τελειόω
English (LSJ)
and τελεόω (the latter always in Hdt., and the prevailing form in Att. Prose, v. infr., and cf. τέλειος init.):—
A make perfect, complete: I of things, acts, works, time, make perfect, complete, accomplish, πάντα ἐτελέωσε ποιήσας Hdt.1.120; τελεώσαντες τὰς σπονδάς having completed the libations, Th.6.32; τελειοῖ τὴν ἐνέργειαν ἡ ἡδονή Arist.EN1174b23; τ. βίου ἐνιαυτούς complete the tale of years, App.Anth.2.281 (Philadelphia); τὸ ἔργον Ev.Jo.4.34; τὰς ἡμέρας Ev.Luc.2.43; τὸν δρόμον Act.Ap.20.24; τὸν περὶ παιδοτροφίας λόγον ἐνθάδε τελειοῦμεν Sor.1.126:—Med., Iamb.VP29.158, Protr. 20:—Pass., to be accomplished, Hdt.1.160, S.Tr.1257; ἐπειδὴ χρόνος ἐτελεώθη Pl.Plt.272d; τελεωθέντων ἀμφοτέροισι when both men had their wishes accomplished, Hdt.5.11. b execute a legal instrument, make it valid by completing it, PCair.Preis.43.10 (i A.D.), PAmh.2.111.16 (ii A.D.), BGU578.21 (ii A.D.), 1657.6 (iii A.D.). 2 in Logic, τ. τὸ εἶδος complete, make perfect the form or species, Arist. EN1174a16:—Pass., of syllogisms, to be made perfect (by reduction to the 1st figure, the other figures being ἀτελεῖς), Id.APr.29a16, 30, al. 3 Pass., of prophecies, to be fulfilled, Ev.Jo.19.28. II bring to perfection or consummation, ἐπιγενόμενα δὲ ταῦτα τῷ Δαρείῳ ἐτελέωσέ μιν sealed his success, in his claim to the monarchy, Hdt. 3.86; τελειῶσαι λόχον make the ambush successful, S.OC1089 (lyr.):— Pass., to be made perfect, attain perfection, Id.El.1510 (anap.); esp. by reaching maturity in point of age, Pl.Smp.192a, R.466e, 487a, 498b, etc.; so of the embryo, plants, come to maturity, Arist.GA 776a31, Thphr.HP8.2.6, Sor.1.33, al., Gal.6.531; τελειωθέντος [μειρακίου] κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος ib.162. 2 in Pass. also, τελειωθῆναι, = γῆμαι, Paus.Gr.Fr.306, cf. τέλειος 1.2b, τέλος 1.6. 3 Pass., to be made perfect, of true Christians, Ep.Hebr.11.40, 12.23. 4 Pass., die, IG14.628 (Rhegium). III intr., bring fruit to maturity, come to maturity, Arist.GA757b24.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1085] ion. τελεόω (w. m. vgl.), vollenden, vollkommen machen; Soph. O. C. 1091 Trach. 1247; ἐν ᾗ ἡλικίᾳ ἡ ψυχὴ τελειοῦσθαι ἄρχεται, Plat. Rep. VI, 498 b (s. τελεόω); Arist. Nic. 10, 4, 1 τελειώσει τὸ εἶδος; Sp., wie Pol. 8, 36, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τελειόω: καὶ τελεόω, (τὸ δεύτερον ἀεὶ παρ’ Ἡροδ. καὶ εἶναι ὁ ἐπικρατῶν τύπος ἐν τῷ πεζῷ Ἀττικῷ λόγῳ, ἴδε κατωτ. καὶ πρβλ. τέλειος ἐν ἀρχῇ). Ποιῶ τι τέλειον, τελειοποιῶ, συμπληρῶ, τελειώνω· Ι. ἐπὶ πραγμάτων, ἐνεργειῶν, ἔργων, χρόνου, ποιῶ τέλειον, συμπληρῶ, ἐκτελῶ, πάντα ἐτελέωσε ποιήσας Ἡροδ. 1. 120· τελεώσαντες τὰς σπονδάς, ἐκτελέσαντες, συμπληρώσαντες τὰς συνθήκας, Θουκ. 6. 32· τ. τὸ εἶδος Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. κ. Νικ. 10. 