τελήεις,εσσα,εν, (τελέω) Ep.
Adj.
A.
= τέλειος ,perfect, complete, of victims, in Il. and Od. alwaysτεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας, i.e. hecatombsof full taleornumber, orof full-grown beasts, orof beasts without blemish, Il. 1.315 , 2.306 , Od. 4.352 , 17.50 , al.;τελήεντες οἰωνοίbirdsof sure augury, as if they brought about what they betokened, opp.μαψιλόγοι, h.Merc. 544 (as perhapsτελειότατος πετεηνῶν, cf. τέλειος
1.1a
): in this sense Tyrt. 4.2 hasτελέεντ' ἔπεα surepredictions, from the formτελέεις.
II. Ὠκεανοῖο τελήεντος ποταμοῖοprob. the riverin which all others end, orending in itself, ever-circling, Hes. Th. 242 , 959 .