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|Definition=and [[τέλεος]], α, ον, in Trag., Att., and Dor. also ος, ον, A.''Eu.'' 382 (lyr.), Pl.''Phlb.''67a, Arist.''EN''1153b16, ''SIG''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 9.110; in Trag. and Att. both forms occur; Att. Inscrr. up to the end of iii B.C. have only [[τέλεος]], ''IG'' 12.76.39, al., and [[τέλεος]], [[τελέως]], [[τελεῶ]] are recommended by Thom. Mag.p.358R.; [[τέλειος]] first in ''IG''22.2314.51, al. (early ii B.C.), freq. in Papyri (''PCair.Zen.''429.13, al. (iii B.C.), etc.), but the neut. used as adverb is sometimes [[τέλεον]] (''BGU''903.12 (ii A.D.), etc.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> τέλειον ''POxy.''707.31 (ii A.D.), etc.): the form τέλεως, acc. [[τέλεων]], with pl. [[τέλεῳ]], is found in ''SIG''1025.61, 1026.14 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.), dub. in ''Schwyzer'' 734 (Zeleia) and Herod.7.20: the form τέληον in ''GDI''4963 (Crete): (τέλος):—[[perfect]], of [[victim]]s, [[entire]], [[without spot]] or [[without blemish]], ἀρνῶν αἰγῶν τε τελείων Il.1.66, cf. 24.34; βοτὸν τ. ''Riv.Fil.''56.265 (Cyrene); [[τὸνς ϝεξήκοντα τελέονς ὄϝινς]] (acc. pl.) ''SIG''56.30 (Argos, v. B.C.); of sacrifices, ἱερὰ τ. [[perfect]], [[of full tale]] or [[number]], or [[performed with all rites]], Th.5.47, Lexap.And.1.97, D.59.60; τελέους ἀεὶ τελετὰς τελούμενος τέλεος ὄντως . . γίγνεται Pl.''Phdr.''249c; in Il.8.247, 24.315, [[αἰετὸς τελειότατος πετεηνῶν]] is prob. [[the surest bird of augury]] (cf. [[τελήεις]]).<br><span class="bld">b</span> in Dialects, = [[κύριος]], [[fully constituted]], [[valid]], ἐν ἀγορᾷ τελείῳ ''Schwyzer'' 324.1 (Delph., iv B.C.), ''SIG''265 (ibid.), etc.; [[ἀλιαίᾳ ἔδοξε τελείᾳ]] ib.594.3 (Mycenae, ii B.C.); [[authoritative]], [[final]], ἁ δέ κα ϝράτρα ἁ δαμοσία τελεία εἴε δικάδοσα ''Schwyzer''412 (Elis); τὸ θέθμιον . . τέλεον εἶμεν ''IG''9(1).334.47 (Locr., v B.C.); so in Trag., [[τελεία ψῆφος]] a [[final]] decision, A.''Supp.''739, S.''Ant.''632.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of animals, [[full-grown]], τέλεον νεαροῖς ἐπιθύσας A.''Ag.''1504 (anap., and so perhaps αἶγες τ. in Il. ll.cc.); ἐπ' οὗ θύεται τὰ τ. τῶν προβάτων, opp. [[γαλαθηνός|γαλαθηνά]], Hdt.1.183, cf. ''SIG''1015.31 (Halic.), Pherecr.44, ''PCair.Zen.''429.13, al. (iii B.C.), ''Sammelb.''5277.5 (iii A.D.), etc.; τ. [[ζῷον]] defined in Gal.7.677; as [[substantive]], τέλειον καὶ δέκα ἄρνες ''SIG''1024.35 (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.); τ. [[ἵππος]], opp. [[πῶλος]], Pl.''Lg.''834c; τ. [[ἅρμα]] a chariot [[drawn by horses]], opp. [[ἅρμα πωλικόν]], ''CIG''2758 111.D2 (Aphrodisias), ''SIG''840 (Olympia, ii A.D.), Luc.''Tim.''50; τελέᾳ συνωρίδι ''IG''5(2).549.2, al. (Arc., iv B.C.); [[τελέῳ τεθρίππῳ]] ib.5; [[κέλητι τελέῳ]] ib.550.29; [[κέλητι τελείῳ]] ib.7.1772.14, cf. 16; of trees, Thphr.''CP''3.7.5, ''POxy.''909.18 (iii A.D.); [[εἰκών|εἰκὼν]] τελεία [[life-sized]], ''GDI''4942b7 (Crete, ii B.C.); of a [[torsion]] [[engine]], [[full-sized]], opp. [[to the model of one]], Ph.''Bel.''55.30: of human beings, [[full-grown]], [[adult]], Pl.''Lg.''929c, X.''Cyr.''1.2.4, 12, 14, ''BGU''1100.10 (i B.C.), ''POxy.''485.30 (ii A.D.), Sor.1.10, al.