4, 1· τελεεῖ τὴν ἐνέργειαν ἡ ἡδονὴ αὐτόθι 6· τρεῖς γὰρ ἐπ’ εἰκοσίοις ἐτελέωσε βιοῦσ’ ἐνιαυτοὺς Ἀνθολ. Π. παράρτ. 262. 5· τελειώσω αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔργον Εὐαγγ. κ. Ἰω. δ΄, 34· τελειωσάντων τὰς ἡμέρας Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. β΄, 43· τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου Πράξ. Ἀπ. κ΄, 24, κλπ.· - οὕτω καὶ ἐν τῷ μέσ. τύπῳ, Ἰάμβλ. ἐν Βίῳ Πυθ. 158. - Παθ., τελειοῦμαι, Ἡρόδ. 1. 160, Σοφ. Τρ. 1257· ἐπειδὴ χρόνος ἐτελεώθη Πλάτ. Πολιτικ. 272D, πρβλ. Ἐμπεδ. παρ’ Ἀριστ. Μετὰ τὰ Φυσ. 2. 4, 19· τελεωθέντων ἀμφοτέροισι, ὅτε ἐξετελέσθησαν αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι ἀμφοτέρων, Ἡρόδ. 5. 11. 2) ἐν τῇ Λογικῇ τελειώσει αὐτῆς τὸ εἶδος, τελειοποιήσει, Ἀριστ. Ἠθικ. Νικ. 10. 4, 1. - Παθητ., ἐπὶ συλλογισμῶν, γίνομαι τέλειος (μετασχηματιζόμενος κατὰ τὸ α΄ σχῆμα, ἐπειδὴ κατὰ τὰ ἄλλα σχήματα λέγονται ἀτελεῖς), ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀναλυτ. Προτ. 1. 6 καὶ 7, κ. ἀλλ. 3) Παθ., ὡσαύτως ἐπὶ προφητειῶν, ἐκτελοῦμαι, ἐκπληροῦμαι, Εὐαγγ. κ. Ἰω. ιθ΄, 28. ΙΙ. ἐπὶ προσώπων, φέρω εἰς τελειότητα ἢ ἐντέλειαν, ἐπιγενόμενα δὲ ταῦτα τῷ Δαρείῳ ἐτελέωσέ μιν, ἀπέδειξαν αὐτὸν ἐντελῶς ἄξιον τῆς μοναρχίας, Ἡρόδ. 3. 86· τελειῶσαι λόχον, νὰ ἐπιτύχῃ τὸ σχέδιον τῆς ἐνέδρας, Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1089. - Παθ., γίνομαι τέλειος, φθάνω εἰς τελειότητα, φθάνω εἰς τὸ τέλος τῶν ἀγώνων μου, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἠλέκ. 1510· μάλιστα φθάνω εἰς τὴν ἀκμὴν τῆς ἡλικίας μου, Πλάτ. Συμπ. 192Α, Πολ. 466Ε, 487Α, 498Β, κλπ.· (οὕτως ἐπὶ σπόρων, φυτῶν, κλπ., ὡριμάζω, φθάνω εἰς ἀκμήν, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Γεν. 4. 8, 4, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 8. 2, 6). 2) ἐν τῷ παθ. ὡσαύτως, εἰσέρχομαι εἰς τὴν τελείαν κατάστασιν, γίνομαι τέλειος διὰ τοῦ γάμου, ἔρχομαι εἰς γάμον, Φώτ.· πρβλ. τέλειος ΙΙ. 1. 3) γίνομαι τέλειος, ἐπὶ τῶν ὡς ἀληθῶς Χριστιανῶν, Ἐπιστ. πρ. Ἑβρ. ια΄, 40., ιβ΄, 23· παρὰ τοῖς Ἐκκλ. ὡσαύτως, φθάνω εἰς τὴν τελειότητα, ἐπὶ μαρτύρων καὶ ἁγίων, Εὐσ. Ἐκκλ. Ἱστορ. 3, 35., 7. 16, κλπ., πρβλ. Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. ιγ΄, 32· καὶ οὕτως ἁπλῶς, ἀποθνήσκω (ὡς τὸ finire παρὰ Τακίτῳ Ann. 6. 50), Εὐσ. ἐν Βίῳ Κωνστ. 3. 47. ΙΙΙ. ἀμεταβ., ἀκμάζω, ὡριμάζω, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Γεν. 3. 7, 10. - Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρήσ. ἐν Ἀθηνᾶς τόμ. Β΄, σελ. 120.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
accomplir, d’où :
1 achever, réaliser, exécuter : τ. σπονδάς THC exécuter un traité;
2 en gén. mener à terme heureusement : τ. λόχον SOPH organiser une embuscade avec succès ; avec un rég. de pers. faire réussir, acc. ; au Pass., en parl. de pers. arriver au plein développement du corps, de la force physique.
