τελέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. also [[τελείω]], both in Hom.<br><span class="bld">A</span> (τελέοντες Od.3.262, cf. 4.776, al., τελείει 6.234, 23.161): Ep. impf. τέλεον Il.23.373, 768; ἐτέλειον 9.456, 15.593; Ion. [[τέλεσκον]] Call.''Dian.''123, ''Fr.''434; τελέεσκον Q.S.8.213: fut. τελέσω Pi.''N.''4.43, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.6.3, (δια-) [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 425e codd., D.21.66 codd. (-τελῶ Cobet in both places), ''PAvrom.''2''A''9 (i B.C.); Ep.also [[τελέω]], Il.8.415, 12.59, Od.2.256, etc.; Att. [[τελῶ]] S.''El.''1435, Ar.''Ra.''173, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 311b: aor. (ἐ) τέλεσα Od.5.390; Ep. [[τέλεσσα]] and ἐτέλεσσα Il.246, Il.12.222, 23.543, 559, al. (inf. τελέσσαι Pi.''P.''3.9); Att. [[ἐτέλεσα]] Th.4.78, etc.: pf. τετέλεκα Pl.''Ap.''20a, (δια-) D.18.203:—Med., fut. (v. infr.): aor. ἐτελεσάμην Id.38.18, etc.; pf. τετέλεσμαι ''Inscr.Prien.''11.34 (iii B.C.):—Pass., Ep. impf. ἐτελείετο Il.1.5: fut. τελεσθήσομαι [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''16.12; fut. Med. in this sense, τελεῖται A.''Pr.''929, ''Ag.''68 (anap.), etc., τελέεσθαι Il.2.36, τελεῖσθαι Od.23.284; part. τελεόμενος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.206, τελεύμενος Id.3.134: aor. ἐτελέσθην Od.4.663, etc.; Aeol. inf. τελέσθην Sapph. ''Supp.''1.4: pf. τετέλεσμαι Il.18.74, etc.: plpf. τετέλεστο 19.242: Cret. pf. part. τετελημένος ''GDI''4963; Ion. 3pl. pf. [[τετέληνται]] dub. in ''SIG'' 1024.22 (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.): ([[τέλος]]):—[[fulfil]], [[accomplish]], [[execute]], [[perform]], freq. in Poets from Hom. downwds., less freq. in Prose (except in signfs. ''ΙΙ'' and ''III''); τελέσαι ἔργον τε ἔπος τε Od.2.272, cf. Il.1.108, 523, etc.; τ. φιλοτήσια ἔργα Od.11.246; <b class="b3">μ' ἔφαντο ἄξειν εἰς Ἰθάκην, οὐδ' ἐτέλεσσαν</b> but [[do|did]] it [[not]], 13.212; τ. ἀέθλους 3.262; πόνον 23.250; πύματον δρόμον Il.23.373; ὁδόν Od.2.256, Mimn. 11; sometimes without ὁδόν, ἄτερ καμάτοιο τέλεσσαν ἤματι τῷ αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπήνυσαν οἴκαδ' ὀπίσσω Od.7.325; ὁδῷ δὲ τὰ ξυντομώτατα ἐξ Ἀβδήρων ἐς Ἴστρον ἀνὴρ εὔζωνος ἑνδεκαταῖος τελεῖ Th.2.97; <b class="b3">ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐς</b> Φάρσαλον ἐτέλεσε Id.4.78; <b class="b3">κίνδυνον τελέσσαι</b> [[perform]] a [[dangerous]] [[feat]], Epich.99; ἔργον S.''El.''1399; δίδυμα κακά A.''Th.''782 (lyr.); προστάγματα Pl.''Lg.''926a, cf. d:—Pass., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.206; <b class="b3">καὶ εἰ τετελεσμένον ἐστί</b>, = [[τελεῖσθαι δύναται]], Od.5.90, Il.14.196; τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 7.465; <b class="b3">αὐτίκ' ἔπειθ' ἅμα μῦθος ἔην, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον</b> 'no sooner said than done', 19.242; ἐάνπερ ἐπὶ λόγῳ ἔργα τελῆται Pl. ''R.''389d, cf. ''Plt.''288c; γραφὴ τῶν τετελεσμένων ἔργων ''PPetr.''3p.340 (iii B.C.); τετέλεσται ''Ev.Jo.''19.30 (cf. 28).