τέρμα: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[τέρμα]], ατος, τό,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> an end, [[boundary]], Lat. [[terminus]]:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the [[goal]] [[round]] [[which]] chariots had to [[turn]] at races, Lat. [[meta]], Il.; δρόμου τέρματα Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[mark]] set to [[show]] how far a [[quoit]] was thrown, Od.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> metaph. an end, [[issue]], [[event]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[generally]], an end, [[limit]], Aesch.; so in pl. boundaries, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> an end, πρὸς [[τέρμα]] [[εἶναι]], ἐπὶ τέρμ' [[ἀφικέσθαι]] to [[have]] reached the [[limit]], be at the end, Aesch., Soph.; τ. βίου the [[term]] or end of [[life]], [[death]], Soph., Eur., etc.; ἐπὶ τέρματι at [[last]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> the end or [[highest]] [[point]], κακῶν Eur.; πρὸς τέρμασιν ὥρας Ar.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> periphr., [[τέρμα]] ὑγιείας = ὑγιεία, Aesch.; τ. τῆς σωτηρίας Soph.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> the [[highest]] [[power]], [[supremacy]], τ. Κορίνθου ἔχειν to be [[sovereign]] of [[Corinth]], [[Simon]].; θεοὶ ἁπάντων τέρμ' ἔχοντες Eur.