τελευτάω

English (LSJ)

fut.

   A -ήσω E.Tr.1029, etc.: pf. τετελεύτηκα Pl.Men.75e, al.:—Pass., fut. Med. τελευτήσομαι always in pass. sense, Il.13.100, Od.8.510, 9.511, E.Hipp.370 (lyr.): aor. ἐτελευτήθην Il.15.74:—bring to pass, accomplish, ὄφρα . . τελευτήσω τάδε ἔργα Il.8.9; τ. ἃ μενοινᾷς Od.2.275; ἐπὴν ταῦτα τελευτήσῃς τε καὶ ἔρξῃς 1.293, cf. 2.306; γάμον τ. 24.126; fulfil an oath or promise, wish or hope, τ. ἐέλδωρ 21.200; τ. ὅσ' ὑπέστης Il.13.375; οὐ Ζεὺς ἄνδρεσσι νοήματα πάντα τελευτᾷ 18.328, cf. Od.3.56,62; ὅρκια Call.Aet.3.1.29; τελευτᾶν τινι κακὸν ἦμαρ bring about an evil day for one, Od.15.524; τ. πόνους Δαναοῖς Pi.P.1.54, cf. E.Ph.1581 (lyr.); οἷ τ. λόγον Id.Tr.1029; τὸ δ' ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρή; to what end must I bring it? S.OC476; Ζεὺς ὅ τι νεύσῃ, τοῦτο τελευτᾷ E.Alc.979 (lyr.), etc.:—Pass., to be fulfilled, come to pass, happen, ll. cc. sub init.; πρίν γε τὸ Πηλεΐδαο τελευτηθῆναι ἐέλδωρ Il.15.74; πρὶν τελευτηθῇ φόνος E.Or.1218.    2 finish, σχεδίην . . ἐπηγκενίδεσσι Od.5.253; ἐπεί ῥ' ὄμοσέν τε, τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον had sworn and completed (made binding) the oath, 2.378, etc.; ἡσύχιμον ἁμέραν τ. close a peaceful day, Pi.O.2.33; ἄρξομαι ἐκ βολβοῖο τελευτήσω δ' ἐπὶ θύννον (sc. τὸ δεῖπνον) Pl.Com.173.6 (hex.).    3 esp. τ. τὸν αἰῶνα finish life, i.e. die, Hdt.1.32, 9.17, etc.; τ. βίον A.Ag.929, S.Fr.646 codd. (sed leg. δρόμον), E.Hec.419, Pl.Prt.351b; ὑπ' ἄλλου τ. τὸν βίον, i.e. to be killed, Id.Lg.870e: also (after the analogy of παύομαι) c. gen., τελευτᾶν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου make an end of life, X.Cyr.8.7.17; so λόγου τ. Th.3.59; ἐπαίνου τ. ἐς τάδε ἔπη ib.104.    b freq. abs., end life, die, Hdt.1.66, 3.38, 40, al., Pl.R.614b, al.; πρὶν τελευτήσαντ' ἴδῃς before you see him dead, S.Fr.662; τ. μάχῃ A.Th.617; νούσῳ Hdt.1.161; γήραϊ Id.6.24; τ. ὑπό τινος die by another's hand or means, ib.92; δόλῳ ὑπό τινος Id.4.78; ὑπὸ αἰχμῆς σιδηρέης Id.1.39; ὑπ' ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσίν A.Th.930 (lyr.); ἐκ τῆς πληγῆς Pl.Lg.877b; of animals, Arist.PA667b11, PMich.Zen.67.25 (iii B.C.).    II intr. (as always in Prose, except in signf. 1.3a):    1 to be accomplished, λόγων κορυφαί Pi.O.7.68 (as v.l. for τελεύταθεν) ; ἐλπίδες E.Ba.908 (lyr.).    2 come to an end, A.Ag.635, etc.: esp. of Time, τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός, τοῦ θέρους, Th.2.4, 32, etc.: of actions, events, etc., τ. ἡ ναυμαχία ἐς νύκτα Id.1.51, etc.    b with words indicating the kind of end or outcome, ἢν ὁ πόλεμος κατὰ νόον τ. Hdt. 9.45, cf. 7.47; εὖ τ. A.Supp.211; πτωχοὶ τ. end by being beggars, Pl. R.552c; οὕτως τ. Th.1.110, 138; τ. ἔς τι come to a certain end, issue in, αἱ εὐτυχίαι ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτησαν Hdt.3.125; τ. ἐς τὠυτὸ γράμμα end in the same letter, Id.1.139, cf. Th.2.51, 4.48, Pl.R.618a; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τ. Id.Tht.173b; ποῖ ( ἐς τί) τελευτᾶν (φασι); came to what end? A.Pers.735 (troch.), cf. Ch.528, Pl.Lg.630b; also τ. ἐπί τι Id.R.510d, Smp.211c.    3 die, v. supr. 1.3b.    4 the part. τελευτῶν, ῶσα, ῶν, is used with Verbs like an Adv., to finish with, at the end, at last, as τελευτῶν ἔλεγε Hdt.3.75; κἂν ἐγίγνετο πληγὴ τελευτῶσα there would have been a fray to finish with, S.Ant.261; τελευτῶν . . ἐξεβλήθη Ar.Eq.524 (anap.); τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τελευτῶντες ἐξέκαμνον at last they got tired of mourning, Th.2.51, cf. 47; ἢν δέῃ τελευτῶντα τὴν στρωμνὴν ἐξαργυρῶσαι Id.8.81; sts. with another part., τὴν τυραννίδα χαλεπὴν τελευτῶσαν γενομένην having at last become... Th.6.53, cf. Pl.Phdr.228b; πόλεις ἐπάγοντες καὶ τελευτῶντες Λακεδαιμονίους Lys.12.60.    5 of local limits and the like, μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρης, ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς Λιβύης Hdt.2.32; τελευτῶντος τοῦ Λαβυρίνθου ἔχεται πυραμίς ib.148; τῇ ἡ Κνιδίη χώρη ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον τ. Id.1.174, cf. 2.33, 4.39, IG12.900, Pl. Men.75e.