Strong G5056τέλος
goal/tax
- Transliteration
- telos
- Pronunciation
- tel'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From a primary word τέλλω tellō (to set out for a definite point or goal); properly the point aimed at as a limit that is (by implication) the conclusion of an act or state (termination [literally figuratively or indefinitely] result [immediate ultimate or prophetic] purpose); specifically an impost or levy (as paid): - + continual custom end (-ing) finally uttermost. Compare G5411 .
Detailed definition
τέλος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for קֵץ, etc.; εἰς τὸ τ., chiefly for נֶצַח and cognate forms;]
1. end: most frequently of the termination or limit of an act or state (in NT also of the end of a period of time, cl. τελευτή), Luk.1:33, 1Co.10:11, 2Co.3:13, 1Pe.4:7; by meton., of one who makes an end, Rom.10:4; ἕως (ἄχρι, μέκρι) τέλους, 1Co.1:8, 2Co.1:13, Heb.3:14 6:11, Rev.2:26; εἰς τ., to or at the end, Mat.10:22, Mrk.13:13, Luk.18:5, Jhn.13:1 (or here, to the uttermost, see Westc., in l); τ. ἔχειν, Luk.22:37; adverbially, τὸ δὲ τέλος, finally, 1Pe.3:8; of the last in a series, Rev.21:6 22:13; of the issue, fate or destiny, Mat.26:58; with genitive of thing(s), Rom.6:21, al.; with genitive of person(s), 2Co.11:13, al.; of the aim or purpose, 1Ti.1:5.
2. toll, custom, revenue: Rom.13:7; pl., as most usually, Mat.17:25
(AS)
[in LXX for קֵץ, etc.; εἰς τὸ τ., chiefly for נֶצַח and cognate forms;]
1. end: most frequently of the termination or limit of an act or state (in NT also of the end of a period of time, cl. τελευτή), Luk.1:33, 1Co.10:11, 2Co.3:13, 1Pe.4:7; by meton., of one who makes an end, Rom.10:4; ἕως (ἄχρι, μέκρι) τέλους, 1Co.1:8, 2Co.1:13, Heb.3:14 6:11, Rev.2:26; εἰς τ., to or at the end, Mat.10:22, Mrk.13:13, Luk.18:5, Jhn.13:1 (or here, to the uttermost, see Westc., in l); τ. ἔχειν, Luk.22:37; adverbially, τὸ δὲ τέλος, finally, 1Pe.3:8; of the last in a series, Rev.21:6 22:13; of the issue, fate or destiny, Mat.26:58; with genitive of thing(s), Rom.6:21, al.; with genitive of person(s), 2Co.11:13, al.; of the aim or purpose, 1Ti.1:5.
2. toll, custom, revenue: Rom.13:7; pl., as most usually, Mat.17:25
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5056 appears in 41 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- end35
- custom2
- continual1
- ending1
- finally1
- uttermost1
First verses
- Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
- Matthew 17:25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
- Matthew 24:6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
- Matthew 24:13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
- Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
- Matthew 26:58But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
- Mark 3:26And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
- Mark 13:7And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
- Mark 13:13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
- Luke 1:33And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
- Luke 18:5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
- Luke 21:9But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
- Luke 22:37For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
- John 13:1Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
- Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
- Romans 6:22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
- Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
- Romans 13:7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
- 1 Corinthians 1:8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τέλος, εος, τό,
(τέλλομαι, τέλλω) coming to pass, performance, consummation, εἰ γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἀρῇσιν τ. ἡμετέρῃσι γένοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.496; ἐν [θεοῖς] τ. ἐστὶν ὁμῶς ἀγαθῶν τε κακῶν τε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 669)]; δίκη δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ὕβριος ἴσχει ἐς τ. ἐξελθοῦσα issuing in fulfilment, execution,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 218; καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης κατὰ νόμον τ. ἐχούσης “PEleph.” 1.12 (4th c.BC),compare “IG” 12(7).67.48 (Arcesine, 4th-3rd c.BC))]; καθήκει νῦν [τὰν γνώμαν] ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆμεν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“SIG” 793.7 (Halasarna, 1st c.AD))]; ἔλπομαι μέν, ἐν θεῷ γε μὰν τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.105, compare “N.” 8.45, 10.29, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.193; ἢν θεὸς ἀγαθὸν τ. διδῷ αὐτῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.29; ἐν πείρᾳ τ. διαφαίνεται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.70; ψευστήσεις, οὐδ᾽ αὖτε τ. μύθῳ ἐπιθήσεις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.107, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.71, 6.77)]; result, τ. δ᾽ οὔ πώ τι πέφανται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.122; εἵως κε τ. πολέμοιο κιχείω 3.291; ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τ. πολέμου 16.630; ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τ. 20. 101, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 638 (but ἢ πολέμοιο ἢ λοιμοῖο τ. ποτιδέγμενοι)] the coming to pass (outbreak) of.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1282))]; τί μὰν ἀφήσει τ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1468 (Lyric poetry))]; τί ἔσται τὸ τ. τῶν γιγνομένων τούτων ἐμο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.50)]; ἀποίητον.. θέμεν ἔργων τ. undo things done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.17)]; ὁδοῦ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1400)]; φόνου τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.834; τοῦ δ᾽ ὔμμι τέλος κρηῆναι ἔοικεν [prev. author] 3.172)]; τῷ τ. πίστιν φέρων the outcome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 735)]; Ζεὺς πάντων ἐφορᾷ τ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.17; ἀκόλουθον τὸ τ. ἐξέβη τοῦ κινδύνου ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.11.9; ἀμφίδοξα τὰ τ. τῶν κινδύνων αὐτοῖς ἀπέβαινε [prev. author] 18.28.11, compare 18.32.12, 3.5.7; τ. τοιόνδε ἐγένετο τῆς μάχης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.22, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.61.2)]; μάχης.. κεκύρωται τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 874)]; διὰ μάχης ἥξω τέλους, ={διὰ μάχης ἥξω}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 475)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν τ. to seek to determine the issue of the battles in both directions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.57)]; more generally, event, οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγέ τί φημι τ. χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτε.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.5)]: in concrete sense, result, product, τ. εὐπεψίας αἱματικῆς πιμελὴ καὶ στέαρ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 672a4, compare “GA” 725b8.)]
