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τέλος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέλος τέλεος

Structure: τελο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

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

Declension

Third declension

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 ἐγένετο ἀπὸ τέλουσ τεσσαράκοντα ἐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ πρὸσ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. πορεύσομαι δὴ καὶ ἀποτίσω τὰσ εὐχάσ μου, ἃσ ηὐξάμην τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν Χεβρών. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 15:7)
  • καὶ περιώδευσαν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ καὶ παρεγένοντο ἀπὸ τέλουσ ἐννέα μηνῶν καὶ εἴκοσιν ἡμερῶν εἰσ Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 24:8)
  • καὶ κατελάβετο αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τέλουσ τριῶν ἐτῶν ἐν ἔτει ἕκτῳ τῷ Ἐζεκίᾳ , καὶ συνελήφθη Σαμάρεια. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 18:10)
  • καὶ Σαλωμὼν τῷ υἱῷ μου δὸσ καρδίαν ἀγαθὴν ποιεῖν τὰσ ἐντολάσ σου καὶ τὰ μαρτύριά σου καὶ τὰ προστάγματά σου καὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ τέλουσ ἀγαγεῖν τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦ οἴκου σου. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 29:19)
  • καὶ κατέβη διὰ τέλουσ ἐτῶν πρὸσ Ἀχαὰβ εἰσ Σαμάρειαν. καὶ ἔθυσεν αὐτῷ Ἀχαὰβ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχουσ πολλοὺσ καὶ τῷ λαῷ τῷ μετ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἠγάπα αὐτὸν τοῦ συναναβῆναι μετ’ αὐτοῦ εἰσ Ραμὼθ τῆσ Γαλααδίτιδοσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. completion

  2. result

  3. end

  4. boundary

  5. supreme power

  6. money paid to the government

  7. initiation

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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