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τέλος, -ους, τό

[in LXX for קֵץ, etc.; εἰς τὸ τ., chiefly for לָנֶצַח and cognate forms;]

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

τέλος, εος, τό,
(τέλλομαι, τέλλω) coming to pass, performance, consummation, εἰ γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἀρῇσιν τ. ἡμετέρῃσι γένοιτο Refs 8th c.BC+; δίκη δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ὕβριος ἴσχει ἐς τ. ἐξελθοῦσα issuing in fulfilment, execution,Refs 4th c.BC+; καθήκει νῦν [τὰν γνώμαν] ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆμεν Refs 1st c.AD+; ἔλπομαι μέν, ἐν θεῷ γε μὰν τ. Refs 8th c.BC+; result, τ. δ᾽ οὔ πώ τι πέφανται Refs 8th c.BC+ the coming to pass (outbreak) of.., Refs 3rd c.BC+; τί μὰν ἀφήσει τ.; Refs 5th c.BC+; τί ἔσται τὸ τ. τῶν γιγνομένων τούτων ἐμο; Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀποίητον.. θέμεν ἔργων τ. undo things done, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁδοῦ τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; φόνου τ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; τῷ τ. πίστιν φέρων the outcome, Refs 5th c.BC+; Ζεὺς πάντων ἐφορᾷ τ. Refs 6th c.BC+; μάχης.. κεκύρωται τ. Refs 4th c.BC+; διὰ μάχης ἥξω τέλους, ={διὰ μάχης ἥξω}, Refs; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν τ. to seek to determine the issue of the battles in both directions, Refs 5th c.BC+; more generally, event, οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγέ τί φημι τ. χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτε.. Refs 8th c.BC+: in concrete sense, result, product, τ. εὐπεψίας αἱματικῆς πιμελὴ καὶ στέαρ Refs 4th c.BC+
2 in contexts like Refs 8th c.BC+, 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+; καὶ τοῖσ᾽ (i.e. ἰητροῖς) οὐδὲν ἔπεστι τ. they have no power or efficacy, Refs 6th c.BC+, of persons, to have the power to ratify, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅ τι ἂν δόξῃ τοῖς πλείοσι τοῦτ᾽ εἶναι τ. the decision of the majority must be final, Refs; 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+; τοῖς κατ᾽ ἐμπορίαν παραγιγνομένοις μηδὲν ἔστω τ. πλὴν ἐπὶ κήρυκι ἢ γραμματεῖ Foed. cited in Refs 2nd c.BC+; τ. ἔχειν, of things, to have decisive or final authority, σφῷν μὲν ἐντολὴ Διὸς ἔχει τ. δή Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ.. τούτου αἰτίασις οὐκ ἔχει τ. has no validity, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὶν τ. τι αὐτῶν ἔχειν before any of the terms had validity, i.e. had been ratified, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ ζῆν καὶ μὴ ζῆν τὸ τ. ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ἀναπνεῖν the decisive difference between.., Refs 4th c.BC+
3 magistracy, office, τ. δωδεκάμηνον Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἐν τ. men in office, magistrates, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔξω τῶν βασιλέων καὶ τῶν μάλιστα ἐν τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ τὰ τ. ἔχοντες Foed. cited in Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ τ. the government, τοιαῦτ᾽ ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰ τ. the magistrates, Refs 5th c.BC+participle and plural (variant) verb) Refs 5th c.BC+
4 decision, doom, Ζεὺς.. οἶδε, ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τ. πεπρωμένον ἐστί Refs 8th c.BC+; μήτηρ.. μέ φησι διχθαδίας Κῆρας φερέμεν θανάτοιο τέλος δέ (or τέλοσδε) Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐξέφυγον θανάτου τ. Refs 8th c.BC+:—judicial decision, ἀμμενῶ τ. δίκης Refs; οὐκ ἔχουσα τῆς δίκης τ. not having authority to decide the case, Refs; ἦ κἀπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ᾽ ἂν αἰτίας τ.; will you submit the decision of this case to me? Refs; τὸ τ. κρίνειν Refs 5th c.BC+; decision of an assembly, Refs 4th c.BC+; of a king, Refs; ἐξαιτράπης ἐὼν Ἰωνίης, τ. ἐποίησε τὴν γῆν εἶναι Μιλησίων probably in Refs 4th c.BC+; ὥς τοι ἐγὼ μύθου τ. ἐν φρεσὶ θείω the summing up or crux of the matter, Refs 8th c.BC+