2 in contexts like [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 669, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.630 (see. above))], τ. can be understood as power of deciding, supreme power, and so we have τ. μὲν Ζεὺς ἔχει.. πάντων ὅσ᾽ ἐστί [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.1; ἐν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ τ. αὐτοῖν γένοιτο τῆσδε τῆς μάχης πέρι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 423; [Ἄπολλον].. ὅθεν πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν, τ. ἐν μάχᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 162 (Lyric poetry); τελέων τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ [prev. author] “Supp.” 525 (Lyric poetry); τ. ἔχει δαίμων βροτοῖς, τ. ὅπᾳ θέλει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1545 (Lyric poetry); τ. δ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν, εἴτε.. εἴτε.. [prev. author] “Hel.” 887)]; καὶ τοῖσ᾽ (i.e. ἰητροῖς) οὐδὲν ἔπεστι τ. they have no power or efficacy, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.58: and in the civil sphere, τ. ἔχειν)], of persons, to have the power to ratify, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.57.25, Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1322b13)]; ὅ τι ἂν δόξῃ τοῖς πλείοσι τοῦτ᾽ εἶναι τ. the decision of the majority must be final, [Refs ([prev. work] 1317b6)]; κύριος ἔστω ἐπιβάλλειν κατὰ τὸ τ. shall have authority to inflict a fine up to the limit of his powers, Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.75; κατὰ τὸ τ. ζημιοῦσθαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.11)]; τοῖς κατ᾽ ἐμπορίαν παραγιγνομένοις μηδὲν ἔστω τ. πλὴν ἐπὶ κήρυκι ἢ γραμματεῖ Foed. cited in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.22.8)]; τ. ἔχειν, of things, to have decisive or final authority, σφῷν μὲν ἐντολὴ Διὸς ἔχει τ. δή [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 13)]; ἡ.. τούτου αἰτίασις οὐκ ἔχει τ. has no validity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.89)]; πρὶν τ. τι αὐτῶν ἔχειν before any of the terms had validity, i.e. had been ratified, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.41, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.27)]; τοῦ ζῆν καὶ μὴ ζῆν τὸ τ. ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ἀναπνεῖν the decisive difference between.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Respiratione” 480b19.)]
3 magistracy, office, τ. δωδεκάμηνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.9 (δυω- codices))]; οἱ ἐν τ. men in office, magistrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1352, “Ph.” 385, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36)]; ἔξω τῶν βασιλέων καὶ τῶν μάλιστα ἐν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.10, compare 6.88; οἱ ἐν τέλεϊ ἐόντες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.18, 9.106; poetry, οἱ ἐν τέλει βεβῶτες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 67)]; οἱ τὰ τ. ἔχοντες Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47; ὂρ μέγιστον τ. ἔχοι “Schwyzer” 409.3 (Elis, 5th c.BC); τοὺς.. τὸ ὁροφυλακικὸν τ. ἔχοντας “SIG” 633.94 (Milet., 2nd c.BC))]; τὸ τ. the government, τοιαῦτ᾽ ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1030)]; τὰ τ. the magistrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus (with a _masculine_)]participle and plural (variant) verb) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.58, 4.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.4.)]
4 decision, doom, Ζεὺς.. οἶδε, ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τ. πεπρωμένον ἐστί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.309; Κῆρες δὲ παρεστήκασι.., ἡ μὲν ἔχουσα τ. γήραος ἀργαλέου, ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρη θανάτοιο 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.6)]; μήτηρ.. μέ φησι διχθαδίας Κῆρας φερέμεν θανάτοιο τέλος δέ (or τέλοσδε) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.411, compare 13.602)]; ἐξέφυγον θανάτου τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 6.3; τ. θανάτου ἀλεείνων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.326; τ. θανάτοιο κάλυψεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.553; οὐδέ κέ μ᾽ ὦκα τ. θανάτοιο κιχείη 9.416, compare 11.451; ἡμετέρου θανάτοιο κακὸν τ., οἷον ἐτύχθη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.124, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 906 (Lyric poetry))]:—judicial decision, ἀμμενῶ τ. δίκης [Refs ([prev. author] “Eu.” 243; κύριον μένει τ. [prev. work] 544 (Lyric poetry))]; οὐκ ἔχουσα τῆς δίκης τ. not having authority to decide the case, [Refs ([prev. work] 729)]; ἦ κἀπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ᾽ ἂν αἰτίας τ.; will you submit the decision of this case to me? [Refs ([prev. work] 434)]; τὸ τ. κρίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 768b; τ. ἐπιθέτω τῇ δίκῃ [prev. work] 767a, compare 761e, 957b)]; decision of an assembly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 603, 624)]; of a king, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 934)]; ἐξαιτράπης ἐὼν Ἰωνίης, τ. ἐποίησε τὴν γῆν εἶναι Μιλησίων probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 134b30 (Milet., 4th c.BC))]; ὥς τοι ἐγὼ μύθου τ. ἐν φρεσὶ θείω the summing up or crux of the matter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.83.)]
5 something done or ordered to be done, task, service, duty, γνῶ.. ὅ οἱ οὔ τι τ. κατὰ καίριον ἦλθεν on no fatal errand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.439 (nisi to be read κατακαίριον); οὐδὲ μακύνων τ. οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.286)]; ὅσοις τοῦτ᾽ ἐπέσταλται τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 743, compare “Ag.” 908)]; μ᾽ Ἀπόλλων τῷδ᾽ ἐπέστησεν τέλει[Refs ([prev. work] 1202, compare “Ch.” 760)]; ἄυπνα ὀμμάτων τέλη the wakeful duties (or services) of the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1137 (Lyric poetry))]; ἀμφοτερᾶν τοι χαρίτων.. ζεύξω τ. the rendering of both services, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.6)]; αἰτουμένῳ μοι κοῦφον εἰ δοίης τ. a small service or favour, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 260; ἡξῶ ναὶ τὸν Πᾶνα κακὸν τ. αὐτίκα δωσῶν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.47)]; obligation to render a service or payment, ὅτε δὴ μισθοῖο τ. πολυγηθέες ὧραι ἐξέφερον the Payment(-day) of the wage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.450; οἱ δ᾽ ἐλάττω τῶν ἱκανῶν κεκτημένοι, τὴν ἀναγκαίαν ἀτέλειαν ἔχοντες, ἔξω τοῦ τ. εἰσὶ τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.19, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.156)]; ἐν τέλει μαθεῖν to be taught for a fee, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.46.)]
