τελευτ-αῖος, α, ον,
(τελευτή) last, in Order, οἱ τ. κύκλοι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.98 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δύο τὰ τ. the last two lines, [[ [prev. author] 7.142 ] Refs]; τὰ τ. the endings or terminations, [[ [prev. author] 5.68; ἐν τελευταίοις πίπτειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 619e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τελευταίους στῆσαι to station in the rear ranks, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τ. πόδες the hind feet, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 684a12. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 more frequently of Time, ἡ τ. ἡμέρα the last day allowed for payment, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a festival, without ἡμέρα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.16, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; one's last day, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” [1528] (troch.), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 101 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδὸν τὴν τ. one's last journey, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 155 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν τ. βίον the end of life, [[ [prev. author] “OC” 1551; τ. ἐμοῦ φήμη [prev. author] “Tr.” 1149; τὸ τ. ἐκβάν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.11. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 uttermost, extremest, ὕβρις [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 271 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ὀλιγαρχία ἡ τ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1312b35; ἡ τ. δημοκρατία [prev. work] 1298a31. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II τὸ τ. as adverb, for the last time, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.20, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or τελευταῖον, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.7.28, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1183 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 515d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]