τελετή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[τελέω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[rite]], esp. [[initiation]] in the mysteries, ἡ Δήμητρος τ., τὴν οἱ Ἕλληνες Θεσμοφόρια καλέουσι Hdt.2.171, cf. And.1.111, Pl.''Euthd.'' 277d; <b class="b3">ἐς χεῖρας ἄγεσθαι τὴν τελετήν</b> take in hand the [[matter]] of [[initiation]], Hdt.4.79: pl., [[mystic]] [[rite]]s practised at [[initiation]], E.''Ba.''22, 73 (lyr.), Ar.''V.''121, ''Pax''413, 419; Ὀρφεὺς.. τελετὰς ἡμῖν κατέδειξε Id.''Ra.''1032, cf. D.25.11; καθαρμῶν καὶ τελετῶν τυχοῦσα Pl.''Phdr.''244e; λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων διὰ θυσιῶν... ἃς δὴ τελετὰς καλοῦσιν Id.''R.''365a, cf. ''Prt.''316d, Isoc.4.28.<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[τελεταί]] = [[theological]] [[doctrine]]s, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.17.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[a making magically potent]], PMag.Par. 1.1596, ''PMag.Lond.''46.159, 121.872, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[a festival accompanied by mystic rites]], mostly in plural (τελετὰς.. καλοῦμεν τὰς ἔτι μείζους καὶ μετά τινος μυστικῆς παραδόσεως ἑορτάς Ath.2.40d), Pi.''O.''3.41, ''P.'' 9.97, ''N.''10.34: in sg., E.''IT''959, Ar.''V.''876, ''Ra.''342, Arist.''Rh.''1401a15: metaph., <b class="b3">πρωτόγονος τελετή</b>, of a child's [[birth]], Pi.''O.''10(11).51; <b class="b3">πολέμου τελετή</b> Batr.303; <b class="b3">κατ' αὐτὴν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὴν περὶ χρείας μορίων πραγματείαν</b>) <b class="b3"> χρὴ τελεῖσθαι τὴν τελετήν</b> Gal.''UP''17.1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> a [[priesthood]] or [[sacred]] [[office]], Decr. ap. D.59.104.