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(τέλλομαι, τέλλω) coming to pass, performance, consummation, εἰ γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἀρῇσιν τ. ἡμετέρῃσι γένοιτο [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.496; ἐν [θεοῖς] τ. ἐστὶν ὁμῶς ἀγαθῶν τε κακῶν τε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 669 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δίκη δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ὕβριος ἴσχει ἐς τ. ἐξελθοῦσα issuing in fulfilment, execution,[[ [prev. work] 218; καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης κατὰ νόμον τ. ἐχούσης “PEleph.” 1.12 (4th c.BC),compare “IG” 12(7).67.48 (Arcesine, 4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθήκει νῦν [τὰν γνώμαν] ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆμεν [[ “SIG” 793.7 (Halasarna, 1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἔλπομαι μέν, ἐν θεῷ γε μὰν τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.105, compare “N.” 8.45, 10.29, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.193; ἢν θεὸς ἀγαθὸν τ. διδῷ αὐτῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.29; ἐν πείρᾳ τ. διαφαίνεται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.70; ψευστήσεις, οὐδ᾽ αὖτε τ. μύθῳ ἐπιθήσεις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.107, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.71, 6.77 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; result, τ. δ᾽ οὔ πώ τι πέφανται [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.122; εἵως κε τ. πολέμοιο κιχείω 3.291; ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τ. πολέμου 16.630; ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τ. 20. 101, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 638 (but ἢ πολέμοιο ἢ λοιμοῖο τ. ποτιδέγμενοι] Refs 8th c.BC+] the coming to pass (outbreak) of.., [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1282)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τί μὰν ἀφήσει τ.; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1468 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί ἔσται τὸ τ. τῶν γιγνομένων τούτων ἐμο; [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποίητον.. θέμεν ἔργων τ. undo things done, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδοῦ τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1400 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόνου τ. [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.834; τοῦ δ᾽ ὔμμι τέλος κρηῆναι ἔοικεν [prev. author] 3.172 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τῷ τ. πίστιν φέρων the outcome, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 735 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ζεὺς πάντων ἐφορᾷ τ. [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.17; ἀκόλουθον τὸ τ. ἐξέβη τοῦ κινδύνου ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.11.9; ἀμφίδοξα τὰ τ. τῶν κινδύνων αὐτοῖς ἀπέβαινε [prev. author] 18.28.11, compare 18.32.12, 3.5.7; τ. τοιόνδε ἐγένετο τῆς μάχης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.22, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.61.2 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; μάχης.. κεκύρωται τ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 874 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; διὰ μάχης ἥξω τέλους, ={διὰ μάχης ἥξω}, [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 475 ] Refs]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν τ. to seek to determine the issue of the battles in both directions, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.57 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; more generally, event, οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγέ τί φημι τ. χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτε.. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.5 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in concrete sense, result, product, τ. εὐπεψίας αἱματικῆς πιμελὴ καὶ στέαρ [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 672a4, compare “GA” 725b8. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2 in contexts like [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 669, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.630 (see. above)] Refs 8th c.BC+], τ. can be understood as power of deciding, supreme power, and so we have τ. μὲν Ζεὺς ἔχει.. πάντων ὅσ᾽ ἐστί [[ 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.1; ἐν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ τ. αὐτοῖν γένοιτο τῆσδε τῆς μάχης πέρι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 423; [Ἄπολλον].. ὅθεν πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν, τ. ἐν μάχᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 162 (Lyric poetry); τελέων τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ [prev. author] “Supp.” 525 (Lyric poetry); τ. ἔχει δαίμων βροτοῖς, τ. ὅπᾳ θέλει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1545 (Lyric poetry); τ. δ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν, εἴτε.. εἴτε.. [prev. author] “Hel.” 887 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; καὶ τοῖσ᾽ (i.e. ἰητροῖς) οὐδὲν ἔπεστι τ. they have no power or efficacy, [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.58: and in the civil sphere, τ. ἔχειν] Refs 6th c.BC+], of persons, to have the power to ratify, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.57.25, Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1322b13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅ τι ἂν δόξῃ τοῖς πλείοσι τοῦτ᾽ εἶναι τ. the decision of the majority must be final, [[[prev. work] 1317b6 ] Refs]; κύριος ἔστω ἐπιβάλλειν κατὰ τὸ τ. shall have authority to inflict a fine up to the limit of his powers, Legal cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.75; κατὰ τὸ τ. ζημιοῦσθαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῖς κατ᾽ ἐμπορίαν παραγιγνομένοις μηδὲν ἔστω τ. πλὴν ἐπὶ κήρυκι ἢ γραμματεῖ Foed. cited in [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.22.8 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τ. ἔχειν, of things, to have decisive or final authority, σφῷν μὲν ἐντολὴ Διὸς ἔχει τ. δή [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ.. τούτου αἰτίασις οὐκ ἔχει τ. has no validity, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.89 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν τ. τι αὐτῶν ἔχειν before any of the terms had validity, i.e. had been ratified, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.41, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ ζῆν καὶ μὴ ζῆν τὸ τ. ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ἀναπνεῖν the decisive difference between.., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Respiratione” 480b19. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 magistracy, office, τ. δωδεκάμηνον [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.9 (δυω- codices)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν τ. men in office, magistrates, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1352, “Ph.” 385, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔξω τῶν βασιλέων καὶ τῶν μάλιστα ἐν τ. [[ [prev. author] 1.10, compare 6.88; οἱ ἐν τέλεϊ ἐόντες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.18, 9.106; poetry, οἱ ἐν τέλει βεβῶτες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τὰ τ. ἔχοντες Foed. cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47; ὂρ μέγιστον τ. ἔχοι “Schwyzer” 409.3 (Elis, 5th c.BC); τοὺς.. τὸ ὁροφυλακικὸν τ. ἔχοντας “SIG” 633.94 (Milet., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τ. the government, τοιαῦτ᾽ ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1030 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ τ. the magistrates, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus (with a _masculine_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle and plural (variant) verb) [[ 1.58, 4.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 decision, doom, Ζεὺς.. οἶδε, ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τ. πεπρωμένον ἐστί [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.309; Κῆρες δὲ παρεστήκασι.., ἡ μὲν ἔχουσα τ. γήραος ἀργαλέου, ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρη θανάτοιο 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.6 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μήτηρ.. μέ φησι διχθαδίας Κῆρας φερέμεν θανάτοιο τέλος δέ (or τέλοσδε) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.411, compare 13.602 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξέφυγον θανάτου τ. [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 6.3; τ. θανάτου ἀλεείνων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.326; τ. θανάτοιο κάλυψεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.553; οὐδέ κέ μ᾽ ὦκα τ. θανάτοιο κιχείη 9.416, compare 11.451; ἡμετέρου θανάτοιο κακὸν τ., οἷον ἐτύχθη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.124, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 906 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—judicial decision, ἀμμενῶ τ. δίκης [[ [prev. author] “Eu.” 243; κύριον μένει τ. [prev. work] 544 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; οὐκ ἔχουσα τῆς δίκης τ. not having authority to decide the case, [[[prev. work] 729 ] Refs]; ἦ κἀπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ᾽ ἂν αἰτίας τ.; will you submit the decision of this case to me? [[[prev. work] 434 ] Refs]; τὸ τ. κρίνειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 768b; τ. ἐπιθέτω τῇ δίκῃ [prev. work] 767a, compare 761e, 957b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; decision of an assembly, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 603, 624 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a king, [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 934 ] Refs]; ἐξαιτράπης ἐὼν Ἰωνίης, τ. ἐποίησε τὴν γῆν εἶναι Μιλησίων probably in [[ “SIG” 134b30 (Milet., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὥς τοι ἐγὼ μύθου τ. ἐν φρεσὶ θείω the summing up or crux of the matter, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.83. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__5 something done or ordered to be done, task, service, duty, γνῶ.. ὅ οἱ οὔ τι τ. κατὰ καίριον ἦλθεν on no fatal errand, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.439 (nisi to be read κατακαίριον); οὐδὲ μακύνων τ. οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.286 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσοις τοῦτ᾽ ἐπέσταλται τ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 743, compare “Ag.” 908 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ᾽ Ἀπόλλων τῷδ᾽ ἐπέστησεν τέλει[[ [prev. work] 1202, compare “Ch.” 760 ] Refs]; ἄυπνα ὀμμάτων τέλη the wakeful duties (or services) of the eyes, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1137 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφοτερᾶν τοι χαρίτων.. ζεύξω τ. the rendering of both services, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰτουμένῳ μοι κοῦφον εἰ δοίης τ. a small service or favour, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 260; ἡξῶ ναὶ τὸν Πᾶνα κακὸν τ. αὐτίκα δωσῶν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.47 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; obligation to render a service or payment, ὅτε δὴ μισθοῖο τ. πολυγηθέες ὧραι ἐξέφερον the Payment(-day) of the wage, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.450; οἱ δ᾽ ἐλάττω τῶν ἱκανῶν κεκτημένοι, τὴν ἀναγκαίαν ἀτέλειαν ἔχοντες, ἔξω τοῦ τ. εἰσὶ τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.19, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.156 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν τέλει μαθεῖν to be taught for a fee, [[ [prev. author] 4.46. ] Refs]
