τελετ-ή, ἡ,
(τελέω) rite, especially initiation in the mysteries, ἡ Δήμητρος τ., τὴν οἱ Ἕλληνες Θεσμοφόρια καλέουσι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.171, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.111, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 277d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς χεῖρας ἄγεσθαι τὴν τελετήν take in hand the matter of initiation, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, mystic rites practised at initiation, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 22, 73 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 121, “Pax” 413, 419; Ὀρφεὺς.. τελετὰς ἡμῖν κατέδειξε [prev. author] “Ra.” 1032, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.11; καθαρμῶν καὶ τελετῶν τυχοῦσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244e; λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων διὰ θυσιῶν.., ἃς δὴ τελετὰς καλοῦσιν [prev. author] “R.” 365a, compare “Prt.” 316d, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 plural, theological doctrines, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.17. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 a making magically potent, [[ PMag.Par. 1.1596, “PMag.Lond.” 46.159, 121.872, etc. ] Refs]
__II a festival accompanied by mystic rites, mostly in plural (τελετὰς.. καλοῦμεν τὰς ἔτι μείζους καὶ μετά τινος μυστικῆς παραδόσεως ἑορτάς [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.40d), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.41, “P.” 9.97, “N.” 10.34: in _sing._, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 959, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 876, “Ra.” 342, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1401a15: _metaphorically_, πρωτόγονος τ.] Refs 5th c.BC+], of a child's birth, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολέμου τ. [[ Batrachomyomachia 303 ] Refs]; κατ᾽ αὐτὴν (i.e. τὴν περὶ χρείας μορίων πραγματείαν) χρὴ τελεῖσθαι τὴν τ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 17.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]