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|Definition=εος, τό, (τέλλομαι, τέλλω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[coming to pass]], [[performance]], [[consummation]], εἰ γὰρ ἐπ' ἀρῇσιν τ. ἡμετέρῃσι γένοιτο <span class="bibl">Od.17.496</span>; ἐν [θεοῖς] τ. ἐστὶν ὁμῶς ἀγαθῶν τε κακῶν τε <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>669</span>; <b class="b3">δίκη δ' ὑπὲρ ὕβριος ἴσχει ἐς τ. ἐξελθοῦσα</b> issuing in [[fulfilment]], [[execution]], ib.<span class="bibl">218</span>; καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης κατὰ νόμον τ. ἐχούσης <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEleph.</span>1.12</span> (iv B.C.), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).67.48 (Arcesine, iv/iii B.C.); καθήκει νῦν [τὰν γνώμαν] ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆμεν <span class="title">SIG</span>793.7 (Halasarna, i A.D.); <b class="b3">ἔλπομαι μέν, ἐν θεῷ γε μὰν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.105</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>8.45</span>, <span class="bibl">10.29</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.193</span>; ἢν θεὸς ἀγαθὸν τ. διδῷ αὐτῷ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.29</span>; ἐν πείρᾳ τ. διαφαίνεται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.70</span>; ψευστήσεις, οὐδ' αὖτε τ. μύθῳ ἐπιθήσεις <span class="bibl">Il.19.107</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.71</span>, <span class="bibl">6.77</span>; [[result]], τ. δ' οὔ πώ τι πέφανται <span class="bibl">Il.2.122</span>; εἵως κε τ. πολέμοιο κιχείω <span class="bibl">3.291</span>; ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τ. πολέμου <span class="bibl">16.630</span>; <b class="b3">ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τ</b>. <span class="bibl">20</span>. <span class="bibl">101</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>638</span> (but <b class="b3">ἢ πολέμοιο ἢ λοιμοῖο τ. ποτιδέγμενοι</b> the <b class="b2">coming to pass (outbreak</b>) of... <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1282</span>); <b class="b3">τί μὰν ἀφήσει τ</b>.; <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OC</span>1468</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τί ἔσται τὸ τ. τῶν γιγνομένων τούτων ἐμοί</b>; <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.155</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.50</span>; <b class="b3">ἀποίητον . . θέμεν ἔργων τ</b>. undo things done, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.17</span>; <b class="b3">ὁδοῦ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1400</span>; <b class="b3">φόνου τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.834</span>; τοῦ δ' ὔμμι τέλος κρηῆναι ἔοικεν <span class="bibl">Id.3.172</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ τ. πίστιν φέρων</b> the [[outcome]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>735</span>; <b class="b3">Ζεὺς πάντων ἐφορᾷ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Sol.13.17</span>; ἀκόλουθον τὸ τ. ἐξέβη τοῦ κινδύνου ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς <span class="bibl">Plb.4.11.9</span>; ἀμφίδοξα τὰ τ. τῶν κινδύνων αὐτοῖς ἀπέβαινε <span class="bibl">Id.18.28.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.32.12</span>, <span class="bibl">3.5.7</span>; τ. τοιόνδε ἐγένετο τῆς μάχης <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.61.2</span>; <b class="b3">μάχης . . κεκύρωται τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>874</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ μάχης ἥξω τέλους</b>, = [[διὰ μάχης ἥξω]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>475</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν τ</b>. to seek to determine the [[issue]] of the battles in both directions, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.57</span>; more generally, [[event]], οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγέ τί φημι τ. χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτε . . <span class="bibl">Od.9.5</span>: in concrete sense, [[result]], [[product]], τ. εὐπεψίας αἱματικῆς πιμελὴ καὶ στέαρ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>672a4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>725b8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in contexts like <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>669</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.16.630</span> (v. supr.), τ. can be understood as [[power of deciding]], [[supreme power]], and so we have τ. μὲν Ζεὺς ἔχει . . πάντων ὅσ' ἐστί <span class="bibl">Semon.1.1</span>; ἐν δ' ἐμοὶ τ. αὐτοῖν γένοιτο τῆσδε τῆς μάχης πέρι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>423</span>; [Ἄπολλον] . . ὅθεν πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν, τ. ἐν μάχᾳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>162</span> (lyr.); τελέων τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>525</span> (lyr.); τ. ἔχει δαίμων βροτοῖς, τ. ὅπᾳ θέλει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 1545</span> (lyr.); τ. δ' ἐφ' ἡμῖν, εἴτε . . εἴτε . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>887</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ τοῖσ'</b> (sc. [[ἰητροῖς]]) <b class="b3"> οὐδὲν ἔπεστι τ</b>. they have no [[power]] or [[efficacy]], <span class="bibl">Sol.13.58</span>: and in the civil sphere, <b class="b3">τ. ἔχειν</b>, of persons, to have [[the power to ratify]], IG12.57.25, Foed. ap. <span class="bibl">Th.4.118</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1322b13</span>; <b class="b3">ὅ τι ἂν δόξῃ τοῖς πλείοσι τοῦτ' εἶναι τ</b>. the decision of the majority must be [[final]], ib. <span class="bibl">1317b6</span>; <b class="b3">κύριος ἔστω ἐπιβάλλειν κατὰ τὸ τ</b>. shall have authority to inflict a fine up to the limit of his [[powers]], Lexap.<span class="bibl">D.43.75</span>; κατὰ τὸ τ. ζημιοῦσθαι <span class="bibl">Is.4.11</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖς κατ' ἐμπορίαν παραγιγνομένοις μηδὲν ἔστω τ. πλὴν ἐπὶ κήρυκι ἢ γραμματεῖ</b> Foed. ap. <span class="bibl">Plb.3.22.8</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ἔχειν</b>, of things, to have [[decisive]] or [[final authority]], σφῷν μὲν ἐντολὴ Διὸς ἔχει τ. δή <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 13</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ . . τούτου αἰτίασις οὐκ ἔχει τ</b>. has no [[validity]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.89</span>; <b class="b3">πρὶν τ. τι αὐτῶν ἔχειν</b> before any of the terms had [[validity]], i.e. had been ratified, <span class="bibl">Th.5.41</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.35.27</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ ζῆν καὶ μὴ ζῆν τὸ τ. ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ἀναπνεῖν</b> the [[decisive difference]] between... <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Resp.</span>480b19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[magistracy]], [[office]], τ. δωδεκάμηνον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.9</span> (<b class="b3">δυω-</b> codd.); <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν τ</b>. men in [[office]], [[magistrates]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1352</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>385</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.36</span>; <b class="b3">ἔξω τῶν βασιλέων καὶ τῶν μάλιστα ἐν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.1.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.88</span>; οἱ ἐν τέλεϊ ἐόντες <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.18</span>, <span class="bibl">9.106</span>; poet., οἱ ἐν τέλει βεβῶτες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>67</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ τὰ τ. ἔχοντες</b> Foed. ap. <span class="bibl">Th.5.47</span>; ὂρ μέγιστον τ. ἔχοι <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>409.3 (Elis, V B.C.); τοὺς . . τὸ ὁροφυλακικὸν τ. ἔχοντας <span class="title">SIG</span>633.94 (Milet., ii B.C.); <b class="b3">τὸ τ</b>. the [[government]], τοιαῦτ' ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1030</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ τ</b>. the [[magistrates]], Th. (with a masc. part. and pl. (v.l.) verb) <span class="bibl">1.58</span>, <span class="bibl">4.15</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.6.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[decision]], [[doom]], Ζεὺς . . οἶδε, ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τ. πεπρωμένον ἐστί <span class="bibl">Il.3.309</span>; Κῆρες δὲ παρεστήκασι... ἡ μὲν ἔχουσα τ. γήραος ἀργαλέου, ἡ δ' ἑτέρη θανάτοιο <span class="bibl">Mimn.2.6</span>; <b class="b3">μήτηρ . . μέ φησι διχθαδίας Κῆρας φερέμεν θανάτοιο τέλος δέ</b> (or [[τέλοσδε]]) <span class="bibl">Il.9.411</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.602</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξέφυγον θανάτου τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Archil.6.3</span>; τ. θανάτου ἀλεείνων <span class="bibl">Od.5.326</span>; τ. θανάτοιο κάλυψεν <span class="bibl">Il.5.553</span>; οὐδέ κέ μ' ὦκα τ. θανάτοιο κιχείη <span class="bibl">9.416</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.451</span>; ἡμετέρου θανάτοιο κακὸν τ., οἷον ἐτύχθη <span class="bibl">Od.24.124</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>906</span> (lyr.):—judicial [[decision]], ἀμμενῶ τ. δίκης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>243</span>; <b class="b3">κύριον μένει τ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">544</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔχουσα τῆς δίκης τ</b>. not having [[authority to decide]] the case, ib.