__6 plural, services or offerings due to the gods, δαίμοσιν θῦσαι θέλουσα πελανόν, ὧν τέλη τάδε [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 204; ἔνθ᾽ ὁρίζεται βωμοὺς τ. τ᾽ ἔγκαρπα Κηναίῳ Διί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 238 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔλιπον Ζηνὶ τροπαίῳ πάγχαλκα τ. [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 143 (_anapaest meter_); γῇ δὲ τῇδε Σισύφου σεμνὴν ἑορτὴν καὶ τέλη προσάψομεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1382; θεοῖσι μικρὰ θύοντες τέλη [prev. author] “fragment” 327.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Eleusinian mysteries, οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1050 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 837; σεμνῶν ἐς ὄψιν καὶ τ. μυστηρίων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; called μεγάλα τ., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely in singular, τοῦδε μυστικοῦ τέλους this mystic rite, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 387 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the marriage rite, τ. γάμοιο [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.74, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1202, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.276 (Antip.)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γαμήλιον τ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 835 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ νυμφικὰ τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1241; τ. ὁ γάμος ἐκαλεῖτο 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.38, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Grammaticus “fragment” 306, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 982, 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 2.7.3a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 service rendered by a citizen in the Solonian constitution to the state, also his rating according to this service, θητικοῦ ἀντὶ τέλους ἱππάδ᾽ ἀμειψάμενος epigram cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 7.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τιμήματι διεῖλεν εἰς τέτταρα τ. four ratings or classes, [[[prev. work] 7.3 ] Refs]; later, τὸ τῶν ἱππέων τ., Latin ordo equester, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.45, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__8 dues exacted by the state, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 658 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 425d (_plural_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγορᾶς τ. a market-toll, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 896 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πορνικὸν τ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.119 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. πρίασθαι, πωλεῖν, farm a tax or let it, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.144, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator [same place] ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκλέγειν. πράττειν, levy it, D.[same place], [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 263.3, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.113 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τελεῖν pay a tax or duty, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ τὰ τ. τελεῖ, ποῖον τ. τελεῖ, questions put to candidates at Athens, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.17, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 7.4; τέλη κατατίθησιν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77; καταβαλεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.93; frequently in Inscrr., “IG” 12.46.12, +others, “SIG” 135.14 (Olynthus, 4th c.BC), +others, and Papyri, τὸ ὡρισμένον τῆς αἰτήσεως τ., etc., “POxy.” 1473.30 (3rd c.AD),compare “PCair.Zen.” 240.7 (3rd c.BC), etc.: _metaphorically_, τέλη λύειν, see at {λύω} see 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__9 financial means, expenditure, usually in dative plural, ὃς ἂν τοῖς ἰδίοις τ. μὴ ἑαυτὸν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὠφελῇ by the use of his own means, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακῶς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ποιούντων τέλεσι τοῖς οἰκείοις if we harm ourselves at our own expense, [[ [prev. author] 4.60; ἀναγραψάτω.. τέλεσι τοῖς Λεωνίδου “IG” 12.56.22, compare 94.14, +others; Χερρόνησον τοῖς αὑτοῦ τ. διορύξει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.30; δημοσίοις τέλεσι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 38: in _nominative_ _sing._, μάτην γὰρ οἴκῳ σὸν τόδ᾽ ἐκβαίη τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 639. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__10 a military station or post with defined duties (compare signification [[ 5), ἐλθεῖν εἰς φυλάκων ἱερὸν τ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.56; αἶψα δ᾽ ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἀνδρῶν τ. ἷξον ἰόντες [prev. work] 470 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δόρπον ἔπειθ᾽ ἑλόμεσθα κατὰ στρατὸν ἐν τελέεσσιν at our posts, in the ranks, [[ 11.730, compare 18.298 ] Refs]; later, military unit, division, squadron, τέλει ἑνὶ τῶν ἱππέων [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.22, compare 4.96; πελταστῶν τέλη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 311; κατὰ τέλεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.103, 7.87, +others; κατὰ τέλη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.42, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.11.6, compare 11.15.2, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 2.1.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in the Roman army, legion, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.16.2, “BJ” 1.17.9, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 18.56, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.87, +others ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__10.b a force of [[ 2048 ] Refs]infantry, ={μεραρχία}, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 10.5, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 9.7. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__10.c a force of [[ 2048 ] Refs]cavalry, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 7.11, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 18.4, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 20.2. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη troops or columns of.. chariots, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 47 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of ships, τρία τ. ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.48: also ὀρνίθων τέλεα] Refs 5th c.BC+] flocks of birds, variant for{γένεα}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.64; τ. ἀθανάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 151 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.12 a territorial division, Στρατικὸν τ. [[ “SIG” 421.44 (Acarnania, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Κορωνείων τὸ τ. [[ “Supp.epigram” 3.354 (Thebes, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὸ Λοκρικὸν τ. [[ “GDI” 2070 (Delph., 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II degree of completion or attainment, τόσσον μὲν ἔχον τ., οὔατα δ᾽ οὔ πω.. προσέκειτο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.378 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; degree of maturity, age, ἐπὴν δὴ τοῦτο τ. παραμείψεται ὥρης [[ 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.9; ἥβης πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἰδεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 123; ἥβης τ. μολόντας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 920 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀνδρὸς τ. ἰέναι man's estate, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 249a; εἰς πρεσβύτου τ. ἀφικομένοις [prev. author] “Epin.” 992d; τὸ τῶν παίδων τ. ἄδηλον οἷ τελευτᾷ κακίας καὶ ἀρετῆς ψυχῆς τε πέρι καὶ σώματος [prev. author] “Smp.” 181e; οὐδὲ γήρως ἔβας τ. σὺν τᾷδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 413 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b a length of time (or space), term, course, ἀρετάς, αἷσι Κλεωνυμίδαι θάλλοντες αἰεὶ σὺν θεῷ θνατὸν διέρχονται βιότου τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).5(23); so perhaps in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 87 (see. below 3), and in διὰ τέλους (see. below 2 c). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 state of completion or maturity, τ. λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, of plants or animals, to attain maturity, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276b, “Lg.” 834c, compare 899e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, completion, end, finish, τ. ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ λόγῳ complete it, [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 186a, compare “Prt.” 348a ] Refs]; ὃ πᾶσι τοῖς προτέροις ἐπ έθηκε τ. as a finish to all his former acts, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.140; τὸ τ. τῆς σκηνῆς ἐποιήσαντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.24; ταύτης.. τῆς ἡμέρας τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἐγένετο [prev. author] “An.” 1.10.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. λαβεῖν to be completed, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 501e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.5; τ. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 772c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τ. ἵκεο μύθων didst not reach the end of thy speech, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.56; ἐπὶ τέλους τοῦ δρόμου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613d; μέχρι τοῦ τὸ προκείμενον ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆναι “PTeb.” 14.8 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἑκάστων πρὸς τέλος ἀχθέντων [[ “UPZ” 108.29 (2nd c.BC),compare “BGU” 1816.11 (1st c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ εἰκοστὴ τοῦ νοσήματος ἡμέρα τ. μὲν τριῶν ἑβδομάδων, ἓξ δὲ τετράδων [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).234:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —frequently in Adverbial phrases:
__II.2.a τέλος at last, ὥστε τ. ἡσυχίαν ἦγον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100, compare 5.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but most frequently at the beginning of the clause, μάχης δὲ καρτερῆς γενομένης, τέλος οὐδέτεροι νικήσαντες διέστησαν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, compare 4.131, +others; τέλος δέ [prev. author] 1.36, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1294, etc.] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀλλὰ τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137; τ. μέντοι [prev. author] 5.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.30; τ. γε μέντοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 233 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.154, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.109 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τό γε τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.b <ἐς τ. in the end, in the long run, πάντως ἐς τ. ἐξεφάνη [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.28, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; εἰς τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 409; θνητῶν δ᾽ εἰς τ. ὄλβιος οὐδείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 161 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁρῶντες τὴν Λιβύην εἰς τ. ἀβλαβῆ διαμένουσαν altogether, completely, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.7, compare “PTeb.” 38.11 (2nd c.BC), “OGI” 90.12 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), “PSI” 10.1120.5 1st c.BC-1st c.AD] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐς τ. ἄνυε μοίρας uncertain reading in [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.93. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2.c διὰ τέλους (originally perhaps from signification [[ 1.1 or 5, or 11.1b, through the (whole)] Refs] performance or time), through to the end, completely, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 275, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 685, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 270, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.24, 8.17, 19.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; throughout, all the time, always, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.42, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 8.5, 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 2.3; so διὰ τέλεος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 46 (= διὰ παντὸς καὶ ἀεί _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.618); διὰ τέλους ἀεί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 36e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; permanently, for good, τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί σε διὰ τ. [[ “PPetr.” 2p.45 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2.d ἐπὶ τέλος at the end, opposed to ἐν ἀρχῇ, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.183. