τέρμα, ατος, τό,
end, boundary, chiefly poet.:
__I goal round which horses and chariots had to turn at races, περὶ τέρμαθ᾽ ἑλισσέμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.309; περὶ τ. βαλούσας, εὖ σχεθέειν περὶ τέρμα, [prev. work] 462, 466; τέρματα θεῖναι or σημῆναι, [prev. work] 333, 358 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔστασεν ἐν τέρμασιν ἀγῶνος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.114 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. δωδεκάγναμπτον, i.e. doubled twelve times, [[ [prev. author] “O.” 3.33 ] Refs]; δρόμου τέρματα uncertain reading in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 686 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξωτέρω ἀποκάμπτειν τοῦ τ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1409b23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.2 mark set to show how far a quoit was thrown, ἔθηκε δὲ τέρματ᾽ Ἀθήνη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.193. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 metaphorically, issue, event, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 781, 1177 (both Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II generally, end, limit, δολιχῆς τ. κελεύθου [[ [prev. author] “Pr.” 286 (_anapaest meter_), cf. 706, 823 ] Refs]; ποῦ τὸ τ. τῆς φυγῆ; [[ [prev. author] “Eu.” 422: _plural_, ὁδοῦ τέρματα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1166 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τέρμασι τοῖσι ἐκείνης (i.e. τῆς Εὐρώπης) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.54 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συνάγουσι τὰ τέρματα (oftwo rivers) they contract their bounds, i.e. draw together and so contract the space between them, [[ [prev. author] 4.52: _metaphorically_, πλούτου τέρμα] Refs] a limit to wealth, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 227. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]