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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 Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἤτω ἁγία καὶ ἀφειμένη καὶ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆσ, αἱ δεκάται καὶ τὰ τέλη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:31)
  • γενεᾶσ γὰρ ἀδίκου χαλεπὰ τὰ τέλη. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 3:19)
  • ἢ μίσουσ εὐέλπιδα ^ λαμβάνουσα, οἰκτρότερα δὲ καὶ τραγικὰ ἐπάγουσα τὰ τέλη καὶ πολλῶν συμφορῶν ἀνάπλεα. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 10:11)
  • καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἡ σελήνη ἀνέτελλεν ‐ ἔδει γὰρ κἀκείνην θεάσασθαι τὸ κάλλιστον τοῦτο ἔργον ‐ πρόεισιν ἐκεῖνοσ ἐσκευασμένοσ ἐσ τὸν ἀεὶ τρόπον καὶ ξὺν αὐτῷ τὰ τέλη τῶν κυνῶν, καὶ μάλιστα ὁ γεννάδασ ὁ ἐκ Πατρῶν, δᾷδα ἔχων, οὐ φαῦλοσ δευτεραγωνιστήσ· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 16:1)
  • ἵνα δὲ πάντ’ ἀφῶ τἆλλα, τίσ οὐχ ὁμολογήσει τοῖσ ἀσκοῦσι τὴν φιλόσοφον ῥητορικὴν ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι πολλὰ μὲν ἔθη καὶ βαρβάρων καὶ Ἑλλήνων ἐκμαθεῖν, πολλοὺσ δὲ νόμουσ ἀκοῦσαι πολιτειῶν τε σχήματα, καὶ βίουσ ἀνδρῶν καὶ πράξεισ καὶ τέλη καὶ τύχασ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 6 5:1)

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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