τελείωσις
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
English (LSJ)
or τελέωσις, εως, ἡ,
A development, completion, of physical growth, λαμβάνει τελέωσιν τὰ ᾠά Arist.HA543a19, cf. 561a5, Hp.Septim.1, Sor. 1.18, al., Gal.15.26; τὴν τ. τῶν μορίων ἀπολαμβάνειν Arist.HA583b24, etc.; ἡ τῶν καρπῶν τ. Thphr.HP3.4.3; ἕως τελειώσεως to saturation-point, Epicur.Ep.2p.38U.; of a building, Arist.Ph.246a26; of a statue, Stoic.3.48; in moral sense, αἱ ἀρεταὶ τελειώσεις Arist.Ph.247a2, cf. 246a13, Metaph.1021b20; εἰς τὴν τ. ἄγεσθαι τῆς φύσεως Id.EN 1153a12. b execution of a legal instrument by completing it, BGU 1168.3 (i B.C.), PFlor.56.7, al. (iii A.D.). 2 in Logic, ἡ τ. τῶν συλλογισμῶν Arist.APr.42a35; cf. τελειόω 1.2. II attainment of manhood, AJA18.324 (Sardis, Epist. Augusti). b marriage, LXX Je.2.2; cf. τέλειος 1.2b, 11. II of events, accomplishment, fulfilment, Ev.Luc.1.45; λόγων LXX Ju.10.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1085] ἡ, das Vollenden; Arist. an. pr. 1, 6; das Vollbringen, auch das Reisen, Sp.
