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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 ἐγὼ καταβήσομαι μετὰ σοῦ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀναβιβάσω σε εἰσ τέλοσ, καὶ Ἰωσὴφ ἐπιβαλεῖ τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμούσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:4)
  • ὁ ἱερεὺσ λογιεῖται πρὸσ αὐτὸν τὸ τέλοσ τῆσ τιμῆσ ἐκ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ τῆσ ἀφέσεωσ, καί ἀποδώσει τὴν τιμὴν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἅγιον τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 27:23)
  • πᾶσ ὁ ἁπτόμενοσ τῆσ σκηνῆσ Κυρίου ἀποθνήσκει. ἕωσ εἰσ τέλοσ ἀποθάνωμεν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 17:28)
  • καὶ ἀφελεῖτε τέλοσ Κυρίῳ παρὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν πολεμιστῶν τῶν ἐκπεπορευμένων εἰσ τὴν παράταξιν μίαν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ πεντακοσίων, ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν βοῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ὄνων. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 31:28)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ τέλοσ Κυρίῳ ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων ἑξακόσιαι ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 31:37)

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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