τελευτάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span>fut. τελευτήσω E.''Tr.''1029, etc.: pf. τετελεύτηκα Pl.''Men.''75e, al.:—Pass., fut. Med. [[τελευτήσομαι]] always in pass. sense, Il.13.100, Od.8.510, 9.511, E.''Hipp.''370 (lyr.): aor. ἐτελευτήθην Il.15.74:—[[bring to pass]], [[accomplish]], ὄφρα . . τελευτήσω τάδε ἔργα Il.8.9; τ. ἃ μενοινᾷς Od.2.275; ἐπὴν ταῦτα τελευτήσῃς τε καὶ ἔρξῃς 1.293, cf. 2.306; <b class="b3">γάμον τ.</b> 24.126; [[fulfil]] an [[oath]] or [[promise]], [[wish]] or [[hope]], τελευτάω [[ἐέλδωρ]] 21.200; τ. ὅσ' ὑπέστης Il.13.375; οὐ Ζεὺς ἄνδρεσσι νοήματα πάντα τελευτᾷ 18.328, cf. Od.3.56,62; ὅρκια Call.''Aet.''3.1.29; <b class="b3">τελευτᾶν τινι κακὸν ἦμαρ</b> [[bring about]] an [[evil]] [[day]] for one, Od.15.524; τελευτάω πόνους Δαναοῖς Pi.''P.''1.54, cf. E.''Ph.''1581 (lyr.); οἷ τελευτάω λόγον Id.''Tr.''1029; <b class="b3">τὸ δ' ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρή</b>; [[to]] [[what]] [[end]] [[must]] [[I]] [[bring]] it? S.''OC''476; Ζεὺς ὅ τι νεύσῃ, τοῦτο τελευτᾷ E.''Alc.''979 (lyr.), etc.:—Pass., to [[be fulfilled]], [[come to pass]], [[happen]], ll. cc. sub init.; πρίν γε τὸ Πηλεΐδαο τελευτηθῆναι [[ἐέλδωρ]] Il.15.74; πρὶν τελευτηθῇ [[φόνος]] [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1218.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[finish]], σχεδίην . . ἐπηγκενίδεσσι Od.5.253; <b class="b3">ἐπεί ῥ' ὄμοσέν τε, τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον</b> had sworn and [[complete]]d (made [[bind]]ing) the [[oath]], 2.378, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡσύχιμον ἁμέραν τελευτάω</b> [[close]] a [[peaceful]] [[day]], Pi.''O.''2.33; <b class="b3">ἄρξομαι ἐκ βολβοῖο τελευτήσω δ' ἐπὶ θύννον</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸ δεῖπνον</b>) Pl.Com.173.6 (hex.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> esp. [[τελευτάω τὸν αἰῶνα]] = [[finish]] [[life]], i.e. [[die]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.32, 9.17, etc.; [[τελευτάω βίον]] A.''Ag.''929, S.''Fr.''646 codd. (sed leg. [[δρόμος|δρόμον]]), E.''Hec.''419, Pl.''Prt.''351b; [[ὑπ' ἄλλου τελευτάω τὸν βίον]], i.e. to [[be killed]], Id.''Lg.''870e: also (after the analogy of [[παύομαι]]) c. gen., [[τελευτᾶν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου]] = [[make an end of life]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.7.17; so <b class="b3">λόγου τελευτᾶν</b> Th.3.59; <b class="b3">ἐτελεύτα τοῦ ἐπαίνου ἐς τάδε τὰ ἔπη</b> ib.104.<br><span class="bld">b</span> freq. abs., [[end life]], [[die]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.66, 3.38, 40, al., Pl.''R.''614b, al.; <b class="b3">πρὶν τελευτήσαντ' ἴδῃς</b> before you see him [[dead]], S.''Fr.''662; τελευτάω [[μάχῃ]] A.''Th.''617; νούσῳ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.161; γήραϊ Id.6.24; <b class="b3">τελευτάω ὑπό τινος</b> [[die]] by another's hand or means, ib.92; δόλῳ ὑπό τινος Id.4.78; ὑπὸ αἰχμῆς σιδηρέης Id.1.39; ὑπ' ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσίν A.''Th.''930 (lyr.); ἐκ τῆς πληγῆς Pl.''Lg.''877b; of animals, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''667b11, ''PMich.Zen.''67.25 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr. (as always in Prose, except in signf. 1.3a):<br><span class="bld">1</span> to [[be accomplished]], λόγων κορυφαί Pi.''O.''7.68 (as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[τελεύταθεν]]); ἐλπίδες E.''Ba.''908 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[come to an end]], A.''Ag.''635, etc.: especially of [[time]], <b class="b3">τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός, τελευτῶντος τοῦ θέρους</b>, Th.2.4, 32, etc.: of actions, events, etc., τ. ἡ [[ναυμαχία]] ἐς [[νύκτα]] Id.1.51, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> with words indicating the kind of end or outcome, <b class="b3">ἢν ὁ πόλεμος κατὰ νόον τ.</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 9.45, cf. 7.47; [[εὖ τελευτᾶν]] A.''Supp.''211; <b class="b3">πτωχοὶ τ.</b> [[end]] by [[being]] [[beggar]]s, Pl. ''R.''552c; <b class="b3">οὕτως τ.</b> Th.1.110, 138; <b class="b3">τελευτάω ἔς τι</b> [[come]] to a [[certain]] [[end]], [[issue]] in, αἱ εὐτυχίαι ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτησαν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.125; <b class="b3">τελευτάω ἐς τὠυτὸ γράμμα</b> [[end in]] the [[same]] [[letter]], Id.1.139, cf. Th.2.51, 4.48, Pl.''R.''618a; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τ.</b> Id.''Tht.''173b; [[ποῖ]] (ἐς τί) [[τελευτᾶν]] ([[φασι]]); came to [[what]] [[end]]? [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''735 (troch.), cf. ''Ch.''528, Pl.''Lg.''630b; also [[τελευτάω]] ἐπί τι Id.''R.''510d, ''Smp.''211c.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[die]], v. supr. 1.3b.<br><span class="bld">4</span> the part. [[τελευτῶν]], [[τελευτῶσα]], [[τελευτῶν]], is used with Verbs like an Adv., to [[finish with]], [[at the end]], [[at last]], as τελευτῶν ἔλεγε [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.75; <b class="b3">κἂν ἐγίγνετο πληγὴ τελευτῶσα</b> there would have been a [[fray]] to [[finish with]], S.''Ant.''261; τελευτῶν . . ἐξεβλήθη [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''524 (anap.); <b class="b3">τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τελευτῶντες ἐξέκαμνον</b> [[at last]] they got [[tired]] of [[mourning]], Th.2.51, cf. 47; ἢν δέῃ τελευτῶντα τὴν στρωμνὴν ἐξαργυρῶσαι Id.8.81; sometimes with another part., <b class="b3">τὴν τυραννίδα χαλεπὴν τελευτῶσαν γενομένην</b> having [[at last]] [[become]]... Th.6.53, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''228b; πόλεις ἐπάγοντες καὶ τελευτῶντες Λακεδαιμονίους Lys.12.60.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of local limits and the like, μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρης, ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς [[Λιβύη]]ς [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.32; <b class="b3">τελευτῶντος τοῦ Λαβυρίνθου ἔχεται πυραμίς</b> ib.148; <b class="b3">τῇ ἡ Κνιδίη χώρη ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον τ.</b> Id.1.174, cf. 2.33, 4.39, ''IG''12.900, Pl. ''Men.''75e.