6 plural, services or offerings due to the gods, δαίμοσιν θῦσαι θέλουσα πελανόν, ὧν τέλη τάδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 204; ἔνθ᾽ ὁρίζεται βωμοὺς τ. τ᾽ ἔγκαρπα Κηναίῳ Διί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 238)]; ἔλιπον Ζηνὶ τροπαίῳ πάγχαλκα τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 143 (_anapaest meter_); γῇ δὲ τῇδε Σισύφου σεμνὴν ἑορτὴν καὶ τέλη προσάψομεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1382; θεοῖσι μικρὰ θύοντες τέλη [prev. author] “fragment” 327.6)]; of the Eleusinian mysteries, οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1050 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 837; σεμνῶν ἐς ὄψιν καὶ τ. μυστηρίων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 25)]; called μεγάλα τ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560e)]; rarely in singular, τοῦδε μυστικοῦ τέλους this mystic rite, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 387)]; of the marriage rite, τ. γάμοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.74, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1202, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.276 (Antip.))]; γαμήλιον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 835)]; τὰ νυμφικὰ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1241; τ. ὁ γάμος ἐκαλεῖτο 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.38, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Grammaticus “fragment” 306, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 982, 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 2.7.3a.)]
7 service rendered by a citizen in the Solonian constitution to the state, also his rating according to this service, θητικοῦ ἀντὶ τέλους ἱππάδ᾽ ἀμειψάμενος epigram cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 7.4)]; τιμήματι διεῖλεν εἰς τέτταρα τ. four ratings or classes, [Refs ([prev. work] 7.3)]; later, τὸ τῶν ἱππέων τ., Latin ordo equester, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.45, +others)]
8 dues exacted by the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 658 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 425d (_plural_))]; ἀγορᾶς τ. a market-toll, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 896)]; πορνικὸν τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.119)]; τ. πρίασθαι, πωλεῖν, farm a tax or let it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.144, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator [same place])]; ἐκλέγειν. πράττειν, levy it, D.[same place], [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 263.3, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.113)]; τελεῖν pay a tax or duty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847b)]; εἰ τὰ τ. τελεῖ, ποῖον τ. τελεῖ, questions put to candidates at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.17, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 7.4; τέλη κατατίθησιν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77; καταβαλεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.93; frequently in Inscrr., “IG” 12.46.12, +others, “SIG” 135.14 (Olynthus, 4th c.BC), +others, and Papyri, τὸ ὡρισμένον τῆς αἰτήσεως τ., etc., “POxy.” 1473.30 (3rd c.AD),compare “PCair.Zen.” 240.7 (3rd c.BC), etc.: _metaphorically_, τέλη λύειν, see at {λύω} see 2.)]
9 financial means, expenditure, usually in dative plural, ὃς ἂν τοῖς ἰδίοις τ. μὴ ἑαυτὸν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὠφελῇ by the use of his own means, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16)]; κακῶς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ποιούντων τέλεσι τοῖς οἰκείοις if we harm ourselves at our own expense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.60; ἀναγραψάτω.. τέλεσι τοῖς Λεωνίδου “IG” 12.56.22, compare 94.14, +others; Χερρόνησον τοῖς αὑτοῦ τ. διορύξει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.30; δημοσίοις τέλεσι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 38: in _nominative_ _sing._, μάτην γὰρ οἴκῳ σὸν τόδ᾽ ἐκβαίη τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 639.)]
10 a military station or post with defined duties (compare signification [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5), ἐλθεῖν εἰς φυλάκων ἱερὸν τ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.56; αἶψα δ᾽ ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἀνδρῶν τ. ἷξον ἰόντες [prev. work] 470)]; δόρπον ἔπειθ᾽ ἑλόμεσθα κατὰ στρατὸν ἐν τελέεσσιν at our posts, in the ranks, [Refs (11.730, compare 18.298)]; later, military unit, division, squadron, τέλει ἑνὶ τῶν ἱππέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.22, compare 4.96; πελταστῶν τέλη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 311; κατὰ τέλεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.103, 7.87, +others; κατὰ τέλη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.42, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.11.6, compare 11.15.2, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 2.1.17)]; in the Roman army, legion, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.16.2, “BJ” 1.17.9, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 18.56, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.87, +others)]
10.b a force of [Refs (2048)]infantry, ={μεραρχία}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 10.5, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 9.7.)]
10.c a force of [Refs (2048)]cavalry, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 7.11, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 18.4, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 20.2.)]
II δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη troops or columns of.. chariots, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 47 (_anapaest meter_))]; of ships, τρία τ. ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.48: also ὀρνίθων τέλεα)] flocks of birds, variant for{γένεα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.64; τ. ἀθανάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 151 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.12 a territorial division, Στρατικὸν τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 421.44 (Acarnania, 3rd c.BC))]; Κορωνείων τὸ τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 3.354 (Thebes, 3rd c.BC))]; τὸ Λοκρικὸν τ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“GDI” 2070 (Delph., 2nd c.BC).)]
II degree of completion or attainment, τόσσον μὲν ἔχον τ., οὔατα δ᾽ οὔ πω.. προσέκειτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.378)]; degree of maturity, age, ἐπὴν δὴ τοῦτο τ. παραμείψεται ὥρης [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.9; ἥβης πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἰδεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 123; ἥβης τ. μολόντας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 920)]; εἰς ἀνδρὸς τ. ἰέναι man's estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 249a; εἰς πρεσβύτου τ. ἀφικομένοις [prev. author] “Epin.” 992d; τὸ τῶν παίδων τ. ἄδηλον οἷ τελευτᾷ κακίας καὶ ἀρετῆς ψυχῆς τε πέρι καὶ σώματος [prev. author] “Smp.” 181e; οὐδὲ γήρως ἔβας τ. σὺν τᾷδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 413 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.b a length of time (or space), term, course, ἀρετάς, αἷσι Κλεωνυμίδαι θάλλοντες αἰεὶ σὺν θεῷ θνατὸν διέρχονται βιότου τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).5(23); so perhaps in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 87 (see. below 3), and in διὰ τέλους (see. below 2 c).)]
