Included with:
τέλειος and
τέλεος, α, ον, in Trag,
Attic dialect, and
Doric dialectalso ος, ον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] is alone used by [
Refs 8th c.BC+], neither form in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέλεος is alone used by [
Refs 5th c.BC+] are recommended by [
Refs 6th c.AD+]; τέλειος first in [
Refs 2nd c.BC+], frequently in Papyri [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
adverb is sometimes τέλεον[
Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc, τέλειον [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: the form
τέλεως,
accusative τέλεων, with
plural τέλεῳ, is found in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: the form
τέληον in [
Refs]: (τέλος):—
perfect, of victims,
entire, without spot or
blemish, ἀρνῶν αἰγῶν τε τελείων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; βοτὸν τ. [
Refs]; τὸνς ϝεξήκοντα τελέονς ὄϝινς (
accusative plural) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sacrifices, ἱερὰ τ.
perfect, of full tale or
number, or
performed with all rites, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] is probably
the surest bird of augury (compare τελήεις).
b) in Dialects, ={κύριος},
fully constituted, valid, ἐν ἀγορᾷ τελείῳ [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
authoritative, final, ἁ δέ κα ϝράτρα ἁ δαμοσία τελεία εἴε ¯ δικάδο ¯ σα [
Refs]; τὸ θέθμιον. τέλεον εἶμεν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Trag, τελεία ψῆφος a
final decision, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) of animals,
full-grown, τέλεον νεαροῖς ἐπιθύσας [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ οὗ θύεται τὰ τ. τῶν προβάτων, opposed to γαλαθηνά, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ζῷον defined in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; as
substantive, τέλειον καὶ δέκα ἄρνες [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τ. ἵππος, opposed to πῶλος, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἅρμα a chariot
drawn by horses, opposed to ἅρμα πωλικόν, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of trees, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰκὼν τελεία
life-sized, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of a torsionengine,
full-sized, opposed to to the model of one, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]: of human beings,
full-grown, adult, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b)
married, τέλειοι οἱ γεγαμηκότες [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ἥρα Τελεία is so explained at Stymphalus, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
3) of persons,
accomplished, perfect in his kind, in relation to quality, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. σοφιστής [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ πάντα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τ. δογματικοί [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but ἡ τελεία μαῖα the
trained or
qualified midwife, distinguished from ἡ ἀρίστη (the trained and experienced midwife), [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3.b) of things, φάρμακον τελεώτατον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἀρετή, φιλία, etc, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a syllogism in the
1st pers. figure, the other figures being ἀτελεῖς, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] a
serious, dangerous illness, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀδικία τελέα, τελεωτάτη,
absolute, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; συνθέσεις λευκὰς τελείας δέκα τρεῖς thirteen
complete white suits, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τ. ἀποζυγή
complete divorce, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]; ὕνις τελεία, κράβακτος ξύλινος τ, etc, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of land,
fully inundated, opposed to ἀβροχικός, [
Refs 6th c.AD+], probably in [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
4) of prayers, vows, etc,
fulfilled, accomplished, εὐχωλαί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of omens or predictions, ὄψις ὀνείρου οὐ τελέη a vision
which imported nothing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5) of numbers,
full, complete, τελέους ἑπτὰ μῆνας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἐνιαυτός the
great year, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5.b) in Arithm, of
perfectnumbers, which are equal to the sum of their divisors, as [
Refs 3rd c.BC+] (3 is τ. because it has ἀρχή, μέσον, τέλος, [
Refs]
6) τ. κρατήρ, i.e. the
third bowl offered to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) of the gods,
having power to fulfil prayer, all-powerful (as implied in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Hera ζυγία, the presiding goddess of marriage (see.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Apollo, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the Eumenides, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, θεοὶ τέλειοι τέλειαί τε [
Refs 4th c.BC+].
the head or
lord of the house, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III) ={τελευταῖος},
last, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV) τέλειον, τό,
a royal banquet, as a translated of the [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V) ἡ τελεία (i.e. στιγμή) the
full point, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V.2) ἡ τελεία (i.e. ἀντίδοτος) the
perfect antidote, effective against all poisons, Scrib. Larg.177.
VI) Τέλεος (i.e. μήν(, ὁ, name of a month at Epidaurus, [
Refs]
VII)
adverb τελέως
finally, absolutely, with full authority, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
VII.2)
completely, absolutely, thoroughly, τ. ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἐκκλησιάσαιμεν
perfectly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. μ᾽ ὑπῆλθε
completely deceived me, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. ἑστιᾶν
perfectly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. κινήσεται
absolutely, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐνώχλει he was a
perfect nuisance to us, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τ. γυμνάζειν put a person through the τέλειον γυμνάσιον, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μέσα τ.
completely neutral, [
Refs]
adverb allowed by Thom.Mag.p.358 R, but τελείως is found in [
LXX+5th c.BC+]
VII.3) the
neuter τέλεον is also used as
adverb in later Prose, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VIII)
comparative and
superlative: [
Refs 8th c.BC+] prevail, though the other forms occur in [
Refs 4th c.BC+].
comparative adverb τελεώτερον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]