πολυ-τελής, ές,
(τέλος) very expensive, costly, opposed to εὐτελής, οἰκίη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79; τράπεζα 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 210; παρακομιδή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28; ζῶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 368c; παρασκευαί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.20 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. νεκρός honoured with a costly funeral, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Per.fragment” 2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λίθοι, λιθεία, precious stones, [[ “OGI” 90.34 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), 132 (Egypt, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: generally, valuable, -εστάτην τὴν τοῦ ὁρᾶν.. δύναμιν ἐδημιούργησεν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -έστατον ζῷον, variant for{πολυφρονέστατον}, [[ Euryphamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.39.27. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II of persons, lavish, extravagant, coupled with ἄσωτος, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 615; γυνὴ π. ἐστ᾽ ὀχληρόν [prev. author] 325.7; ἑταίρα π. [prev. author] 824; π. τῷ βίῳ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 80.5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb -λῶς[[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 335, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative, τὰ -λέστατα in the costliest manner, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]