II.2 state of completion or maturity, τ. λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, of plants or animals, to attain maturity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276b, “Lg.” 834c, compare 899e)]: hence, completion, end, finish, τ. ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ λόγῳ complete it, [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 186a, compare “Prt.” 348a)]; ὃ πᾶσι τοῖς προτέροις ἐπ έθηκε τ. as a finish to all his former acts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.140; τὸ τ. τῆς σκηνῆς ἐποιήσαντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.24; ταύτης.. τῆς ἡμέρας τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἐγένετο [prev. author] “An.” 1.10.18)]; τ. λαβεῖν to be completed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 501e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.5; τ. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 772c)]; οὐ τ. ἵκεο μύθων didst not reach the end of thy speech, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.56; ἐπὶ τέλους τοῦ δρόμου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613d; μέχρι τοῦ τὸ προκείμενον ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆναι “PTeb.” 14.8 (2nd c.BC))]; ἑκάστων πρὸς τέλος ἀχθέντων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 108.29 (2nd c.BC),compare “BGU” 1816.11 (1st c.BC))]; ἡ εἰκοστὴ τοῦ νοσήματος ἡμέρα τ. μὲν τριῶν ἑβδομάδων, ἓξ δὲ τετράδων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).234:)] —frequently in Adverbial phrases:
II.2.a τέλος at last, ὥστε τ. ἡσυχίαν ἦγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100, compare 5.46)]; but most frequently at the beginning of the clause, μάχης δὲ καρτερῆς γενομένης, τέλος οὐδέτεροι νικήσαντες διέστησαν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, compare 4.131, +others; τέλος δέ [prev. author] 1.36, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1294, etc.)]; ἀλλὰ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137; τ. μέντοι [prev. author] 5.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.30; τ. γε μέντοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 233)]; καὶ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.154, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.109)]; τό γε τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740e.)]
II.2.b <ἐς τ. in the end, in the long run, πάντως ἐς τ. ἐξεφάνη [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.28, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37)]; εἰς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 409; θνητῶν δ᾽ εἰς τ. ὄλβιος οὐδείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 161 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40)]; ὁρῶντες τὴν Λιβύην εἰς τ. ἀβλαβῆ διαμένουσαν altogether, completely, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.7, compare “PTeb.” 38.11 (2nd c.BC), “OGI” 90.12 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), “PSI” 10.1120.5 1st c.BC-1st c.AD)]; ἐς τ. ἄνυε μοίρας uncertain reading in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.93.)]
II.2.c διὰ τέλους (originally perhaps from signification [Refs (1.1 or 5, or 11.1b, through the (whole))] performance or time), through to the end, completely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 275, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 685, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 270, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.24, 8.17, 19.4)]; throughout, all the time, always, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.42, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 8.5, 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 2.3; so διὰ τέλεος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 46 (= διὰ παντὸς καὶ ἀεί _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.618); διὰ τέλους ἀεί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 36e)]; permanently, for good, τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί σε διὰ τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.45 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.2.d ἐπὶ τέλος at the end, opposed to ἐν ἀρχῇ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.183.)]
II.2.e τέλει perhaps in the end, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 198 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 especially τ. ἔχειν βίου to have reached the end of life, to be dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 801e; ἐμοὶ μὲν τοῦ βίου τὸ τ. ἤδη πάρεστιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.6; πᾶσίν ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις τ. τοῦ βίου θάνατος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.27; εἰς τ. τοῦ ζῆν ἀφικνεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1530)]: less frequently absolutely, death, ἐλπίς ἐστι νύκτερον τ. μολεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 367 (Lyric poetry); οἱ νεηνίαι οὐκέτι ἀνέστησαν ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τέλεϊ τούτῳ ἔσχοντο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31)]; ἔχει τὸ κάλλιστον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.11)]; ἔχει τ., ={τετελεύτηκε}, Laconian phrase accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; τῶν ἤδη τ. ἐχόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 717e, compare 772c, “BGU” 1857.7 (1st c.BC))]; reversely, τ. ἔχει τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740c; οἷόν σε βίου τ. εἷλε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 735 (_anapaest meter_):)] —but ὀλβίως ἔλυσεν τὸ τ. βίου has paid life's toll [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare(above 1.8), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1720 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ τ. ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ poetical in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Mus.Script.” p.452 von Jan; also τ. δὲ κάμψαιμ᾽ ὥσπερ ἠρξάμην βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 87 (compare above 11.1b))]; πρὶν ἂν πέλας (variant{τέλος}) γραμμῆς ἵκηται καὶ τ. κάμψῃ βίου [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 955 - 6.)]
II.4 end, cessation, ὡς δὲ πρὸς τ. γόων ἀφίκοντ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1621)]; πῶς τροχηλάτου μανίας ἂν ἔλθοιμ᾽ ἐς τ. πόνων τ᾽ ἐμῶ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 83)]; ὅταν δὴ πημάτων λάβῃ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hel.” 534; τ. δέχει δὴ τῶν ἐμῶν προσφθεγμά των [prev. author] “Hec.” 413; ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐπανάστασις.. τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἔσχεν “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 10.3; ἐπειδὴ οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἄπειρον, τ. ἔσται πάσης φορᾶς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphorical” 1074a30.)]
II.5 end of a word, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 12.25, +others)]; of a sentence, ἐπὶ τέλει πρόσκειται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.43, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.20)]; of a chapter or book, ἐπὶ τέλει ἀναλυθήσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 2.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.10; πρὸς τῷ τ. ῥηθήσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 957b; πρὸς τῷ τ. τοῦ ἐντέρου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 675a16)]; ἀπὸ τέλους τοῦ σταδίου, opposed to ἀπὸ μέσου, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 239b34 (compare below 111.2).)]
III achievement, attainment, τηλοῦ ἐμοὶ νόστοιο τ. γλυκεροῖο γενέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.323, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.25; τ. δὲ τῆς ἀπαλλαγῆς τοῦ Αἰθίοπος ὧδε ἔλεγον γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.139)]; πῶς ἂν καὶ τοῦτο τοῦ τ. τυγχάνοι, i.e. might be achieved, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 8.36.)]
