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τέλος?

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: telos

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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τέλος τέλει τέλη
Genitive τέλους τέλοιν τελέων
Dative τέλει τέλοιν τέλεσι(ν)
Accusative τέλος τέλει τέλη
Vocative τέλος τέλει τέλη

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 ἀποθάνωμεν; (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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