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|Definition=and [[τέλεος]], α, ον, in Trag., Att., and Dor. also ος, ον, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 382</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>67a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1153b16</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>265 (Delph., iv B.C.), etc.: the form [[τέλειος]] is alone used by Hom., neither form in Hes.; [[τέλεος]] is alone used by Hdt., exc. in <span class="bibl">9.110</span>; in Trag. and Att. both forms occur; Att. Inscrr. up to the end of iii B.C. have only [[τέλεος]], <span class="title">IG</span> 12.76.39, al., and [[τέλεος]], [[τελέως]], [[τελεῶ]] are recommended by Thom. Mag.<span class="bibl">p.358R.</span>; [[τέλειος]] first in <span class="title">IG</span>22.2314.51, al. (early ii B.C.), freq. in Papyri (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>429.13</span>, al. (iii B.C.), etc.), but the neut. used as Adv. is sometimes [[τέλεον]] (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>903.12</span> (ii A.D.), etc., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> τέλειον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>707.31</span> (ii A.D.), etc.): the form τέλεως, acc. [[τέλεων]], with pl. [[τέλεῳ]], is found in <span class="title">SIG</span>1025.61, 1026.14 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.), dub. in <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 734 (Zeleia) and <span class="bibl">Herod.7.20</span>: the form τέληον in <span class="title">GDI</span>4963 (Crete): (τέλος):—[[perfect]], of victims, [[entire]], [[without spot]] or [[blemish]], ἀρνῶν αἰγῶν τε τελείων <span class="bibl">Il.1.66</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">24.34</span>; [[βοτὸν τ]]. <span class="title">Riv.Fil.</span>56.265 (Cyrene); [[τὸνς ϝεξήκοντα τελέονς ὄϝινς]] (acc. pl.) <span class="title">SIG</span>56.30 (Argos, v. B.C.); of sacrifices, [[ἱερὰ τ]]. [[perfect]], [[of full tale]] or [[number]], or [[performed with all rites]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.47</span>, Lexap.<span class="bibl">And.1.97</span>, <span class="bibl">D.59.60</span>; τελέους ἀεὶ τελετὰς τελούμενος τέλεος ὄντως . . γίγνεται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>249c</span>; in <span class="bibl">Il.8.247</span>, <span class="bibl">24.315</span>, [[αἰετὸς τελειότατος πετεηνῶν]] is prob. [[the surest bird of augury]] (cf. [[τελήεις]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in Dialects, = [[κύριος]], [[fully constituted]], [[valid]], ἐν ἀγορᾷ τελείῳ <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 324.1 (Delph., iv B.C.), <span class="title">SIG</span>265 (ibid.), etc.; [[ἀλιαίᾳ ἔδοξε τελείᾳ]] ib.594.3 (Mycenae, ii B.C.); [[authoritative]], [[final]], ἁ δέ κα ϝράτρα ἁ δαμοσία τελεία εἴε δικάδοσα <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>412 (Elis); τὸ θέθμιον . . τέλεον εἶμεν <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).334.47 (Locr., v B.C.); so in Trag., [[τελεία ψῆφος]] a [[final]] decision, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>739</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>632</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of animals, [[full-grown]], τέλεον νεαροῖς ἐπιθύσας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1504</span> (anap., and so perh. [[αἶγες τ]]. in Il. ll.cc.); [[ἐπ' οὗ θύεται τὰ τ. τῶν προβάτων]], opp. [[γαλαθηνά]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.183</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>1015.31 (Halic.), <span class="bibl">Pherecr.44</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>429.13</span>, al. (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>5277.5</span> (iii A.D.), etc.; [[τ. ζῷον]] defined in Gal.7.677; as [[substantive]], τέλειον καὶ δέκα ἄρνες <span class="title">SIG</span>1024.35 (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.); [[τ. ἵππος]], opp. [[πῶλος]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>834c</span>; [[τ. ἅρμα]] a chariot [[drawn by horses]], opp. [[ἅρμα πωλικόν]], <span class="title">CIG</span>2758 111.D2 (Aphrodisias), <span class="title">SIG</span>840 (Olympia, ii A.D.), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>50</span>; τελέᾳ συνωρίδι <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).549.2, al. (Arc., iv B.C.); [[τελέῳ τεθρίππῳ]] ib.<span class="bibl">5</span>; [[κέλητι τελέῳ]] ib.<span class="bibl">550.29</span>; [[κέλητι τελείῳ]] ib.<span class="bibl">7.1772.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16</span>; of trees, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.7.