<span class="bibl">729</span>; <b class="b3">ἦ κἀπ' ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ' ἂν αἰτίας τ</b>.; will you submit the [[decision]] of this case to me? ib.<span class="bibl">434</span>; τὸ τ. κρίνειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>768b</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ἐπιθέτω τῇ δίκῃ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">767a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">761e</span>, <span class="bibl">957b</span>; [[decision]] of an assembly, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>603</span>,<span class="bibl">624</span>; of a king, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>934</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξαιτράπης ἐὼν Ἰωνίης, τ. ἐποίησε τὴν γῆν εἶναι Μιλησίων</b> prob. in <span class="title">SIG</span>134b30 (Milet., iv B.C.); <b class="b3">ὥς τοι ἐγὼ μύθου τ. ἐν φρεσὶ θείω</b> the [[summing up]] or [[crux]] of the matter, <span class="bibl">Il.16.83</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[something done]] or <b class="b2">ordered to be done, task, service, duty</b>, <b class="b3">γνῶ . . ὅ οἱ οὔ τι τ. κατὰ καίριον ἦλθεν</b> on no fatal [[errand]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.439</span> (nisi leg. [[κατακαίριον]]) ; οὐδὲ μακύνων τ. οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.286</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσοις τοῦτ' ἐπέσταλται τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>743</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>908</span>; <b class="b3">μ' Ἀπόλλων τῷδ' ἐπέστησεν τέλει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1202</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>760</span>; <b class="b3">ἄυπνα ὀμμάτων τέλη</b> the wakeful [[duties]] (or [[services]]) of the eyes, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1137</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἀμφοτερᾶν τοι χαρίτων . . ζεύξω τ</b>. the [[rendering]] of both services, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.6</span>; <b class="b3">αἰτουμένῳ μοι κοῦφον εἰ δοίης τ</b>. a small [[service]] or [[favour]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>260</span>; ἡξῶ ναὶ τὸν Πᾶνα κακὸν τ. αὐτίκα δωσῶν <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.47</span>; [[obligation to render a service]] or [[payment]], <b class="b3">ὅτε δὴ μισθοῖο τ. πολυγηθέες ὧραι ἐξέφερον</b> the <b class="b2">Payment(-day</b>) of the wage, <span class="bibl">Il.21.450</span>; οἱ δ' ἐλάττω τῶν ἱκανῶν κεκτημένοι, τὴν ἀναγκαίαν ἀτέλειαν ἔχοντες, ἔξω τοῦ τ. εἰσὶ τούτου <span class="bibl">D.20.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.8.156</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τέλει μαθεῖν</b> to be taught for a [[fee]], <span class="bibl">Id.4.46</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> pl., [[services]] or [[offerings due]] to the gods, δαίμοσιν θῦσαι θέλουσα πελανόν, ὧν τέλη τάδε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>204</span>; ἔνθ' ὁρίζεται βωμοὺς τ. τ' ἔγκαρπα Κηναίῳ Διί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>238</span>; <b class="b3">ἔλιπον Ζηνὶ τροπαίῳ πάγχαλκα τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>143</span> (anap.); γῇ δὲ τῇδε Σισύφου σεμνὴν ἑορτὴν καὶ τέλη προσάψομεν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1382</span>; θεοῖσι μικρὰ θύοντες τέλη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>327.6</span>; of the Eleusinian mysteries, <b class="b3">οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1050</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>837</span>; σεμνῶν ἐς ὄψιν καὶ τ. μυστηρίων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>25</span>; called <b class="b3">μεγάλα τ</b>., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>560e</span>; rarely in sg., <b class="b3">τοῦδε μυστικοῦ τέλους</b> this mystic [[rite]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>387</span>; of the marriage [[rite]], τ. γάμοιο <span class="bibl">Od.20.74</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">A.R.4.1202</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>6.276 (Antip.); <b class="b3">γαμήλιον τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>835</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ νυμφικὰ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1241</span>; τ. ὁ γάμος ἐκαλεῖτο <span class="bibl">Poll.3.38</span>, cf. Paus.Gr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>306, Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>982</span>, Stob.2.7.3a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[service rendered]] by a citizen in the Solonian constitution to the state, also his [[rating according to this service]], <b class="b3">θητικοῦ ἀντὶ τέλους ἱππάδ' ἀμειψάμενος</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>7.4</span>; <b class="b3">τιμήματι διεῖλεν εἰς τέτταρα τ</b>. four [[ratings]] or [[classes]], ib.