τελευταῖος
Ἕκτορ νῦν σὺ μὲν ὧδε θέεις ἀκίχητα διώκων → Hector, you run in pursuit of something unattainable | Hector, now art thou hasting thus vainly after what thou mayest not attain | Hector, now you are hasting thus vainly after what you may not attain
English (LSJ)
α, ον, (τελευτή)
A last, in Order, οἱ τ. κύκλοι Hdt.1.98; τὰ δύο τὰ τ. the last two lines, Id.7.142; τὰ τ. the endings or terminations, Id.5.68; ἐν τελευταίοις πίπτειν Pl.R.619e; τελευταίους στῆσαι to station in the rear ranks, X.Cyr.6.3.25; οἱ τ. πόδες the hind feet, Arist.PA684a12. 2 more freq. of Time, ἡ τ. ἡμέρα the last day allowed for payment, D.28.1; of a festival, without ἡμέρα, X.HG6.4.16, etc.; one's last day, S.OT[1528] (troch.), E. Andr.101; ὁδὸν τὴν τ. one's last journey, S.Tr.155; τὸν τ. βίον the end of life, Id.OC1551; τ. ἐμοῦ φήμη Id.Tr.1149; τὸ τ. ἐκβάν D.1.11. 3 uttermost, extremest, ὕβρις S.El.271; ἡ ὀλιγαρχία ἡ τ. Arist.Pol.1312b35; ἡ τ. δημοκρατία ib.1298a31. II τὸ τ. as Adv., for the last time, X.HG7.5.20, etc.; or τελευταῖον, Id.Cyr.8.7.28, S.OT1183; τὰ τ. Pl.Cra.515d. 2 τὸ τ. finally, in the last place, Ar.Nu.945 (anap.), Th.8.8, Pl.R.532a, D.18.312, etc.; τὰ τ. Th.1.24, 8.85; τελευταῖον Hdt.1.91: but, 3 the Adj. is freq. used with Verbs, where we should use the Adv., ὁ τελευταῖος δραμών A.Ag. 314; παρελθόντες τελευταῖοι Th.1.67, etc.; cf. τελευτάω 11.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1086] vollendend, beschließend, dah. am Ende befindlich, der letzte, äußerste; Ggstz πρῶτος, Aesch. Ag. 305; τὴν τελευταίαν ἡμέραν ἰδεῖν, Soph. O. R. 1528, u. öfter; auch ἡ τελευταία ὕβρις, der äußerste, höchste, El. 263; Eur., Her. u. Folgde überall; τὸ τελευταῖον, endlich, zuletzt, Her. 1, 91; ἐν τοῖς τελευταίοις, Is. 1, 13; ἐφέψομαι τελευταῖος, Xen. An. 7, 3, 39, u. öfter von den Letzten im Heereszuge; ὃ δὴ τελευταῖον ἐφθέγξατο, Plat. Phaad. 118; τελευταῖον, endlich, Rep. VII, 516 b; auch τὰ τελευταῖα, Gorg. 515 e; τηρήσας τὴν τελευταίαν ἡμέραν, das Ende des Tages, Dem. 28, 1.