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[married]], τέλειοι οἱ γεγαμηκότες Paus.Gr.''Fr.''306; [[Ἥρα Τελεία]] is so expld. at Stymphalus, Paus.8.22.2, cf. Aristocl.Hist.5 (ap.Sch.Theoc.15.64); v. infr. ''ΙΙ''.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of persons, [[accomplished]], [[perfect in his kind]], in relation to quality, Isoc. 12.32,242; ἱστοριῶν συγγραφέα τέλειον ''Supp.Epigr.''1.400 (Samos, ii A.D.); τ. [[σοφιστής]] Pl.''Cra.''403e; τ. εἴς τι Id.''Phdr.''269e (Sup.); κατὰ πάντα Id.''Ti.''30d; πρός τι Id.''Lg.''647d, 678b, Isoc.12.9, etc.; ἔν τινι Id.''Ep.''4.3 (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]]), Sor.1.4.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of things, φάρμακον τελεώτατον Pl.''Criti.''106b; τ. [[ἀρετή]], [[φιλία]], etc., Arist.''EN''1129b30, 1156b34, al.; of a syllogism in the 1st figure, the other figures being [[ἀτελεῖς]], Id.''APr.''27a1, etc.; τὸ τελεώτατον ἐκεῖνο γυμνάσιον, ὂ δὴ καὶ κατασκευὴν ὀνομάζουσι Gal.6.169, cf. 208: even of evils, τ. [[νόσημα]] a [[serious]], [[dangerous]] [[illness]], Hp.''Prorrh.''2.30; τελειοτάτη κακία Gal.16.500; [[ἀδικία]] τελέα, [[τελεωτάτη]], [[absolute]], Pl.''R.''348b, 344a; συνθέσεις λευκὰς τελείας δέκα τρεῖς = [[thirteen]] [[complete]] [[white]] [[suit]]s, ''PHamb.''10.14 (ii A.D.); τ. [[ἀποζυγή]] [[complete]] [[divorce]], ''PGrenf.'' 2.76.19 (iv A.D.); [[ὕνις τελεία]], [[κράβακτος]] [[ξύλινος]] τ., etc., ''PTeb.''406.19, al. (iii A.D.); of land, [[fully inundated]], opp. [[ἀβροχικός]], ''PMasp.'' 107.13, al. (vi A.D.), prob. in ''PFlor.''286.23 (vi A.D.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> of [[prayer]]s, [[vow]]s, etc., [[fulfilled]], [[accomplished]], εὐχωλαί Pi.''Fr.''122.15; τέλειον ἐπ' εὐχᾷ ἐσλόν Id.''P.''9.89; τελεία γένεος Οἰδίπου τ' ἀρά A.''Th.''832 (lyr.); μὰ τὴν τ. τῆς ἐμῆς παιδὸς Δίκην Id.''Ag.''1432; τέλεα εὔγματα Ar. ''Th.''353 (lyr.); of omens or predictions, [[ὄψις]] ὀνείρου οὐ τελέη = a [[vision]] which [[import]]ed nothing, Hdt.1.121; τ. σύμβολον ''h.Merc.''526 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]); τ. τὸ ἐνύπνιον ἀποτετέλεσται Pl.''R.''443b.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of numbers, [[full]], [[complete]], τελέους ἑπτὰ μῆνας Ar.''Lys.''104; τ. [[ἐνιαυτός]] the [[great]] year, Pl. ''Ti.''39d.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in Arithm., of [[perfect]] [[number]]s, which are equal to the sum of their divisors, as 6 = 3+2+''1''; 28 = 14+7+4+2+''1'', Id.''R.''546b, Euc.7 ''Def.''23, Theo Sm.p.45 H., Nicom.''Ar.''1.16:—but 9 is τ. ὅτι ἐκ τελείου τοῦ γ γίνεται, ''Theol.Ar.''58 (3 is τ. because it has [[ἀρχή]], [[μέσον]], [[τέλος]], ib. 14).<br><span class="bld">6</span> τ. [[κρατήρ]], i.e. the [[third]] [[bowl]] offered to [[Ζεὺς Σωτήρ]], Ar.''Fr.''526, E.''Fr.''148.