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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative τέλειος τελείᾱ τέλειον
Genitive τελείου τελείᾱς τελείου
Dative τελείῳ τελείᾱͅ τελείῳ
Accusative τέλειον τελείᾱν τέλειον
Vocative τέλειε τελείᾱ τέλειον
DualN/A/V τελείω τελείᾱ τελείω
G/D τελείοιν τελείαιν τελείοιν
PluralNominative τέλειοι τέλειαι τέλεια
Genitive τελείων τελειῶν τελείων
Dative τελείοις τελείαις τελείοις
Accusative τελείους τελείᾱς τέλεια
Vocative τέλειοι τέλειαι τέλεια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective τέλειος τελείου τελειώτερος τελειωτέρου τελειώτατος τελειωτάτου
Adverb τελείως τελειώτερον τελειώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἔλαβον καὶ αὐτοὶ κλήρουσ ἐφημεριῶν κατὰ τὸν μικρὸν καὶ κατὰ τὸν μέγαν, τελείων καὶ μανθανόντων. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 25:8)
  • τίσ ἀγορεύειν βούλεται τῶν τελείων θεῶν οἷσ ἔξεστιν ; (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 1:3)
  • ὁ λέγων λειχῆνοσ ἰατρικὴν εἶναι καὶ παρωνυχίασ, πλευρίτιδοσ δὲ καὶ πυρετοῦ καὶ φρενίτιδοσ μὴ εἶναι, τί διαφέρει τοῦ λέγοντοσ ὅτι τῶν μικρῶν καὶ παιδικῶν καθηκόντων εἰσὶ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ λόγοι καὶ ὑποθῆκαι, τῶν δὲ μεγάλων καὶ τελείων ἄλογοσ τριβὴ καὶ περίπτωσίσ ἐστιν; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 32)
  • "καὶ ὁ Ἱπποκράτησ ἤδη ὁ ἰατρὸσ θύεσθαι αὑτῷ, καὶ ἀγανακτεῖ ἢν μὴ κατὰ καιρὸν ἐφ’ ἱερῶν τελείων ἑστιαθῇ; (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 19:3)
  • ὁ λέγων λειχῆνοσ ἰατρικὴν εἶναι καὶ παρωνυχίασ, πλευρίτιδοσ δὲ καὶ πυρετοῦ καὶ φρενίτιδοσ μὴ εἶναι, τί διαφέρει τοῦ λέγοντοσ ὅτι τῶν μικρῶν καὶ παιδικῶν καθηκόντων εἰσὶ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ λόγοι καὶ ὑποθῆκαι, τῶν δὲ μεγάλων καὶ τελείων ἄλογοσ τριβὴ καὶ περίπτωσίσ ἔστιν; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 32)

Synonyms

  1. full-grown

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