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fulfil one's word]], τ. [[ἔπος]], [[μῦθος|μῦθον]], [[ὑπόσχεσις|ὑπόσχεσιν]], Il.14.44, Od.4.776, 10.483; τελέω τὰ πάροιθεν ὑπέστην Il.23.20; <b class="b3">τελέσαι κότον, χόλον</b>, [[glut]] one's [[fury]], [[wrath]], 1.82, 4.178: also, [[grant]] one the [[fulfilment]] or [[accomplishment]] of anything, <b class="b3">τ. νόον τινί</b> [[fulfil]] his wish, 23.149, cf. Od.22.51; τ. ἐέλδωρ Hes.''Sc.''36; λιτάς A.''Th.''627 (lyr.); [[κατάρας]] ib.724 (lyr.); rarely c. inf., <b class="b3">οὐδ' ἐτέλεσσε φέρων δόμεναι</b> he [[succeed]]ed not in... Il.12.222 (cf. [[ἀνύω]] 1.6):—Pass., to [[be fulfilled]], 2.36,330, al.: esp. pf. part., [μῦθος] τετελεσμένος ἐστί Il.1.388, cf.''h.Ven.''26; elsewhere in Hom. only neut., τὸ δὲ καὶ τετελεσμένον ἔσται Il.1.212, cf. 8.286, al.:—Med., <b class="b3">τελέσασθαι δίκην</b> [[bring]] a [[suit]] to [[issue]], D.38.18, cf. 39.18 (Pass.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[grant in full]], [[work out]], ἀγαθόν τινι, ὅ τι φρεσὶν ᾗσι μενοινᾷ Od.2.34; νόστον 15.112; μόγις δ' ἐτέλεσσε Κρονίων 3.119; τ. λυγρά 18.134; γῆρας ἄρειον 23.286; κακὰ κήδεα τ. τινί Il.18.8, cf. Od.4.699, 18.389, S. ''Ant.''3; <b class="b3">θεῶν τελεσάντων</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[αὐτό]]) Pi.''P.''10.49; [[εὖ]] τελεῖ [[θεός]] A. ''Th.'' 35.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[ὅρκια τελεῖν]] = [[make]] an [[oath]] [[effective]], Il.7.69: later, [[execute]] a legal document, <b class="b3">δημόσιος χρηματισμὸς τετελεσμένος δι' ἐπιτηρητῶν ἀγορανομίας</b> Mitteis ''Chr.''200.10 (iii A.D.), cf. ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''290.22 (i A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[bring to fulfilment]] or [[bring to perfection]], ἀρετὰν.. πεπρωμέναν τελέσει Pi.''N.''4.43; <b class="b3">τ. τινά</b> [[bless]] him with [[perfect]] [[happiness]], Id.''I.''6(5).46 (dub.); so τετελεσμένον ἐσλόν Id.''N.''9.6; τελεσθεὶς [[ὄλβος]] A.''Ag.''751 (lyr.): also, [[bring]] a [[child]] to [[maturity]], [[bring]] it to the [[birth]], E.''Ba.''100 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> with an Adj. added, [[ἅπας|ἅπαντας]] ἡ [[παίδευσις]] [[ἥμερος|ἡμέρους]] τελεῖ = [[education]] [[make]]s [[everybody]] [[perfectly]] [[gentle]], Men.''Mon.''41.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[bring to an end]], [[finish]], [[end]], ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γὰρ ἀρξάμενος τελέω τὸν λόγον εἰς ἀγαθόν ''Lyr.Alex. Adesp''. 21.2.<br><span class="bld">7</span> of [[time]], ὅτε δὴ τρίτον ἦμαρ.. τέλεσ' Ἠώς Od.5.390; <b class="b3">βίον τ.