τελετή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[τελέω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[rite]], esp. [[initiation]] in the mysteries, ἡ Δήμητρος τ., τὴν οἱ Ἕλληνες Θεσμοφόρια καλέουσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">And.1.111</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span> 277d</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς χεῖρας ἄγεσθαι τὴν τελετήν</b> take in hand the [[matter]] of [[initiation]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.79</span>: pl., [[mystic]] [[rite]]s practised at [[initiation]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>22</span>, <span class="bibl">73</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>121</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>413</span>, <span class="bibl">419</span>; Ὀρφεὺς . . τελετὰς ἡμῖν κατέδειξε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1032</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.25.11</span>; καθαρμῶν καὶ τελετῶν τυχοῦσα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>244e</span>; λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων διὰ θυσιῶν... ἃς δὴ τελετὰς καλοῦσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>365a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>316d</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[τελεταί]] = [[theological]] [[doctrine]]s, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[a making magically potent]], PMag.Par. 1.1596, <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>46.159, 121.872, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[a festival accompanied by mystic rites]], mostly in plural (τελετὰς . . καλοῦμεν τὰς ἔτι μείζους καὶ μετά τινος μυστικῆς παραδόσεως ἑορτάς <span class="bibl">Ath.2.40d</span>), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.41</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span> 9.97</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>10.34</span>: in sg., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>959</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>876</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>342</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1401a15</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">πρωτόγονος τελετή</b>, of a child's [[birth]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).51</span>; <b class="b3">πολέμου τελετή</b> <span class="bibl">Batr.303</span>; <b class="b3">κατ' αὐτὴν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὴν περὶ χρείας μορίων πραγματείαν</b>) <b class="b3"> χρὴ τελεῖσθαι τὴν τελετήν</b> <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>17.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> a [[priesthood]] or [[sacred]] [[office]], Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.59.104</span>.</span>