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+; ὅσοις τοῦτ᾽ ἐπέσταλται τ. Refs 4th c.BC+; μ᾽ Ἀπόλλων τῷδ᾽ ἐπέστησεν τέλειRefs; ἄυπνα ὀμμάτων τέλη the wakeful duties (or services) of the eyes, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀμφοτερᾶν τοι χαρίτων.. ζεύξω τ. the rendering of both services, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἰτουμένῳ μοι κοῦφον εἰ δοίης τ. a small service or favour, Refs 4th c.BC+; obligation to render a service or payment, ὅτε δὴ μισθοῖο τ. πολυγηθέες ὧραι ἐξέφερον the Payment(-day) of the wage, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐν τέλει μαθεῖν to be taught for a fee, Refs
6 plural, services or offerings due to the gods, δαίμοσιν θῦσαι θέλουσα πελανόν, ὧν τέλη τάδε Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔλιπον Ζηνὶ τροπαίῳ πάγχαλκα τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of the Eleusinian mysteries, οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; called μεγάλα τ., Refs 5th c.BC+; rarely in singular, τοῦδε μυστικοῦ τέλους this mystic rite, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the marriage rite, τ. γάμοιο Refs 8th c.BC+; γαμήλιον τ. Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰ νυμφικὰ τ. Refs 5th c.BC+
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+; τιμήματι διεῖλεν εἰς τέτταρα τ. four ratings or classes, Refs; later, τὸ τῶν ἱππέων τ., Latin ordo equester, Refs 2nd c.AD+
8 dues exacted by the state, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀγορᾶς τ. a market-toll, Refs 5th c.BC+; πορνικὸν τ. Refs 4th c.BC+; τ. πρίασθαι, πωλεῖν, farm a tax or let it, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐκλέγειν. πράττειν, levy it, D.[same place], Refs 4th c.BC+; τελεῖν pay a tax or duty, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰ τὰ τ. τελεῖ, ποῖον τ. τελεῖ, questions put to candidates at Athens, Refs 5th c.BC+
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+; κακῶς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ποιούντων τέλεσι τοῖς οἰκείοις if we harm ourselves at our own expense, Refs 5th c.BC+
10 a military station or post with defined duties (compare signification Refs 8th c.BC+; δόρπον ἔπειθ᾽ ἑλόμεσθα κατὰ στρατὸν ἐν τελέεσσιν at our posts, in the ranks, Refs; later, military unit, division, squadron, τέλει ἑνὶ τῶν ἱππέων Refs 5th c.BC+; in the Roman army, legion, Refs 1st c.AD+
10.b a force of Refsinfantry, ={μεραρχία}, Refs 1st c.BC+
10.c a force of Refscavalry, Refs 1st c.BC+
II δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη troops or columns of.. chariots, Refs 4th c.BC+; of ships, τρία τ. ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν Refs 5th c.BC+ flocks of birds, variant for{γένεα}, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.12 a territorial division, Στρατικὸν τ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; Κορωνείων τὸ τ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; τὸ Λοκρικὸν τ. Refs 2nd c.BC+
II degree of completion or attainment, τόσσον μὲν ἔχον τ., οὔατα δ᾽ οὔ πω.. προσέκειτο Refs 8th c.BC+; degree of maturity, age, ἐπὴν δὴ τοῦτο τ. παραμείψεται ὥρης Refs 6th c.BC+; εἰς ἀνδρὸς τ. ἰέναι man's estate, Refs 5th c.BC+
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+
II.2 state of completion or maturity, τ. λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, of plants or animals, to attain maturity, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, completion, end, finish, τ. ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ λόγῳ complete it, Refs; ὃ πᾶσι τοῖς προτέροις ἐπ έθηκε τ. as a finish to all his former acts, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. λαβεῖν to be completed, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ τ. ἵκεο μύθων didst not reach the end of thy speech, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἑκάστων πρὸς τέλος ἀχθέντων Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἡ εἰκοστὴ τοῦ νοσήματος ἡμέρα τ. μὲν τριῶν ἑβδομάδων, ἓξ δὲ τετράδων Refs 2nd c.AD+ —frequently in Adverbial phrases:
