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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 εἶπεν Ἀθερσασθὰ αὐτοῖσ τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου τῶν ἁγίων ἕωσ ἀναστῇ ἱερεὺσ τοῖσ φωτίζουσι καὶ τοῖσ τελείοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 2:63)
  • τούτων δὴ κρείττω μέν ἐστι τὰ διπλᾶ τῶν ἁπλῶν, ἐπειδὴ μείζονά ἐστι τῶν ἑτέρων καὶ μᾶλλον ἐγγίζειν δοκεῖ τοῖσ τελείοισ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1438)
  • "οὐ γὰρ ἀπεικὸσ ἐστι πάλαι μὲν ἄτροφον καὶ ὑδατῶδεσ εἶναι, γεννώμενον ἐκ φυτάδοσ νέασ, ὕστερον δὲ πεπτόμενον ἐν τελείοισ καὶ συνιστάμενον ἀπὸ πλήθουσ ἴσου μᾶλον ἰσχύειν καὶ τρέφειν· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 4 3:5)
  • ἢ καὶ τοῖσ ὄρνισι χρηστέον ἀκμαίοισ καὶ τελείοισ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 38 1:1)
  • ἢ καὶ τοῖσ ὄρνισι χρηστέον ἀκμαίοισ καὶ τελείοισ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 38 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. full-grown

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