τέρμα,ατος,τό,
A. end, boundary, chiefly poet.:
I. goal round which horses and chariots had to turnat races, περὶ τέρμαθ' ἑλισσέμεν
Il. 23.309
;περὶ τ. βαλούσας, εὖ σχεθέειν περὶ τέρμα, ib. 462 , 466 ;τέρματα θεῖναιorσημῆναι, ib. 333 , 358 ; ἔστασεν ἐν τέρμασιν ἀγῶνος
Pi. P. 9.114
;τ. δωδεκάγναμπτον, i.e. doubled twelve times, Id. O. 3.33 ;δρόμου τέρματαdub. l. in S. El. 686 ;ἐξωτέρω ἀποκάμπτειν τοῦ τ. Arist. Rh. 1409b23 .
2. mark set to show how far a quoit was thrown, ἔθηκε δὲ τέρματ' Ἀθήνη
Od. 8.193
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3. metaph.,issue, event, A. Ag. 781 , 1177 (both lyr.).
II. generally,end, limit, δολιχῆς τ. κελεύθου
Id. Pr. 286
(anap.), cf. 706 , 823 ;ποῦ τὸ τ. τῆς φυγῆς; Id. Eu. 422 : pl., ὁδοῦ τέρματα