II.2.a τέλος at last, ὥστε τ. ἡσυχίαν ἦγον Refs 5th c.BC+; but most frequently at the beginning of the clause, μάχης δὲ καρτερῆς γενομένης, τέλος οὐδέτεροι νικήσαντες διέστησαν Refs 6th c.BC+; ἀλλὰ τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; καὶ τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τό γε τ. Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2.b <ἐς τ. in the end, in the long run, πάντως ἐς τ. ἐξεφάνη Refs 6th c.BC+; εἰς τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁρῶντες τὴν Λιβύην εἰς τ. ἀβλαβῆ διαμένουσαν altogether, completely, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐς τ. ἄνυε μοίρας uncertain reading in Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.2.c διὰ τέλους (originally perhaps from signification Refs performance or time), through to the end, completely, Refs 5th c.BC+; throughout, all the time, always, Refs 5th c.BC+; permanently, for good, τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί σε διὰ τ. Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.2.d ἐπὶ τέλος at the end, opposed to ἐν ἀρχῇ, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2.e τέλει perhaps in the end, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 especially τ. ἔχειν βίου to have reached the end of life, to be dead, Refs 5th c.BC+: less frequently absolutely, death, ἐλπίς ἐστι νύκτερον τ. μολεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔχει τὸ κάλλιστον τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔχει τ., ={τετελεύτηκε}, Laconian phrase accusative to Refs 5th c.BC+; reversely, τ. ἔχει τινά Refs 5th c.BC+ —but ὀλβίως ἔλυσεν τὸ τ. βίου has paid life's toll Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ τ. ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ poetical in Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὶν ἂν πέλας (variant{τέλος}) γραμμῆς ἵκηται καὶ τ. κάμψῃ βίου Refs
II.4 end, cessation, ὡς δὲ πρὸς τ. γόων ἀφίκοντ᾽ Refs 5th c.BC+; πῶς τροχηλάτου μανίας ἂν ἔλθοιμ᾽ ἐς τ. πόνων τ᾽ ἐμῶ; Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅταν δὴ πημάτων λάβῃ τ. Refs 4th c.BC+
II.5 end of a word, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of a sentence, ἐπὶ τέλει πρόσκειται Refs 2nd c.AD+; of a chapter or book, ἐπὶ τέλει ἀναλυθήσεται Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀπὸ τέλους τοῦ σταδίου, opposed to ἀπὸ μέσου, Refs
III achievement, attainment, τηλοῦ ἐμοὶ νόστοιο τ. γλυκεροῖο γενέσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+; πῶς ἂν καὶ τοῦτο τοῦ τ. τυγχάνοι, i.e. might be achieved, Refs 1st c.BC+
III.2 winning-post, goal in a race, πρὸς τ. ὀρνύμενον Refs 5th c.BC+; in a contest, ἔστιν δ᾽ ἀφάνεια τύχας καὶ μαρναμένων, πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς τ. ἐλθεῖν, of runners in a race, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2.b prize, ἔφερε πυγμᾶς τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ γὰρ ἦν πενταέθλιον ἀλλ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστῳ ἔργματι κεῖτο τ. Refs (perhaps 'to be the winning post and prize'); κρίνεις τ. ἀρετᾶς Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 Philos., full realization, highest point. ideal, ἅπτεσθαι τοῦ τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς τ. ἰὼν τῶν ἐρωτικῶνRefs
III.3.b the end or purpose of action, τ. εἶναι ἁπασῶν τῶν πράξεων τὸ ἀγαθόν Refs 4th c.BC+: hence, the final cause, ={τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα}, Refs; hence simply ={τὸ ἀγαθόν}, the chief good, Refs 4th c.BC+

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