<span class="bibl">7.3</span>; later, <b class="b3">τὸ τῶν ἱππέων τ</b>., Lat. [[ordo]] equester, <span class="bibl">D.C.48.45</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> [[dues]] exacted by the state, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>658</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>425d</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">ἀγορᾶς τ</b>. a market-[[toll]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>896</span>; <b class="b3">πορνικὸν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.119</span>; <b class="b3">τ. πρίασθαι</b>, [[πωλεῖν]], farm a [[tax]] or let [[it]], <span class="bibl">D.24.144</span>, Aeschin. l.c.; <b class="b3">ἐκλέγειν. πράττειν</b>, levy [[it]], D.l.c., <span class="bibl">Alex.263.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.113</span>; [[τελεῖν]] pay a [[tax]] or [[duty]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>847b</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ τὰ τ. τελεῖ, ποῖον τ. τελεῖ</b>, questions put to candidates at Athens, <span class="bibl">Din.2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>7.4</span>; τέλη κατατίθησιν <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.77</span>; καταβαλεῖν <span class="bibl">And.1.93</span>; freq. in Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>12.46.12, al., <span class="title">SIG</span>135.14 (Olynthus, iv B.C.), al., and Papyri, <b class="b3">τὸ ὡρισμένον τῆς αἰτήσεως τ</b>., etc., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1473.30</span> (iii A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>240.7</span> (iii B.C.), etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">τέλη λύειν</b>, v. [[λύω]] v. <span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">9</span> [[financial means]], [[expenditure]], usu. in dat. pl., <b class="b3">ὃς ἂν τοῖς ἰδίοις τ. μὴ ἑαυτὸν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὠφελῇ</b> by the use of his own [[means]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.16</span>; <b class="b3">κακῶς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ποιούντων τέλεσι τοῖς οἰκείοις</b> if we harm ourselves at our own [[expense]], <span class="bibl">Id.4.60</span>; ἀναγραψάτω . . τέλεσι τοῖς Λεωνίδου <span class="title">IG</span> 12.56.22, cf. 94.14, al.; Χερρόνησον τοῖς αὑτοῦ τ. διορύξει <span class="bibl">D.6.30</span>; δημοσίοις τέλεσι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>38</span>: in nom. sg., <b class="b3">μάτην γὰρ οἴκῳ σὸν τόδ' ἐκβαίη τ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>639</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">10</span> a [[military station]] or [[post with defined duties]] (cf. signf. <span class="bibl">5</span>), <b class="b3">ἐλθεῖν εἰς φυλάκων ἱερὸν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.10.56</span>; <b class="b3">αἶψα δ' ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἀνδρῶν τ. ἷξον ἰόντες</b> ib.<span class="bibl">470</span>; <b class="b3">δόρπον ἔπειθ' ἑλόμεσθα κατὰ στρατὸν ἐν τελέεσσιν</b> at our [[posts]], in the [[ranks]], <span class="bibl">11.730</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.298</span>; later, [[military unit]], [[division]], [[squadron]], τέλει ἑνὶ τῶν ἱππέων <span class="bibl">Th.2.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.96</span>; πελταστῶν τέλη <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>311</span>; κατὰ τέλεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.103</span>, <span class="bibl">7.87</span>, al.; κατὰ τέλη <span class="bibl">Th.6.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.11.11.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.15.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Polyaen.2.1.17</span>; in the Roman army, [[legion]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>14.16.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BJ</span>1.17.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>18.56</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.87</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[a force of]] <span class="bibl">2048</span> [[infantry]], = [[μεραρχία]], Ascl. <span class="title">Tact.</span>2.10, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>10.