III.2 winning-post, goal in a race, πρὸς τ. ὀρνύμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.45)]; in a contest, ἔστιν δ᾽ ἀφάνεια τύχας καὶ μαρναμένων, πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).32(50))]; εἰς τ. ἐλθεῖν, of runners in a race, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613c.)]
III.2.b prize, ἔφερε πυγμᾶς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).67)]; οὐ γὰρ ἦν πενταέθλιον ἀλλ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστῳ ἔργματι κεῖτο τ. [Refs ([prev. author] “I.” 1.27; ποτὶ γραμμᾷ μὲν αὐτὰν στᾶσεκοσμήσαις, τ. ἔμμεν ἄκρον [prev. author] “P.” 9.118)] (perhaps 'to be the winning post and prize'); κρίνεις τ. ἀρετᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.6: _metaphorically_, οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν τίνι τοῦτο Μοῖρα τ. ἔμπεδον ὤρεξε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.57.)]
III.3 Philos., full realization, highest point. ideal, ἅπτεσθαι τοῦ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 211b)]; πρὸς τ. ἰὼν τῶν ἐρωτικῶν[Refs ([prev. work] 210e; πρὸς τ. ἀρετῆς ἐλθόντα [prev. author] “Clit.” 410e, compare “R.” 613c.)]
III.3.b the end or purpose of action, τ. εἶναι ἁπασῶν τῶν πράξεων τὸ ἀγαθόν [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 499e; frequently in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, “EN” 1094a18, +others)]: hence, the final cause, ={τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 994b9, 996a26, +others)]; hence simply ={τὸ ἀγαθόν}, the chief good, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “EN” 1097a21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.45, etc.)]
(τέλλομαι, τέλλω) coming to pass, performance, consummation, εἰ γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἀρῇσιν τ. ἡμετέρῃσι γένοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.496; ἐν [θεοῖς] τ. ἐστὶν ὁμῶς ἀγαθῶν τε κακῶν τε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 669)]; δίκη δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ὕβριος ἴσχει ἐς τ. ἐξελθοῦσα issuing in fulfilment, execution,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 218; καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης κατὰ νόμον τ. ἐχούσης “PEleph.” 1.12 (4th c.BC),compare “IG” 12(7).67.48 (Arcesine, 4th-3rd c.BC))]; καθήκει νῦν [τὰν γνώμαν] ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆμεν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“SIG” 793.7 (Halasarna, 1st c.AD))]; ἔλπομαι μέν, ἐν θεῷ γε μὰν τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.105, compare “N.” 8.45, 10.29, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.193; ἢν θεὸς ἀγαθὸν τ. διδῷ αὐτῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.29; ἐν πείρᾳ τ. διαφαίνεται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.70; ψευστήσεις, οὐδ᾽ αὖτε τ. μύθῳ ἐπιθήσεις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.107, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.71, 6.77)]; result, τ. δ᾽ οὔ πώ τι πέφανται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.122; εἵως κε τ. πολέμοιο κιχείω 3.291; ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τ. πολέμου 16.630; ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τ. 20. 101, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 638 (but ἢ πολέμοιο ἢ λοιμοῖο τ. ποτιδέγμενοι)] the coming to pass (outbreak) of.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1282))]; τί μὰν ἀφήσει τ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1468 (Lyric poetry))]; τί ἔσται τὸ τ. τῶν γιγνομένων τούτων ἐμο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.50)]; ἀποίητον.. θέμεν ἔργων τ. undo things done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.17)]; ὁδοῦ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1400)]; φόνου τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.834; τοῦ δ᾽ ὔμμι τέλος κρηῆναι ἔοικεν [prev. author] 3.172)]; τῷ τ. πίστιν φέρων the outcome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 735)]; Ζεὺς πάντων ἐφορᾷ τ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.17; ἀκόλουθον τὸ τ. ἐξέβη τοῦ κινδύνου ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.11.9; ἀμφίδοξα τὰ τ. τῶν κινδύνων αὐτοῖς ἀπέβαινε [prev. author] 18.28.11, compare 18.32.12, 3.5.7; τ. τοιόνδε ἐγένετο τῆς μάχης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.22, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.61.2)]; μάχης.. κεκύρωται τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 874)]; διὰ μάχης ἥξω τέλους, ={διὰ μάχης ἥξω}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 475)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν τ. to seek to determine the issue of the battles in both directions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.57)]; more generally, event, οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγέ τί φημι τ. χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτε.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.5)]: in concrete sense, result, product, τ. εὐπεψίας αἱματικῆς πιμελὴ καὶ στέαρ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 672a4, compare “GA” 725b8.)]
2 in contexts like [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 669, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.630 (see. above))], τ. can be understood as power of deciding, supreme power, and so we have τ. μὲν Ζεὺς ἔχει.. πάντων ὅσ᾽ ἐστί [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.1; ἐν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ τ. αὐτοῖν γένοιτο τῆσδε τῆς μάχης πέρι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 423; [Ἄπολλον].. ὅθεν πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν, τ. ἐν μάχᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 162 (Lyric poetry); τελέων τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ [prev. author] “Supp.” 525 (Lyric poetry); τ. ἔχει δαίμων βροτοῖς, τ. ὅπᾳ θέλει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1545 (Lyric poetry); τ. δ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν, εἴτε.. εἴτε.. [prev. author] “Hel.” 887)]; καὶ τοῖσ᾽ (i.e. ἰητροῖς) οὐδὲν ἔπεστι τ. they have no power or efficacy, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.58: and in the civil sphere, τ. ἔχειν)], of persons, to have the power to ratify, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.57.25, Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1322b13)]; ὅ τι ἂν δόξῃ τοῖς πλείοσι τοῦτ᾽ εἶναι τ. the decision of the majority must be final, [Refs ([prev. work] 1317b6)]; κύριος ἔστω ἐπιβάλλειν κατὰ τὸ τ. shall have authority to inflict a fine up to the limit of his powers, Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.75; κατὰ τὸ τ. ζημιοῦσθαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.11)]; τοῖς κατ᾽ ἐμπορίαν παραγιγνομένοις μηδὲν ἔστω τ. πλὴν ἐπὶ κήρυκι ἢ γραμματεῖ Foed. cited in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.22.8)]; τ. ἔχειν, of things, to have decisive or final authority, σφῷν μὲν ἐντολὴ Διὸς ἔχει τ. δή [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 13)]; ἡ.. τούτου αἰτίασις οὐκ ἔχει τ. has no validity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.89)]; πρὶν τ. τι αὐτῶν ἔχειν before any of the terms had validity, i.e. had been ratified, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.41, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.27)]; τοῦ ζῆν καὶ μὴ ζῆν τὸ τ. ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ἀναπνεῖν the decisive difference between.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Respiratione” 480b19.)]
