d , Arist. Metaph. 1021b26 , PPetr. 3p.114
(iii B.C.), LXX Ju. 11.6 , Gal. 16.639 , etc.
3. the neut.τέλεονis also used asAdv.in later Prose, Luc. Merc.Cond. 5 , App. BC 1.8 , Sor. 2.56 , etc.
VIII.
Comp. and Sup. : Hom. uses onlyτελειότατος: in Proseτελεώτερος, -ώτατοςprevail, though the other forms occur in Arist. EN 1097a30 , 1174b22 . Comp.