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>9.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[a force of]] <span class="bibl">2048</span> [[cavalry]], Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>7.11, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>18.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>20.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη</b> [[troops]] or [[columns]] of . . chariots, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>47</span> (anap.); of ships, τρία τ. ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν <span class="bibl">Th.1.48</span>: also <b class="b3">ὀρνίθων τέλεα</b> [[flocks]] of birds, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[γένεα]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.64</span>; τ. ἀθανάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>151</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">12</span> a territorial division, <b class="b3">Στρατικὸν τ</b>. <span class="title">SIG</span>421.44 (Acarnania, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">Κορωνείων τὸ τ</b>. <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>3.354 (Thebes, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">τὸ Λοκρικὸν τ</b>. <span class="title">GDI</span>2070 (Delph., ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[degree of completion]] or [[attainment]], τόσσον μὲν ἔχον τ., οὔατα δ' οὔ πω . . προσέκειτο <span class="bibl">Il.18.378</span>; [[degree of maturity]], [[age]], ἐπὴν δὴ τοῦτο τ. παραμείψεται ὥρης <span class="bibl">Mimn.2.9</span>; ἥβης πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἰδεῖν <span class="bibl">Simon.123</span>; ἥβης τ. μολόντας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>920</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀνδρὸς τ. ἰέναι</b> man's [[estate]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>249a</span>; εἰς πρεσβύτου τ. ἀφικομένοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epin.</span>992d</span>; τὸ τῶν παίδων τ. ἄδηλον οἷ τελευτᾷ κακίας καὶ ἀρετῆς ψυχῆς τε πέρι καὶ σώματος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>181e</span>; οὐδὲ γήρως ἔβας τ. σὺν τᾷδε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>413</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> a [[length of time]] (or <b class="b2">space), term, course</b>, <b class="b3">ἀρετάς, αἷσι Κλεωνυμίδαι θάλλοντες αἰεὶ σὺν θεῷ θνατὸν διέρχονται βιότου τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).5(23)</span>; so perh. in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>87</span> (v. infr. <span class="bibl">3</span>), and in <b class="b3">διὰ τέλους</b> (v. infr. <span class="bibl">2</span> c). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[state of completion]] or [[maturity]], <b class="b3">τ. λαβεῖν, ἔχειν</b>, of plants or animals, to attain [[maturity]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>276b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>834c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">899e</span>: hence, [[completion]], [[end]], [[finish]], <b class="b3">τ. ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ λόγῳ</b> [[complete]] it, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>186a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>348a</span>; <b class="b3">ὃ πᾶσι τοῖς προτέροις ἐπ έθηκε τ</b>. as a [[finish]] to all his former acts, <span class="bibl">D.18.140</span>; τὸ τ. τῆς σκηνῆς ἐποιήσαντο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.24</span>; ταύτης . . τῆς ἡμέρας τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἐγένετο <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>1.10.18</span>; <b class="b3">τ. λαβεῖν</b> to be [[completed]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>501e</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.5</span>; τ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>772c</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ τ. ἵκεο μύθων</b> didst not reach the [[end]] of thy speech, <span class="bibl">Il.9.56</span>; ἐπὶ τέλους τοῦ δρόμου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>613d</span>; μέχρι τοῦ τὸ προκείμενον ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆναι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>14.8</span> (ii B.C.); ἑκάστων πρὸς τέλος ἀχθέντων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>108.29</span> (ii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1816.11</span> (i B.C.); ἡ εἰκοστὴ τοῦ νοσήματος ἡμέρα τ. μὲν τριῶν ἑβδομάδων, ἓξ δὲ τετράδων Gal.18(2).234:—freq. in Adverbial phrases: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> [[τέλος]] [[at last]], ὥστε τ. ἡσυχίαν ἦγον <span class="bibl">Th.2.100</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.46</span>; but most freq. at the beginning of the clause, μάχης δὲ καρτερῆς γενομένης, τέλος οὐδέτεροι νικήσαντες διέστησαν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.76</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">4.131</span>, al.; τέλος δέ <span class="bibl">Id.1.