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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

  • ἔσπενδον δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν δείπνων ἀναλύοντεσ καὶ τὰσ σπονδὰσ ἐποιοῦντο Ἑρμῇ καὶ οὐχ ὡσ ὕστερον Διὶ τελείῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 28 1:5)
  • καὶ ποτὲ μὲν τελείῳ δεικτικῷ χρῆται ἐνταῦθα δή, ποτὲ δ’ ἐλλιπεῖ ἔνθα δή. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 13 27:9)
  • καὶ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ καταγωγὴ τοῦ γένουσ τῶν ἱερασαμένων τοῦ Ποσειδῶνοσ ἐν πίνακι τελείῳ, ὃσ ἀνάκειται ἐν Ἐρεχθείῳ, γεγραμμένοσ ὑπ’ Ἰσμηνίου τοῦ Χαλκιδέωσ· (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 48:1)
  • ἔτι δ’ ἐν βίῳ τελείῳ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 69:2)
  • οὔτε γὰρ ἐκ τῆσ εὐδαιμονίασ κινηθήσεται ῥᾳδίωσ, οὐδ’ ὑπὸ τῶν τυχόντων ἀτυχημάτων ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ μεγάλων καὶ πολλῶν, ἔκ τε τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἂν γένοιτο πάλιν εὐδαίμων ἐν ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ, ἀλλ’ εἴπερ, ἐν πολλῷ τινὶ καὶ τελείῳ, μεγάλων καὶ καλῶν ἐν αὐτῷ γενόμενοσ ἐπήβολοσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 117:4)

Synonyms

  1. full-grown

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