3 magistracy, office, τ. δωδεκάμηνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.9 (δυω- codices))]; οἱ ἐν τ. men in office, magistrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1352, “Ph.” 385, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36)]; ἔξω τῶν βασιλέων καὶ τῶν μάλιστα ἐν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.10, compare 6.88; οἱ ἐν τέλεϊ ἐόντες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.18, 9.106; poetry, οἱ ἐν τέλει βεβῶτες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 67)]; οἱ τὰ τ. ἔχοντες Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47; ὂρ μέγιστον τ. ἔχοι “Schwyzer” 409.3 (Elis, 5th c.BC); τοὺς.. τὸ ὁροφυλακικὸν τ. ἔχοντας “SIG” 633.94 (Milet., 2nd c.BC))]; τὸ τ. the government, τοιαῦτ᾽ ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1030)]; τὰ τ. the magistrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus (with a _masculine_)]participle and plural (variant) verb) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.58, 4.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.4.)]
4 decision, doom, Ζεὺς.. οἶδε, ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τ. πεπρωμένον ἐστί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.309; Κῆρες δὲ παρεστήκασι.., ἡ μὲν ἔχουσα τ. γήραος ἀργαλέου, ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρη θανάτοιο 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.6)]; μήτηρ.. μέ φησι διχθαδίας Κῆρας φερέμεν θανάτοιο τέλος δέ (or τέλοσδε) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.411, compare 13.602)]; ἐξέφυγον θανάτου τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 6.3; τ. θανάτου ἀλεείνων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.326; τ. θανάτοιο κάλυψεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.553; οὐδέ κέ μ᾽ ὦκα τ. θανάτοιο κιχείη 9.416, compare 11.451; ἡμετέρου θανάτοιο κακὸν τ., οἷον ἐτύχθη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.124, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 906 (Lyric poetry))]:—judicial decision, ἀμμενῶ τ. δίκης [Refs ([prev. author] “Eu.” 243; κύριον μένει τ. [prev. work] 544 (Lyric poetry))]; οὐκ ἔχουσα τῆς δίκης τ. not having authority to decide the case, [Refs ([prev. work] 729)]; ἦ κἀπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ᾽ ἂν αἰτίας τ.; will you submit the decision of this case to me? [Refs ([prev. work] 434)]; τὸ τ. κρίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 768b; τ. ἐπιθέτω τῇ δίκῃ [prev. work] 767a, compare 761e, 957b)]; decision of an assembly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 603, 624)]; of a king, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 934)]; ἐξαιτράπης ἐὼν Ἰωνίης, τ. ἐποίησε τὴν γῆν εἶναι Μιλησίων probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 134b30 (Milet., 4th c.BC))]; ὥς τοι ἐγὼ μύθου τ. ἐν φρεσὶ θείω the summing up or crux of the matter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.83.)]
5 something done or ordered to be done, task, service, duty, γνῶ.. ὅ οἱ οὔ τι τ. κατὰ καίριον ἦλθεν on no fatal errand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.439 (nisi to be read κατακαίριον); οὐδὲ μακύνων τ. οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.286)]; ὅσοις τοῦτ᾽ ἐπέσταλται τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 743, compare “Ag.” 908)]; μ᾽ Ἀπόλλων τῷδ᾽ ἐπέστησεν τέλει[Refs ([prev. work] 1202, compare “Ch.” 760)]; ἄυπνα ὀμμάτων τέλη the wakeful duties (or services) of the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1137 (Lyric poetry))]; ἀμφοτερᾶν τοι χαρίτων.. ζεύξω τ. the rendering of both services, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.6)]; αἰτουμένῳ μοι κοῦφον εἰ δοίης τ. a small service or favour, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 260; ἡξῶ ναὶ τὸν Πᾶνα κακὸν τ. αὐτίκα δωσῶν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.47)]; obligation to render a service or payment, ὅτε δὴ μισθοῖο τ. πολυγηθέες ὧραι ἐξέφερον the Payment(-day) of the wage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.450; οἱ δ᾽ ἐλάττω τῶν ἱκανῶν κεκτημένοι, τὴν ἀναγκαίαν ἀτέλειαν ἔχοντες, ἔξω τοῦ τ. εἰσὶ τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.19, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.156)]; ἐν τέλει μαθεῖν to be taught for a fee, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.46.)]
6 plural, services or offerings due to the gods, δαίμοσιν θῦσαι θέλουσα πελανόν, ὧν τέλη τάδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 204; ἔνθ᾽ ὁρίζεται βωμοὺς τ. τ᾽ ἔγκαρπα Κηναίῳ Διί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 238)]; ἔλιπον Ζηνὶ τροπαίῳ πάγχαλκα τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 143 (_anapaest meter_); γῇ δὲ τῇδε Σισύφου σεμνὴν ἑορτὴν καὶ τέλη προσάψομεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1382; θεοῖσι μικρὰ θύοντες τέλη [prev. author] “fragment” 327.6)]; of the Eleusinian mysteries, οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1050 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 837; σεμνῶν ἐς ὄψιν καὶ τ. μυστηρίων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 25)]; called μεγάλα τ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560e)]; rarely in singular, τοῦδε μυστικοῦ τέλους this mystic rite, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 387)]; of the marriage rite, τ. γάμοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.74, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1202, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.276 (Antip.))]; γαμήλιον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 835)]; τὰ νυμφικὰ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1241; τ. ὁ γάμος ἐκαλεῖτο 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.38, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Grammaticus “fragment” 306, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 982, 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 2.7.3a.)]