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>909.18</span> (iii A.D.); [[εἰκὼν τελεία]] [[life-sized]], <span class="title">GDI</span>4942b7 (Crete, ii B.C.); of a torsionengine, [[full-sized]], opp. to the model of one, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>55.30</span>: of human beings, [[full-grown]], [[adult]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>929c</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">12</span>, <span class="bibl">14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1100.10</span> (i B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>485.30</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl">Sor.1.10</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[married]], τέλειοι οἱ γεγαμηκότες Paus.Gr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>306; [[Ἥρα Τελεία]] is so expld. at Stymphalus, <span class="bibl">Paus.8.22.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aristocl.Hist.5</span> (ap.Sch.<span class="bibl">Theoc.15.64</span>); v. infr. ''ΙΙ''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of persons, [[accomplished]], [[perfect in his kind]], in relation to quality, <span class="bibl">Isoc. 12.32</span>,242; ἱστοριῶν συγγραφέα τέλειον <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>1.400 (Samos, ii A.D.); τ. σοφιστής <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>403e</span>; τ. εἴς τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>269e</span> (Sup.); κατὰ πάντα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>30d</span>; πρός τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>647d</span>, <span class="bibl">678b</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.9</span>, etc.; ἔν τινι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ep.</span>4.3</span> (Sup.); οἱ τ. δογματικοί Gal.15.60; but [[ἡ τελεία μαῖα]] the [[trained]] or [[qualified]] midwife, distinguished from [[ἡ ἀρίστη]] (the trained and experienced midwife), <span class="bibl">Sor.1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of things, φάρμακον τελεώτατον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>106b</span>; [[τ. ἀρετή]], [[φιλία]], etc., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1129b30</span>, <span class="bibl">1156b34</span>, al.; of a syllogism in the 1st figure, the other figures being [[ἀτελεῖς]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APr.</span>27a1</span>, etc.; τὸ τελεώτατον ἐκεῖνο γυμνάσιον, ὂ δὴ καὶ κατασκευὴν ὀνομάζουσι Gal.6.169, cf. 208: even of evils, [[τ. νόσημα]] a [[serious]], [[dangerous]] illness, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2.30</span>; τελειοτάτη κακία Gal.16.500; [[ἀδικία τελέα]], [[τελεωτάτη]], [[absolute]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>348b</span>, <span class="bibl">344a</span>; [[συνθέσεις λευκὰς τελείας δέκα τρεῖς]] thirteen [[complete]] white suits, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHamb.</span>10.14</span> (ii A.D.); [[τ. ἀποζυγή]] [[complete]] divorce, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span> 2.76.19</span> (iv A.D.); [[ὕνις τελεία]], [[κράβακτος ξύλινος τ]]., etc., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>406.19</span>, al. (iii A.D.); of land, [[fully inundated]], opp. [[ἀβροχικός]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span> 107.13</span>, al. (vi A.D.), prob. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>286.23</span> (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of prayers, vows, etc., [[fulfilled]], [[accomplished]], εὐχωλαί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>122.15</span>; τέλειον ἐπ' εὐχᾷ ἐσλόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>9.89</span>; τελεία γένεος Οἰδίπου τ' ἀρά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>832</span> (lyr.); μὰ τὴν τ. τῆς ἐμῆς παιδὸς Δίκην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1432</span>; τέλεα εὔγματα <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Th.</span>353</span> (lyr.); of omens or predictions, [[ὄψις ὀνείρου οὐ τελέη]] a vision [[which imported]] nothing, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.121</span>; τ. σύμβολον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>526</span> (s. v.l.); τ. τὸ ἐνύπνιον ἀποτετέλεσται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>443b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of numbers, [[full]], [[complete]], τελέους ἑπτὰ μῆνας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>104</span>; [[τ. ἐνιαυτός]] the [[great]] year, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>39d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in Arithm., of [[perfect]] numbers, which are equal to the sum of their divisors, as <span class="bibl">6</span> = <span class="bibl">3</span>+<span class="bibl">2</span>+''1''; <span class="bibl">28</span> = <span class="bibl">14</span>+<span class="bibl">7</span>+<span class="bibl">4</span>+<span class="bibl">2</span>+''1'', <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>546b</span>, <span class="bibl">Euc.7</span> <span class="title">Def.</span>23, Theo Sm.p.45 H., <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Ar.</span>1.16</span>:—but <span class="bibl">9</span> is [[τ. ὅτι ἐκ τελείου τοῦ γ γίνεται]], <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>58 (3 is τ. because it has [[ἀρχή]], [[μέσον]], [[τέλος]], ib. 14). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[τ. κρατήρ]], i.e. the [[third]] bowl offered to [[Ζεὺς Σωτήρ]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>526</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>148</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of the gods, [[having power to fulfil prayer]], [[all-powerful]] (as implied in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>973</span>, [[Ζεῦ Ζεῦ τέλειε]], [[τὰς ἐμὰς εὐχὰς τέλει]]) <b class="b3">, Ζεὺς τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.115</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>1.67</span>; τ. ὕψιστον Δία <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>28</span>; τελέων τελειότατον κράτος, Ζεῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>526</span> (lyr.); of Hera [[ζυγία]], the presiding goddess of marriage (v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.2</span> b, τέλος <span class="bibl">1.6</span>), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.18</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>214</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>383</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>973</span> (lyr.); of Apollo, <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.22</span> (Sup.); of the Eumenides, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>382</span> (lyr.); Μοῖραι <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>3.400.9 (Delph., iii B.C.): generally, θεοὶ τέλειοι τέλειαί τε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>167</span> (lyr.); πῦρ τέλεον ἄρρητον <span class="title">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span>36.14: also [[ἀνὴρ τ]]. [[the head]] or [[lord]] of the house, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>972</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[τελευταῖος]], [[last]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>948</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[τέλειον]], [[τό]], [[a royal banquet]], as a transl. of the Pers. [[τυκτά]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.110</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[ἡ τελεία]] (sc. [[στιγμή]]) the [[full point]], <span class="bibl">D.T.630.6</span>; so τελείαν δεῖ στίξαι <span class="bibl">Herm. <span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.84</span> A. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἡ τελεία]] (sc. [[ἀντίδοτος]]) the [[perfect]] antidote, effective against all poisons, Scrib. Larg.177. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> [[Τέλεος]] (sc. [[μήν]](, ὁ, name of a month at Epidaurus, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).109 ii 114. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> Adv. [[τελέως]] [[finally]], [[absolutely]], [[with full authority]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>320</span>,<span class="bibl">953</span> (both anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[completely]], [[absolutely]], [[thoroughly]], τ. ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.120</span>; [[τ. ἐκκλησιάσαιμεν]] [[perfectly]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>329</span> (lyr.); τ. ἄφρων <span class="bibl">Is.12.4</span>; ἔρια τ. ῥυπαρά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span> 287</span> (iii B.C.); [[τ. μ' ὑπῆλθε]] [[completely]] deceived me, <span class="bibl">Epicr.9</span>; [[τ. ἑστιᾶν]] [[perfectly]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>2.2</span>; [[τ. κινήσεται]] [[absolutely]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>182c</span>; [[τ. γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐνώχλει]] he was a [[perfect]] nuisance to us, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>637.4</span> (iii B.C.); [[τ. γυμνάζειν]] put a person through the [[τέλειον γυμνάσιον]], Gal. 6.286; [[μέσα τ]]. [[completely]] neutral, Id.18(2).59, cf. 79, al.--This is the only form of the Adv. allowed by Thom.Mag.p.358 R., but [[τελείως]] is found in <span class="bibl">Gorg.<span class="title">Hel.</span>18</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.13.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Def.</span>411d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1021b26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.114</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ju.</span>11.6</span>, Gal.16.639, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> the neut. [[τέλεον]] is also used as Adv. in later Prose, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span> 5</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.2.56</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VIII</span> Comp. and Sup.: Hom. uses only [[τελειότατος]]: in Prose [[τελεώτερος]], [[τελεώτατος]] [[prevail]], though the other forms [[occur]] in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1097a30</span>, <span class="bibl">1174b22</span>. Comp. Adv. [[τελεώτερον]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>520b</span> ([[τελειοτέρως]] Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.2.350</span>, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span>18</span>); τελεώτατα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>351b</span>.</span>