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τέλειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέλειος τέλεια τέλειον

Structure: τελει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/los

Sense

  1. having reached its end, finished, (of victims) complete, perfect, entire, without blemish
  2. (of animals) full-grown
  3. (of persons) absolute, complete, accomplished, perfect

Examples

  • καὶ ἀνέβησαν πάντεσ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ καὶ ἦλθον εἰσ Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἔκλαυσαν, καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐκεῖ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἐνήστευσαν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἕωσ ἑσπέρασ καὶ ἀνήνεγκαν ὁλοκαυτώσεισ καὶ τελείασ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 20:26)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ ὤρθρισεν ὁ λαὸσ καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἀνήνεγκαν ὁλοκαυτώσεισ καὶ τελείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 21:4)
  • ἄφωνα δ’ ὅσα οὔτε τὰσ τελείασ οὔτε τὰσ ἡμιτελεῖσ φωνὰσ ἔχει καθ’ ἑαυτά, μεθ’ ἑτέρων δ’ ἐκφωνεῖται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1410)
  • οἱ μέντοι ῥυθμικοὶ τούτου τοῦ ποδὸσ τὴν μακρὰν βραχυτέραν εἶναί φασι τῆσ τελείασ, οὐκ ἔχοντεσ δ’ εἰπεῖν ὅσῳ, καλοῦσιν αὐτὴν ἄλογον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1728)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἦν ἡ εὐδαιμονία τέλεόν τι, καὶ ἔστι ζωὴ καὶ τελέα καὶ ἀτελήσ, καὶ ἀρετὴ ὡσαύτωσ ἣ μὲν γὰρ ὅλη, ἣ δὲ μόριον, ἡ δὲ τῶν ἀτελῶν ἐνέργεια ἀτελήσ, εἰή ἂν ἡ εὐδαιμονία ζωῆσ τελείασ ἐνέργεια κατ’ ἀρετὴν τελείαν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 17:1)

Synonyms

  1. full-grown

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