</b> Simon.36, S.''Ant.''1114; <b class="b3">πολλοὺς τρόχους ἡλίου</b> ib.1065; τελευτὴν τοῦ βίου Id.''Tr.''79; also <b class="b3">τ. νοῦσον</b> [[come to the end of]] it, Hes. ''Th.''799:—Pass., περὶ δ' ἤματα μακρὰ τελέσθη Od.10.470, cf. Hes. ''Th.''59; <b class="b3">τετελεσμένον εἰς ἐνιαυτόν</b> ib.795; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς ἔτεσι τοῖς δὶς ἑπτὰ τετελ</b>. Arist.''HA''581a14, cf. ''Metaph.''994a26; of men, [[come to one's end]], οἴμοι.. δεσπότου τελουμένου A.''Ch.''875 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">8</span> sometimes intr., like the Pass., [[come to an end]], [[be fulfilled]], [[turn out]], <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ οἶδ' ὅπῃ τελεῖ</b> ib.1021, cf. ''Pers.''225 (troch.), S.''El.''1417 (lyr.): later = [[τελέθω]], to [[be]], φύσει τελῶν μνησίκακος Tz.''H.''2.83, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[pay]] what one owes, what is due, λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας Il.9.156, 298 (unless this means '[[will]] [[administer]] [[good]] [[law]]s'); <b class="b3">νῆας.. αἵ κεν τελέοιεν ἕκαστα ἄστε' ἐπ' ἀνθρώπων ἱκνεύμεναι</b> [[bring supplies of]] everything, Od. 9.127: generally, [[pay]], [[present]], [[δῶρα]], [[δωτίνην]], Il.9.598, Od.11.352; μισθόν Il.21.457, Eup.4; ἀργύριον Pl.''Ly.''208b; ἀργύριον.. μισθόν Id.''Prt.''311d; δύο δραχμὰς μισθόν Ar.''Ra.''173: metaph., τ. ὕμνον Pi.''P.'' 1.79, 2.13; <b class="b3">τ. ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ</b>, i.e. die, Id.''I.''1.68.<br><span class="bld">b</span> esp. [[pay]] tax, duty, toll, φόρον Pl.''Alc.''1.123a; τὰ τέλη Cratin.Jun.9.5, Arist.''Ath.'' 55.3, cf. Pl.''Lg.''847b; <b class="b3">τ. μετοίκιον</b> [[pay]] the [[tax]] of a [[μέτοικος]], ib. 850b; ἱππάδα Is.7.39; θητικόν Arist.''Ath.''7.4, Lex ap. D.43.54; ξενικά D.57.34; συντάξεις Aeschin.3.91; freq. in Papyri, οἱ τελοῦντες τὰ καθήκοντα εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν ''PTeb.''5.174 (ii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">τ. σῖτον</b> [[pay one's contribution of]] [[corn]], X.''HG''5.3.21: abs., [[pay tax]], IG12.1.2,3, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.109:—Pass., of money, etc., to [[be paid]], Id.9.93; of persons, to [[be in receipt of rent]], χώραν ἀτέλεστον ἔχουσιν αὐτοὶ τετελεσμένοι [[Demosthenes|D.]] ''[[Prooemia|Prooem.]]'' 55.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lay out]], [[spend]], χρήματα μεγάλα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.137, Pl. ''Ap.''20a, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.1.13:—Pass., to [[be spent]] or [[be expended]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.125; <b class="b3">ἐς τὸ δεῖπνον τετρακόσια τάλαντα τετελεσμένα</b> [[lay out|laid out]] upon the [[dinner]], Id.7.118; <b class="b3">ἕνδεκα μυριάδας μεδίμνων τελεομένας ἐπ' ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ</b> ib.187, cf. Pl.''Lg.''955e.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[consume]], [[eat]] (cf. [[ἀναλίσκω]] 1.3), [σιτία] μέτρια τελεύμενα Hp.''Aff.''47, cf. 26,43,44.