7 service rendered by a citizen in the Solonian constitution to the state, also his rating according to this service, θητικοῦ ἀντὶ τέλους ἱππάδ᾽ ἀμειψάμενος epigram cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 7.4)]; τιμήματι διεῖλεν εἰς τέτταρα τ. four ratings or classes, [Refs ([prev. work] 7.3)]; later, τὸ τῶν ἱππέων τ., Latin ordo equester, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.45, +others)]
8 dues exacted by the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 658 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 425d (_plural_))]; ἀγορᾶς τ. a market-toll, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 896)]; πορνικὸν τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.119)]; τ. πρίασθαι, πωλεῖν, farm a tax or let it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.144, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator [same place])]; ἐκλέγειν. πράττειν, levy it, D.[same place], [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 263.3, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.113)]; τελεῖν pay a tax or duty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847b)]; εἰ τὰ τ. τελεῖ, ποῖον τ. τελεῖ, questions put to candidates at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.17, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 7.4; τέλη κατατίθησιν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77; καταβαλεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.93; frequently in Inscrr., “IG” 12.46.12, +others, “SIG” 135.14 (Olynthus, 4th c.BC), +others, and Papyri, τὸ ὡρισμένον τῆς αἰτήσεως τ., etc., “POxy.” 1473.30 (3rd c.AD),compare “PCair.Zen.” 240.7 (3rd c.BC), etc.: _metaphorically_, τέλη λύειν, see at {λύω} see 2.)]
9 financial means, expenditure, usually in dative plural, ὃς ἂν τοῖς ἰδίοις τ. μὴ ἑαυτὸν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὠφελῇ by the use of his own means, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16)]; κακῶς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ποιούντων τέλεσι τοῖς οἰκείοις if we harm ourselves at our own expense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.60; ἀναγραψάτω.. τέλεσι τοῖς Λεωνίδου “IG” 12.56.22, compare 94.14, +others; Χερρόνησον τοῖς αὑτοῦ τ. διορύξει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.30; δημοσίοις τέλεσι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 38: in _nominative_ _sing._, μάτην γὰρ οἴκῳ σὸν τόδ᾽ ἐκβαίη τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 639.)]
10 a military station or post with defined duties (compare signification [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5), ἐλθεῖν εἰς φυλάκων ἱερὸν τ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.56; αἶψα δ᾽ ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἀνδρῶν τ. ἷξον ἰόντες [prev. work] 470)]; δόρπον ἔπειθ᾽ ἑλόμεσθα κατὰ στρατὸν ἐν τελέεσσιν at our posts, in the ranks, [Refs (11.730, compare 18.298)]; later, military unit, division, squadron, τέλει ἑνὶ τῶν ἱππέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.22, compare 4.96; πελταστῶν τέλη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 311; κατὰ τέλεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.103, 7.87, +others; κατὰ τέλη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.42, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.11.6, compare 11.15.2, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 2.1.17)]; in the Roman army, legion, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.16.2, “BJ” 1.17.9, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 18.56, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.87, +others)]
10.b a force of [Refs (2048)]infantry, ={μεραρχία}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 10.5, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 9.7.)]
10.c a force of [Refs (2048)]cavalry, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 7.11, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 18.4, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 20.2.)]
II δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη troops or columns of.. chariots, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 47 (_anapaest meter_))]; of ships, τρία τ. ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.48: also ὀρνίθων τέλεα)] flocks of birds, variant for{γένεα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.64; τ. ἀθανάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 151 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.12 a territorial division, Στρατικὸν τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 421.44 (Acarnania, 3rd c.BC))]; Κορωνείων τὸ τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 3.354 (Thebes, 3rd c.BC))]; τὸ Λοκρικὸν τ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“GDI” 2070 (Delph., 2nd c.BC).)]
II degree of completion or attainment, τόσσον μὲν ἔχον τ., οὔατα δ᾽ οὔ πω.. προσέκειτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.378)]; degree of maturity, age, ἐπὴν δὴ τοῦτο τ. παραμείψεται ὥρης [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.9; ἥβης πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἰδεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 123; ἥβης τ. μολόντας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 920)]; εἰς ἀνδρὸς τ. ἰέναι man's estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 249a; εἰς πρεσβύτου τ. ἀφικομένοις [prev. author] “Epin.” 992d; τὸ τῶν παίδων τ. ἄδηλον οἷ τελευτᾷ κακίας καὶ ἀρετῆς ψυχῆς τε πέρι καὶ σώματος [prev. author] “Smp.” 181e; οὐδὲ γήρως ἔβας τ. σὺν τᾷδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 413 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.b a length of time (or space), term, course, ἀρετάς, αἷσι Κλεωνυμίδαι θάλλοντες αἰεὶ σὺν θεῷ θνατὸν διέρχονται βιότου τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).5(23); so perhaps in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 87 (see. below 3), and in διὰ τέλους (see. below 2 c).)]
II.2 state of completion or maturity, τ. λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, of plants or animals, to attain maturity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276b, “Lg.” 834c, compare 899e)]: hence, completion, end, finish, τ. ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ λόγῳ complete it, [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 186a, compare “Prt.” 348a)]; ὃ πᾶσι τοῖς προτέροις ἐπ έθηκε τ. as a finish to all his former acts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.140; τὸ τ. τῆς σκηνῆς ἐποιήσαντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.24; ταύτης.. τῆς ἡμέρας τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἐγένετο [prev. author] “An.” 1.10.18)]; τ. λαβεῖν to be completed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 501e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.5; τ. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 772c)]; οὐ τ. ἵκεο μύθων didst not reach the end of thy speech, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.56; ἐπὶ τέλους τοῦ δρόμου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613d; μέχρι τοῦ τὸ προκείμενον ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆναι “PTeb.” 14.8 (2nd c.BC))]; ἑκάστων πρὸς τέλος ἀχθέντων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 108.29 (2nd c.BC),compare “BGU” 1816.11 (1st c.BC))]; ἡ εἰκοστὴ τοῦ νοσήματος ἡμέρα τ. μὲν τριῶν ἑβδομάδων, ἓξ δὲ τετράδων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).234:)] —frequently in Adverbial phrases:
II.2.a τέλος at last, ὥστε τ. ἡσυχίαν ἦγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100, compare 5.46)]; but most frequently at the beginning of the clause, μάχης δὲ καρτερῆς γενομένης, τέλος οὐδέτεροι νικήσαντες διέστησαν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, compare 4.131, +others; τέλος δέ [prev. author] 1.36, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1294, etc.)]; ἀλλὰ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137; τ. μέντοι [prev. author] 5.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.30; τ. γε μέντοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 233)]; καὶ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.154, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.109)]; τό γε τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740e.)]