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn. 1294</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.137</span>; τ. μέντοι <span class="bibl">Id.5.89</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.30</span>; τ. γε μέντοι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>233</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.154</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.109</span>; <b class="b3">τό γε τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 740e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> &lt;<b class="b3">ἐς τ</b>. in the [[end]], in the [[long run]], πάντως ἐς τ. ἐξεφάνη <span class="bibl">Sol.13.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.37</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>409</span>; θνητῶν δ' εἰς τ. ὄλβιος οὐδείς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>161</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.40</span>; <b class="b3">ὁρῶντες τὴν Λιβύην εἰς τ. ἀβλαβῆ διαμένουσαν</b> [[altogether]], [[completely]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.20.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>38.11</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="title">OGI</span>90.12 (Rosetta, ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>10.1120.5</span> (i B.C./i A.D.); <b class="b3">ἐς τ. ἄνυε μοίρας</b> dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.93</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">διὰ τέλους</b> (orig. perh. from signf. <span class="bibl">1.1</span> or <span class="bibl">5</span>, or <span class="bibl">11.1b</span>, through the (whole) [[performance]] or <b class="b2">time), through to the end, completely</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>275</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>685</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 270</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.24</span>, <span class="bibl">8.17</span>, <span class="bibl">19.4</span>; [[throughout]], [[all the time]], [[always]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Timocl.8.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Hegesipp.Com.2.3</span>; so διὰ τέλεος <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>46</span> (= <b class="b3">διὰ παντὸς καὶ ἀεί</b> acc. to Gal.15.618); διὰ τέλους ἀεί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>36e</span>; [[permanently]], [[for good]], <b class="b3">τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί σε διὰ τ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.45</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τέλος</b> at the [[end]], opp. <b class="b3">ἐν ἀρχῇ</b>, Gal.19.183. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> [[τέλει]] perh. [[in the end]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>198</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> esp. <b class="b3">τ. ἔχειν βίου</b> to have reached the [[end]] of life, to be dead, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>801e</span>; ἐμοὶ μὲν τοῦ βίου τὸ τ. ἤδη πάρεστιν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.6</span>; πᾶσίν ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις τ. τοῦ βίου θάνατος <span class="bibl">D.57.27</span>; εἰς τ. τοῦ ζῆν ἀφικνεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1530</span>: less freq. abs., [[death]], ἐλπίς ἐστι νύκτερον τ. μολεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>367</span> (lyr.); οἱ νεηνίαι οὐκέτι ἀνέστησαν ἀλλ' ἐν τέλεϊ τούτῳ ἔσχοντο <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.31</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχει τὸ κάλλιστον τ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.3.11</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχει τ</b>., = [[τετελεύτηκε]], Laconian phrase acc. to Hsch.; τῶν ἤδη τ. ἐχόντων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>717e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">772c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1857.7</span> (i B.C.); reversely, τ. ἔχει τινά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>740c</span>; οἷόν σε βίου τ. εἷλε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>735</span> (anap.):—but <b class="b3">ὀλβίως ἔλυσεν τὸ τ. βίου</b> has paid life's [[toll]] (cf. supr.<span class="bibl">1.8</span>), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1720</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὸ τ. ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ</b> Poet. in <span class="title">Mus.Script.</span>p.452 von Jan; also τ. δὲ κάμψαιμ' ὥσπερ ἠρξάμην βίου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>87</span> (cf. supr. <span class="bibl">11.1b</span>); <b class="b3">πρὶν ἂν πέλας</b> (v.l. [[τέλος]]) γραμμῆς ἵκηται καὶ τ. κάμψῃ βίου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span> 955</span>-<span class="bibl">6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[end]], [[cessation]], <b class="b3">ὡς δὲ πρὸς τ. γόων ἀφίκοντ</b>' <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1621</span>; <b class="b3">πῶς τροχηλάτου μανίας ἂν ἔλθοιμ' ἐς τ. πόνων τ' ἐμῶν</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>83</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν δὴ πημάτων λάβῃ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>534</span>; τ. δέχει δὴ τῶν ἐμῶν προσφθεγμά των <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hec.</span>413</span>; ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐπανάστασις . . τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἔσχεν <span class="title">Hell.Oxy.</span>10.3; ἐπειδὴ οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἄπειρον, τ. ἔσται πάσης φορᾶς Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> <span class="bibl">1074a30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[end]] of a word, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>12.25</span>, al.; of a sentence, ἐπὶ τέλει πρόσκειται <span class="bibl">Sor.1.43</span>, cf. Gal.15.20; of a chapter or book, ἐπὶ τέλει ἀναλυθήσεται <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>2.4</span>, cf. Gal.15.10; πρὸς τῷ τ. ῥηθήσεται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>957b</span>; πρὸς τῷ τ. τοῦ ἐντέρου <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>675a16</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τέλους τοῦ σταδίου</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀπὸ μέσου</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>239b34</span> (cf. infr. <span class="bibl">111.2</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[achievement]], [[attainment]], τηλοῦ ἐμοὶ νόστοιο τ. γλυκεροῖο γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.22.323</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.25</span>; τ. δὲ τῆς ἀπαλλαγῆς τοῦ Αἰθίοπος ὧδε ἔλεγον γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.139</span>; <b class="b3">πῶς ἂν καὶ τοῦτο τοῦ τ. τυγχάνοι</b>, i.e. might be achieved, <span class="bibl">Gem.8.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[winning-post]], [[goal]] in a race, πρὸς τ. ὀρνύμενον <span class="bibl">B.5.45</span>; in a contest, ἔστιν δ' ἀφάνεια τύχας καὶ μαρναμένων, πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).32(50)</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τ. ἐλθεῖν</b>, of runners in a race, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>613c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[prize]], <b class="b3">ἔφερε πυγμᾶς τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).67</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἦν πενταέθλιον ἀλλ' ἐφ' ἑκάστῳ ἔργματι κεῖτο τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">I.</span>1.27</span>; ποτὶ γραμμᾷ μὲν αὐτὰν στᾶσεκοσμήσαις, τ. ἔμμεν ἄκρον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>9.118</span> (perh. 'to be the [[winning post and prize]]'); κρίνεις τ. ἀρετᾶς <span class="bibl">B.10.6</span>: metaph., οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν τίνι τοῦτο Μοῖρα τ. ἔμπεδον ὤρεξε <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.57</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Philos., <b class="b2">full realization, highest point. ideal</b>, <b class="b3">ἅπτεσθαι τοῦ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>211b</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τ. ἰὼν τῶν ἐρωτικῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">210e</span>; πρὸς τ. ἀρετῆς ἐλθόντα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Clit.</span>410e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span> 613c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> the [[end]] or [[purpose]] of action, τ. εἶναι ἁπασῶν τῶν πράξεων τὸ ἀγαθόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>499e</span>; freq. in <span class="bibl">Arist., <span class="title">EN</span>1094a18</span>, al.: hence, the [[final cause]], = [[τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>994b9</span>, <span class="bibl">996a26</span>, al.; hence simply = [[τὸ ἀγαθόν]], the [[chief good]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1097a21</span>, Zeno Stoic.1.45, etc.</span>