Étymologie: τέλειος.
Spanish
English (Strong)
from τέλειος; to complete, i.e. (literally) accomplish, or (figuratively) consummate (in character): consecrate, finish, fulfil, make) perfect.
English (Thayer)
(in secular authors also τελεόω, which Herodotus uses everywhere (and which is the prevailing form in Attic prose (Liddell and Scott)); other writers use both forms indifferently), τελείω: 1st aorist ετελείωσα; perfect τετελείωκα; passive (or middle), present τελειοῦμαι; perfect τετελείωμαι; 1st aorist ἐτελειωθην; (τέλειος); from Herodotus, Sophocles, Thucydides, and Plato down; equivalent to τέλειον ποιῶ, to make perfect or complete;
1. to carry through completely; to accomplish, finish, bring to an end: τόν, τό ἔργον, τόν οἶκον, τάς ἡμέρας, Buttmann, 38 (33)) τελειοῦμαι, I finish complete, what was given me to do, A. V.) take it here as passive, I am perfected (understanding it of his death; cf. Ellicott, Life of our Lord, Lect. vi., p. 242 n{1}; Keim, ii., 615 n^1)).
2. to complete (perfect), i. e. add what is yet lacking in order to render a thing full: τήν ἀγάπην, passive, ἡ δύναμις μου ἐν ἀσθένεια τελειοῦται, my power shows itself most efficacious in them that are weak, R G; ἐκ τῶν ἔργων ἡ πίστις ἐτελειώθη, by works faith was perfected, made such as it ought to be, τετελείωται τίς ἐν τῇ ἀγάπη, one has been made perfect in love, his love lacks nothing, οἱ τελειωθεντες ἐν ἀγάπη, Clement of Rome, 1 Corinthians 50,3 [ET]; (τελειῶσαι τήν ἐκκλησίαν σου ἐν τῇ ἀγάπη σου, ' Teaching' etc. 10,5 [ET])); ἵνα ὠσί τετελειωμένοι εἰς ἕν, that they may be perfected into one, i. e. perfectly united, τινα, to bring one's character to perfection: ἤδη τετελείωμαι, I am already made perfect, ὦ ψυχή ... ὅταν τελειωθης καί βραβειων καί στεφάνων ἀξιωθης, Philo de legg. alleg. 3,23; ψυχή ... τελειωθεισα ἐν ἀρετῶν ἀθλοις καί ἐπί τόν ὅρον ἐφικομενη τοῦ καλοῦ, id. de somn. 1,21; equivalent to to be footpad perfect, to bring to the end (goal) proposed: οὐδέν, τινα, (to perfect or consummate) i. e. to raise to the state befitting him: so of God exalting Jesus to the state of heavenly majesty, to raise to the state of heavenly blessedness those who put their faith in the expiatory death of Christ, passive, Act. Petr. et Paul. § 88, Tdf. edition, p. 39; Act. Barnab. § 9, id., p. 68; cf. ' Teaching' etc. 16,2 [ET]); with μαρτυρίῳ added, of the death of the apost. Paul, Eusebius, h. e. 2,22, 2 (cf. Heinichen's note on 7,15, 5)); to make one, meet for future entrance on this state and give him a sure hope of it even here on earth, τινα κατά συνείδησιν, Riehm, Lehrbegriff des Hebrew-Br., § 42, p. 340ff; Pfleiderer, Paulinismus, p. 344f. (English translation, ii, p. 72ff).
4. to accomplish, i. e. bring to a close or fulfilment by event: τήν γραφήν, the prophecies of Scripture, passive, Winer s Grammar, 459 (428); Buttmann, § 151,20).