II.2.b <ἐς τ. in the end, in the long run, πάντως ἐς τ. ἐξεφάνη [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.28, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37)]; εἰς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 409; θνητῶν δ᾽ εἰς τ. ὄλβιος οὐδείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 161 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40)]; ὁρῶντες τὴν Λιβύην εἰς τ. ἀβλαβῆ διαμένουσαν altogether, completely, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.7, compare “PTeb.” 38.11 (2nd c.BC), “OGI” 90.12 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), “PSI” 10.1120.5 1st c.BC-1st c.AD)]; ἐς τ. ἄνυε μοίρας uncertain reading in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.93.)]
II.2.c διὰ τέλους (originally perhaps from signification [Refs (1.1 or 5, or 11.1b, through the (whole))] performance or time), through to the end, completely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 275, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 685, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 270, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.24, 8.17, 19.4)]; throughout, all the time, always, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.42, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 8.5, 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 2.3; so διὰ τέλεος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 46 (= διὰ παντὸς καὶ ἀεί _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.618); διὰ τέλους ἀεί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 36e)]; permanently, for good, τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί σε διὰ τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.45 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.2.d ἐπὶ τέλος at the end, opposed to ἐν ἀρχῇ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.183.)]
II.2.e τέλει perhaps in the end, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 198 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 especially τ. ἔχειν βίου to have reached the end of life, to be dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 801e; ἐμοὶ μὲν τοῦ βίου τὸ τ. ἤδη πάρεστιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.6; πᾶσίν ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις τ. τοῦ βίου θάνατος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.27; εἰς τ. τοῦ ζῆν ἀφικνεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1530)]: less frequently absolutely, death, ἐλπίς ἐστι νύκτερον τ. μολεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 367 (Lyric poetry); οἱ νεηνίαι οὐκέτι ἀνέστησαν ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τέλεϊ τούτῳ ἔσχοντο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31)]; ἔχει τὸ κάλλιστον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.11)]; ἔχει τ., ={τετελεύτηκε}, Laconian phrase accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; τῶν ἤδη τ. ἐχόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 717e, compare 772c, “BGU” 1857.7 (1st c.BC))]; reversely, τ. ἔχει τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740c; οἷόν σε βίου τ. εἷλε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 735 (_anapaest meter_):)] —but ὀλβίως ἔλυσεν τὸ τ. βίου has paid life's toll [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare(above 1.8), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1720 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ τ. ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ poetical in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Mus.Script.” p.452 von Jan; also τ. δὲ κάμψαιμ᾽ ὥσπερ ἠρξάμην βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 87 (compare above 11.1b))]; πρὶν ἂν πέλας (variant{τέλος}) γραμμῆς ἵκηται καὶ τ. κάμψῃ βίου [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 955 - 6.)]
II.4 end, cessation, ὡς δὲ πρὸς τ. γόων ἀφίκοντ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1621)]; πῶς τροχηλάτου μανίας ἂν ἔλθοιμ᾽ ἐς τ. πόνων τ᾽ ἐμῶ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 83)]; ὅταν δὴ πημάτων λάβῃ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hel.” 534; τ. δέχει δὴ τῶν ἐμῶν προσφθεγμά των [prev. author] “Hec.” 413; ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐπανάστασις.. τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἔσχεν “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 10.3; ἐπειδὴ οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἄπειρον, τ. ἔσται πάσης φορᾶς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphorical” 1074a30.)]
II.5 end of a word, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 12.25, +others)]; of a sentence, ἐπὶ τέλει πρόσκειται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.43, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.20)]; of a chapter or book, ἐπὶ τέλει ἀναλυθήσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 2.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.10; πρὸς τῷ τ. ῥηθήσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 957b; πρὸς τῷ τ. τοῦ ἐντέρου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 675a16)]; ἀπὸ τέλους τοῦ σταδίου, opposed to ἀπὸ μέσου, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 239b34 (compare below 111.2).)]
III achievement, attainment, τηλοῦ ἐμοὶ νόστοιο τ. γλυκεροῖο γενέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.323, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.25; τ. δὲ τῆς ἀπαλλαγῆς τοῦ Αἰθίοπος ὧδε ἔλεγον γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.139)]; πῶς ἂν καὶ τοῦτο τοῦ τ. τυγχάνοι, i.e. might be achieved, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 8.36.)]
III.2 winning-post, goal in a race, πρὸς τ. ὀρνύμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.45)]; in a contest, ἔστιν δ᾽ ἀφάνεια τύχας καὶ μαρναμένων, πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).32(50))]; εἰς τ. ἐλθεῖν, of runners in a race, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613c.)]
III.2.b prize, ἔφερε πυγμᾶς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).67)]; οὐ γὰρ ἦν πενταέθλιον ἀλλ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστῳ ἔργματι κεῖτο τ. [Refs ([prev. author] “I.” 1.27; ποτὶ γραμμᾷ μὲν αὐτὰν στᾶσεκοσμήσαις, τ. ἔμμεν ἄκρον [prev. author] “P.” 9.118)] (perhaps 'to be the winning post and prize'); κρίνεις τ. ἀρετᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.6: _metaphorically_, οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν τίνι τοῦτο Μοῖρα τ. ἔμπεδον ὤρεξε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.57.)]
III.3 Philos., full realization, highest point. ideal, ἅπτεσθαι τοῦ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 211b)]; πρὸς τ. ἰὼν τῶν ἐρωτικῶν[Refs ([prev. work] 210e; πρὸς τ. ἀρετῆς ἐλθόντα [prev. author] “Clit.” 410e, compare “R.” 613c.)]
III.3.b the end or purpose of action, τ. εἶναι ἁπασῶν τῶν πράξεων τὸ ἀγαθόν [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 499e; frequently in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, “EN” 1094a18, +others)]: hence, the final cause, ={τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 994b9, 996a26, +others)]; hence simply ={τὸ ἀγαθόν}, the chief good, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “EN” 1097a21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.45, etc.)]