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2.e τέλει perhaps in the end, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 198 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 especially τ. ἔχειν βίου to have reached the end of life, to be dead, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 801e; ἐμοὶ μὲν τοῦ βίου τὸ τ. ἤδη πάρεστιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.6; πᾶσίν ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις τ. τοῦ βίου θάνατος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.27; εἰς τ. τοῦ ζῆν ἀφικνεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1530 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently absolutely, death, ἐλπίς ἐστι νύκτερον τ. μολεῖν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 367 (Lyric poetry); οἱ νεηνίαι οὐκέτι ἀνέστησαν ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τέλεϊ τούτῳ ἔσχοντο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχει τὸ κάλλιστον τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχει τ., ={τετελεύτηκε}, Laconian phrase accusative to [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; τῶν ἤδη τ. ἐχόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 717e, compare 772c, “BGU” 1857.7 (1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; reversely, τ. ἔχει τινά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740c; οἷόν σε βίου τ. εἷλε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 735 (_anapaest meter_):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —but ὀλβίως ἔλυσεν τὸ τ. βίου has paid life's toll [[compare(above 1.8), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1720 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τ. ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ poetical in [[ “Mus.Script.” p.452 von Jan; also τ. δὲ κάμψαιμ᾽ ὥσπερ ἠρξάμην βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 87 (compare above 11.1b)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν ἂν πέλας (variant{τέλος}) γραμμῆς ἵκηται καὶ τ. κάμψῃ βίου [[ [prev. author] “El.” 955 - 6. ] Refs]
__II.4 end, cessation, ὡς δὲ πρὸς τ. γόων ἀφίκοντ᾽ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1621 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῶς τροχηλάτου μανίας ἂν ἔλθοιμ᾽ ἐς τ. πόνων τ᾽ ἐμῶ; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 83 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν δὴ πημάτων λάβῃ τ. [[ [prev. author] “Hel.” 534; τ. δέχει δὴ τῶν ἐμῶν προσφθεγμά των [prev. author] “Hec.” 413; ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐπανάστασις.. τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἔσχεν “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 10.3; ἐπειδὴ οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἄπειρον, τ. ἔσται πάσης φορᾶς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphorical” 1074a30. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.5 end of a word, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 12.25, +others] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a sentence, ἐπὶ τέλει πρόσκειται [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.43, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.20] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a chapter or book, ἐπὶ τέλει ἀναλυθήσεται [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 2.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.10; πρὸς τῷ τ. ῥηθήσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 957b; πρὸς τῷ τ. τοῦ ἐντέρου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 675a16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τέλους τοῦ σταδίου, opposed to ἀπὸ μέσου, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 239b34 (compare below 111.2). ] Refs]
__III achievement, attainment, τηλοῦ ἐμοὶ νόστοιο τ. γλυκεροῖο γενέσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.323, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.25; τ. δὲ τῆς ἀπαλλαγῆς τοῦ Αἰθίοπος ὧδε ἔλεγον γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.139 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πῶς ἂν καὶ τοῦτο τοῦ τ. τυγχάνοι, i.e. might be achieved, [[ 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 8.36. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.2 winning-post, goal in a race, πρὸς τ. ὀρνύμενον [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in a contest, ἔστιν δ᾽ ἀφάνεια τύχας καὶ μαρναμένων, πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).32(50) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τ. ἐλθεῖν, of runners in a race, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2.b prize, ἔφερε πυγμᾶς τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ γὰρ ἦν πενταέθλιον ἀλλ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστῳ ἔργματι κεῖτο τ. [[ [prev. author] “I.” 1.27; ποτὶ γραμμᾷ μὲν αὐτὰν στᾶσεκοσμήσαις, τ. ἔμμεν ἄκρον [prev. author] “P.” 9.118 ] Refs] (perhaps 'to be the winning post and prize'); κρίνεις τ. ἀρετᾶς [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.6: _metaphorically_, οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν τίνι τοῦτο Μοῖρα τ. ἔμπεδον ὤρεξε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.57. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 Philos., full realization, highest point. ideal, ἅπτεσθαι τοῦ τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 211b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τ. ἰὼν τῶν ἐρωτικῶν[[ [prev. work] 210e; πρὸς τ. ἀρετῆς ἐλθόντα [prev. author] “Clit.” 410e, compare “R.” 613c. ] Refs]
__III.3.b the end or purpose of action, τ. εἶναι ἁπασῶν τῶν πράξεων τὸ ἀγαθόν [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 499e; frequently in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, “EN” 1094a18, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, the final cause, ={τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα}, [[ [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 994b9, 996a26, +others] Refs]; hence simply ={τὸ ἀγαθόν}, the chief good, [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1097a21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.45, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
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