<br><span class="bld">3</span> since, in many [[Greek]] cities, the citizens were distributed into classes acc. to their taxable property, <b class="b3">τ. εἴς τινας</b> meant to [[belong]] to a [[class]], to [[be reckoned among]], <b class="b3">τ. ἐς Ἕλληνας, ἐς Βοιωτούς</b>, [[belong]] to the [[Greeks]], the [[Boeotians]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.51, 6.108; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀστοὺς τ.</b> [[become]] a [[citizen]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]'' 222; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄνδρας τ.</b> [[come to]] man's [[estate]], Pl.''Lg.''923e; <b class="b3">εἰς γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρὸς τ.</b> [[become]] a [[woman]] instead of a man, E.''Ba.''822; <b class="b3">ἕκαστος ἡμῶν ὑπό τινα τελεῖ δαίμονα ὃς πάσης ἡμῶν τῆς ζωῆς ἐπάρχει</b> [[belong]]s.., Herm. ''in Phdr.''p.93 A.<br><span class="bld">4</span> from the last sense perhaps may be expld. the phrase, <b class="b3">κοῖός τις δοκέοι ἀνὴρ εἶναι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα τελέσαι</b> to [[compare]] with his [[father]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.34 ([[τελέσαι]] om. cod. E, secl. Hude).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[initiate]] in the mysteries, τινα Pl.''Euthd.''277d; τῇ μητρὶ τελούσῃ τὰς βίβλους [[ἀναγιγνώσκειν]] D.18.259; <b class="b3">τυμπανίζειν καὶ τ.</b> Plu.2.60a; τ. τῷ Διονύσῳ ''Milet.''6.23:—Pass., to [[have oneself initiated]], Ar.''Nu.''258; [[τετελεσμένος]] [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 69c, ''Berl.Sitzb.''1927.169 (Cyrene), etc.; ἐτέλεις, ἐγὼ δ' ἐτελούμην D.18.265; <b class="b3">Διονύσῳ τελεσθῆναι</b> to [[be consecrated]] to [[Dionysus]], [[be initiated in]] his [[mystery|mysteries]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.79; ὀργίοισι Hp.''Lex''5, cf. X.''Smp.''1.10: c. acc., Βακχεῖ' ἐτελέσθη Ar.''Ra.''357 (anap.); τελέους τελετὰς τελούμενος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''249c, cf. 250b; also τ. μεγάλοισι τέλεσι Id.''R.''560e.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in Magic, [[endow]] a thing with [[potency]], [[consecrate]] it, ''PMag.Par.''1.1744, ''PMag.Lond.''46.242, 121.590, Sch.Ar.''Pl.'' 884.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[enchant]], <b class="b3">Παλλάδιον τετελεσμένον</b> Eust.ad D.P.620.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τελεσθῆναι στρατηγός</b> to [[be formally appointed]] [[general]], D. 13.19; <b class="b3">τετελεσμένος σωφροσύνῃ</b> a [[votary]] of [[temperance]], X.''Oec.''21.12.<br><span class="bld">3</span> also of sacred rites, [[perform]], ἱερά E.''Ba.''485, cf. ''IT''464 (anap.); θυσίαν τοῖς θεοῖς D.S.4.34, cf. Plu.''Thes.''16; ὄργια ''IG''14.1183 (Rome), Paus.4.14.1; [[γάμον]], [[γάμους]], Call.''Ap.''14, Lyc. 1387:—Pass., Pl.''Lg.''775a.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Pass., of women, to [[be married]], ''GDI''3721.5,9 (Cos).