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τέλος

Third declension Noun; Neuter

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Structure: τελο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

completion, accomplishment, fulfillment, perfection, consummation
result, product
end
end of life: death
boundary, border, extremity
supreme power
the highest government office: magistrate
that which is ordered to be done: task, duty
money paid to the government: tax, toll
a person's property, according to which he was classed
thus, generally: rank, class
unit of soldiers: legion, company
initiation (especially into mystery religions)
mystery religion, any religious ceremony

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τέλος	τέλει	τέλη
Genitive	τέλους	τέλοιν	τελέων
Dative	τέλει	τέλοιν	τέλεσιν*
Accusative	τέλος	τέλει	τέλη
Vocative	τέλος	τέλει	τέλη

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Examples

οὗτοι ἐφορέουσι τὰ γινόμενα κατὰ τε τὴν χώρην καὶ κατὰ τὰσ πόλιασ, καὶ ταῦτα ἀναγγέλλουσι τῷ βασιλέι, ἵναπερ βασιλεύονται Ἰνδοί, ἢ τοῖσι τέλεσιν, ἵναπερ αὐτόνομοί εἰσι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 12 5:1)
τοὺσ ὅτ’ ἐγὼ γεγονυίασ ἤδη τῆσ εἰρήνησ ἀπὸ τῆσ ὑστέρασ ἥκων πρεσβείασ τῆσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὁρ́κουσ, αἰσθόμενοσ φενακιζομένην τὴν πόλιν, προὔλεγον καὶ διεμαρτυρόμην καὶ οὐκ εἰών προέσθαι Πύλασ οὐδὲ Φωκέασ, λέγοντασ ὡσ ἐγὼ μὲν ὕδωρ πίνων εἰκότωσ δύστροποσ καὶ δύσκολόσ εἰμί τισ ἄνθρωποσ, Φίλιπποσ δ’, ἅπερ εὔξαισθ’ ἂν ὑμεῖσ, ἂν παρέλθῃ, πράξει, καὶ Θεσπιὰσ μὲν καὶ Πλαταιὰσ τειχιεῖ, Θηβαίουσ δὲ παύσει τῆσ ὕβρεωσ, Χερρόνησον δὲ τοῖσ αὑτοῦ τέλεσιν διορύξει, Εὔβοιαν δὲ καὶ τὸν Ὠρωπὸν ἀντ’ Ἀμφιπόλεωσ ὑμῖν ἀποδώσει· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 37:5)
ἔπειτα διαπέμποντεσ ἀγγέλουσ εἰσ τὴν Ἀσίαν καὶ τὰσ νήσουσ, ὅπου πλείστουσ ἐπυνθάνοντο τῶν φυγάδων διεσπαρμένουσ κατοικεῖν, παρεκάλουν ἰέναι πάντασ εἰσ Κόρινθον, ὡσ Κορινθίων ἀσφαλῆ πομπὴν καὶ πλοῖα καὶ στρατηγοὺσ παρεξόντων ἰδίοισ τέλεσιν εἰσ Συρακούσασ. (Plutarch, Timoleon, chapter 23 2:1)
ὅλωσ μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἀγαθόν, ὅτι πᾶσα ἡδονὴ γένεσίσ ἐστιν εἰσ φύσιν αἰσθητή, οὐδεμία δὲ γένεσισ συγγενὴσ τοῖσ τέλεσιν, οἱο͂ν οὐδεμία οἰκοδόμησισ οἰκίᾳ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 133:3)
οὓσ οὐκ ἦν παραμυθήσασθαι ῥᾴδιον ἀγανακτοῦντασ ἐπὶ τῷ πάθει καὶ συντρέχοντασ εἰσ τὴν ἀγορὰν καὶ καταβοῶντασ τῶν ἐν τοῖσ τέλεσιν, ἐπί τε τὰσ οἰκίασ τῶν πλουσίων κατὰ πλῆθοσ ὠθουμένουσ, καὶ διαρπάζειν ἐπιχειροῦντασ ἄτερ ὠνῆσ τὰσ ἀποκειμένασ αὐτοῖσ τροφάσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 25 4:1)

Synonyms

completion
- τελείωσις (accomplishment, fulfilment)
result
- πολυφορία (productiveness)
end
- τέρμων (an end)
- τελευτή (the end)
- τελευτή (an end, the end)
- ἔξοδος (end, close)
- πόρος (a means to an end)
- τελευτή (at the end, at last)
- τελευτή (the end, extremity, the extremities)
- ἄκρον (end, extremity)
- τέρθρον (end, extremity)
- τέρμα (an end, boundary)
- λυσανίης (ending sorrow)
boundary
- ὅρισμα (a boundary, limit, boundaries)
- ὅριον (a boundary, limit, boundaries)
supreme power
- κῦρος (supreme power, authority)
- ἡγεμονίᾱ (supreme power, supremacy, command)
- ἡλιαία (the supreme court)
- δύναμις ( power)
money paid to the government
- μετοίκιον (the tax paid by the)
- τέλεσμα (payment, toll, taxes)
initiation
- τελεστήριον (a place for initiation)
- καθαρμός (rites of initiation)

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τέλος

Sense

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completion

result

end

boundary

supreme power

money paid to the government

initiation

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τέλος

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

completion

result

end

boundary

supreme power

money paid to the government

initiation

Related

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