and τέλεος, α, ον, in Trag., Attic dialect, and Doric dialectalso ος, ον, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 382 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 67a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1153b16, “SIG” 265 (Delph., 4th c.BC), etc.: the form τέλειος] Refs 5th c.BC+] is alone used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], neither form in [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέλεος is alone used by [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, except in 9.110; in Trag. and _Attic dialect_ both forms occur; _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. up to the end of 3rd c.BC have only τέλεος, “IG” 12.76.39, +others, and τέλεος, τελέως, τελεῶ] Refs 5th c.BC+] are recommended by [[ 6th c.AD: Thomas Epigrammaticus Mag. p.358R. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]; τέλειος first in [[ “IG” 22.2314.51, +others (early 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+], frequently in Papyri [[(“PCair.Zen.” 429.13, +others (3rd c.BC), etc.), but the _neuter_ used as ] Refs 3rd c.BC+] adverb is sometimes τέλεον[[ (“BGU” 903.12 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc., τέλειον [[ “POxy.” 707.31 (2nd c.AD), etc.)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: the form τέλεως, accusative τέλεων, with plural τέλεῳ, is found in [[ “SIG” 1025.61, 1026.14 (Cos, 4th-3rd c.BC), uncertain in “Schwyzer” 734 (from Zeleia) and 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.20 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: the form τέληον in [[ “GDI” 4963 (from Crete)] Refs]: (τέλος):—perfect, of victims, entire, without spot or blemish, ἀρνῶν αἰγῶν τε τελείων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.66, compare 24.34 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βοτὸν τ. [[ “Riv.Fil.” 56.265 (from Cyrene)] Refs]; τὸνς ϝεξήκοντα τελέονς ὄϝινς (accusative plural) [[ “SIG” 56.30 (Argos, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sacrifices, ἱερὰ τ. perfect, of full tale or number, or performed with all rites, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47, Legal cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.97, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.60; τελέους ἀεὶ τελετὰς τελούμενος τέλεος ὄντως.. γίγνεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 249c; in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.247, 24.315, αἰετὸς τελειότατος πετεηνῶν] Refs 8th c.BC+] is probably the surest bird of augury (compare τελήεις).
__IV τέλειον, τό, a royal banquet, as a translated of the [[ 4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus τυκτά, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.110. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V ἡ τελεία (i.e. στιγμή) the full point, [[ 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 630.6; so τελείαν δεῖ στίξαι 5th c.AD: Hermias Alexandrinus Philosophus “in Platonis Phaedrum scholia” p.84 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V.2 ἡ τελεία (i.e. ἀντίδοτος) the perfect antidote, effective against all poisons, Scrib. Larg.177.
__VI Τέλεος (i.e. μήν(, ὁ, name of a month at Epidaurus, [[ “IG” 42(1).109 ii 114. ] Refs]
__VII.2 completely, absolutely, thoroughly, τ. ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἐκκλησιάσαιμεν perfectly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 329 (Lyric poetry); τ. ἄφρων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 12.4; ἔρια τ. ῥυπαρά “PCair.Zen.” 287 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. μ᾽ ὑπῆλθε completely deceived me, [[ 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. ἑστιᾶν perfectly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. κινήσεται absolutely, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 182c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐνώχλει he was a perfect nuisance to us, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 637.4 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τ. γυμνάζειν put a person through the τέλειον γυμνάσιον, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.286] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μέσα τ. completely neutral, [[ [prev. author] 18(2).59, compare 79, +others--This is the only form of the ] Refs] adverb allowed by Thom.Mag.p.358 R., but τελείως is found in [[ 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Hel.” 18, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 411d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1021b26, “PPetr.” 3p.114 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Jdt.11.6, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.639, etc. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__VII.3 the neuter τέλεον is also used as adverb in later Prose, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 5, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.8, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.56, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VIII comparative and superlative: [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only τελειότατος: in Prose τελεώτερος, -ώτατος] Refs 8th c.BC+] prevail, though the other forms occur in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097a30, 1174b22 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]. comparative adverb τελεώτερον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 520b (τελειοτέρως Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.350, variant in 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 18); τελεώτατα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 351b. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
