τελευτ-άω,
future -ήσω[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
perfect τετελεύτηκα [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive,
future middle τελευτήσομαι always in
passive sense, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
aorist ἐτελευτήθην [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
bring to pass, accomplish, ὄφρα. τελευτήσω τάδε ἔργα [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
fulfil an oath or promise, wish or hope, τ. ἐέλδωρ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τελευτᾶν τινι κακὸν ἦμαρ
bring about an evil day for one, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ δ᾽ ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρ;
to what
end must I
bring it? [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc:—
passive,
to be fulfilled, come to pass, happen, [same places] entry [near the start]; πρίν γε τὸ Πηλεΐδαο τελευτηθῆναι ἐέλδωρ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2)
finish, σχεδίην. ἐπηγκενίδεσσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ὄμοσέν τε, τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον had sworn and
completed (made binding) the oath, [
Refs], etc; ἡσύχιμον ἁμέραν τ.
close a peaceful day, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄρξομαι ἐκ βολβοῖο τελευτήσω δ᾽ ἐπὶ θύννον (i.e. τὸ δεῖπνον) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) especially τ. τὸν αἰῶνα
finish life, i.e.
die, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπ᾽ ἄλλου τ. τὸν βίον, i.e. to be killed, [
Refs]
make an end of life, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so λόγου τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3.b) frequently
absolutely,
end life, die, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν τελευτήσαντ᾽ ἴδῃς before you see him
dead, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ὑπό τινος
die by another's hand or means,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
intransitive (as always in Prose, except in
signification [
Refs]
II.1)
to be accomplished, λόγων κορυφαί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
come to an end, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2.b) with words indicating the kind of end or outcome, ἢν ὁ πόλεμος κατὰ νόον τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὖ τ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πτωχοὶ τ.
end by being beggars, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτως τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἔς τι
come to a certain
end, issue in, αἱ εὐτυχίαι ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτησαν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἐς τὠυτὸ γράμμα
end in the same letter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τ. [
Refs]; ποῖ (ἐς τί) τελευτᾶν (φασι);
came to what
end? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
die, see above [
Refs]
II.4) the
participle τελευτῶν, ῶσα, ῶν, is used with Verbs like an
adverb,
to finish with, at the end, at last, as τελευτῶν ἔλεγε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἂν ἐγίγνετο πληγὴ τελευτῶσα there would have been a fray
to finish with, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τελευτῶντες ἐξέκαμνον
at last they got tired of mourning, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes with another
participle, τὴν τυραννίδα χαλεπὴν τελευτῶσαν γενομένην having
at last become, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5) of local limits and the like, μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρης, ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς Λιβύης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ ἡ Κνιδίη χώρη ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]