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of the gods, [[having power to fulfil prayer]], [[all-powerful]] (as implied in A.''Ag.''973, [[Ζεῦ Ζεῦ τέλειε]], [[τὰς ἐμὰς εὐχὰς τέλει]]) <b class="b3">, Ζεὺς τ</b>. Pi.''O.''13.115, ''P.''1.67; τ. ὕψιστον Δία A.''Eu.''28; τελέων τελειότατον κράτος, Ζεῦ Id.''Supp.''526 (lyr.); of Hera [[ζυγία]], the presiding goddess of marriage (v. supr. 1.2 b, τέλος 1.6), Pi.''N.''10.18, A.''Eu.''214, ''Fr.''383, Ar.''Th.''973 (lyr.); of Apollo, Theoc.25.22 (Sup.); of the Eumenides, A.''Eu.''382 (lyr.); Μοῖραι ''Supp.Epigr.''3.400.9 (Delph., iii B.C.): generally, θεοὶ τέλειοι τέλειαί τε A.''Th.''167 (lyr.); πῦρ τέλεον ἄρρητον ''Lyr.Alex.Adesp.''36.14: also ἀνὴρ τ. the [[head]] or [[lord]] of the [[house]], A.''Ag.''972.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[τελευταῖος]], [[last]], S.''Tr.''948 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[τέλειον]], [[τό]], [[a royal banquet]], as a transl. of the Pers. [[τυκτά]], Hdt.9.110.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[ἡ τελεία]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[στιγμή]]) the [[full point]], D.T.630.6; so τελείαν δεῖ στίξαι Herm. ''in Phdr.''p.84 A.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἡ τελεία]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἀντίδοτος]]) the [[perfect]] antidote, effective against all poisons, Scrib. Larg.177.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[Τέλεος]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[μήν]](, ὁ, name of a month at Epidaurus, ''IG''42(1).109 ii 114.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> Adv. [[τελέως]] [[finally]], [[absolutely]], [[with full authority]], A.''Eu.''320,953 (both anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[completely]], [[absolutely]], [[thoroughly]], τ. ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται Hdt.1.120; τ. ἐκκλησιάσαιμεν = [[perfectly]], Ar.''Th.''329 (lyr.); τ. ἄφρων Is.12.4; ἔρια τ. ῥυπαρά ''PCair.Zen.'' 287 (iii B.C.); τ. μ' ὑπῆλθε [[completely]] [[deceive]]d me, Epicr.9; τ. [[ἑστιᾶν]] [[perfectly]], X.''Smp.''2.2; τ. κινήσεται [[absolutely]], Pl.''Tht.''182c; τ. γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐνώχλει = he was a [[perfect]] [[nuisance]] to us, ''PCair.Zen.''637.4 (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 Gorg.''Hel.''18, Isoc.13.18, Pl.''Def.''411d, Arist.''Metaph.'' 1021b26, ''PPetr.''3p.114 (iii B.C.), [[LXX]] ''Ju.''11.6, Gal.16.639, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> the neut. [[τέλεον]] is also used as adverb in later Prose, Luc.''Merc.Cond.'' 5, App.''BC''1.8, Sor.2.56, etc.<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> Comp. and Sup.: Hom. uses only [[τελειότατος]]: in Prose [[τελεώτερος]], [[τελεώτατος]] [[prevail]], though the other forms [[occur]] in Arist.''EN''1097a30, 1174b22. Comp. Adv. [[τελεώτερον]] Pl.''R.''520b ([[τελειοτέρως]] Sch.Il.2.350, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Procl.''Inst.''18); τελεώτατα Pl.''R.''351b.

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