τελευτάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -ήσω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1029</span>, etc.: pf. τετελεύτηκα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>75e</span>, al.:—Pass., fut. Med. [[τελευτήσομαι]] always in pass. sense, <span class="bibl">Il.13.100</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.510</span>, <span class="bibl">9.511</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>370</span> (lyr.): aor. ἐτελευτήθην <span class="bibl">Il.15.74</span>:—[[bring to pass]], [[accomplish]], ὄφρα . . τελευτήσω τάδε ἔργα <span class="bibl">Il.8.9</span>; τ. ἃ μενοινᾷς <span class="bibl">Od.2.275</span>; ἐπὴν ταῦτα τελευτήσῃς τε καὶ ἔρξῃς <span class="bibl">1.293</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.306</span>; <b class="b3">γάμον τ</b>. <span class="bibl">24.126</span>; [[fulfil]] an oath or promise, wish or hope, τ. ἐέλδωρ <span class="bibl">21.200</span>; τ. ὅσ' ὑπέστης <span class="bibl">Il.13.375</span>; οὐ Ζεὺς ἄνδρεσσι νοήματα πάντα τελευτᾷ <span class="bibl">18.328</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.3.56</span>,<span class="bibl">62</span>; ὅρκια <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.29</span>; <b class="b3">τελευτᾶν τινι κακὸν ἦμαρ</b> [[bring about]] an evil day for one, <span class="bibl">Od.15.524</span>; τ. πόνους Δαναοῖς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1581</span> (lyr.); οἷ τ. λόγον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1029</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δ' ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρή</b>; [[to]] what [[end]] must I [[bring]] it? <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>476</span>; Ζεὺς ὅ τι νεύσῃ, τοῦτο τελευτᾷ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>979</span> (lyr.), etc.:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be fulfilled, come to pass, happen</b>, ll. cc. sub init.; πρίν γε τὸ Πηλεΐδαο τελευτηθῆναι ἐέλδωρ <span class="bibl">Il.15.74</span>; πρὶν τελευτηθῇ φόνος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1218</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[finish]], σχεδίην . . ἐπηγκενίδεσσι <span class="bibl">Od.5.253</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπεί ῥ' ὄμοσέν τε, τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον</b> had sworn and [[completed]] (made binding) the oath, <span class="bibl">2.378</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡσύχιμον ἁμέραν τ</b>. [[close]] a peaceful day, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.33</span>; <b class="b3">ἄρξομαι ἐκ βολβοῖο τελευτήσω δ' ἐπὶ θύννον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὸ δεῖπνον</b>) <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.173.6</span> (hex.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> esp. <b class="b3">τ. τὸν αἰῶνα</b> [[finish]] life, i.e. [[die]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, <span class="bibl">9.17</span>, etc.; τ. βίον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>929</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>646</span> codd. (sed leg. [[δρόμον]]), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>419</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>351b</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπ' ἄλλου τ. τὸν βίον</b>, i.e. to be killed, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>870e</span>: also (after the analogy of [[παύομαι]]) c. gen., <b class="b3">τελευτᾶν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου</b> [[make an end of]] life, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.17</span>; so <b class="b3">λόγου τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.3.59</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπαίνου τ. ἐς τάδε ἔπη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">104</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> freq. abs., [[end life]], [[die]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.66</span>, <span class="bibl">3.38</span>, <span class="bibl">40</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>614b</span>, al.; <b class="b3">πρὶν τελευτήσαντ' ἴδῃς</b> before you see him [[dead]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>662</span>; τ. μάχῃ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>617</span>; νούσῳ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.161</span>; γήραϊ <span class="bibl">Id.6.24</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ὑπό τινος</b> [[die]] by another's hand or means, ib.<span class="bibl">92</span>; δόλῳ ὑπό τινος <span class="bibl">Id.4.78</span>; ὑπὸ αἰχμῆς σιδηρέης <span class="bibl">Id.1.39</span>; ὑπ' ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσίν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>930</span> (lyr.); ἐκ τῆς πληγῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>877b</span>; of animals, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>667b11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>67.25</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> intr. (as always in Prose, except in signf. <span class="bibl">1.3a</span>): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> to [[be accomplished]], λόγων κορυφαί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.68</span> (as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[τελεύταθεν]]) ; ἐλπίδες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>908</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[come to an end]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>635</span>, etc.: esp. of Time, <b class="b3">τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός, τοῦ θέρους</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">32</span>, etc.: of actions, events, etc., τ. ἡ ναυμαχία ἐς νύκτα <span class="bibl">Id.1.51</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> with words indicating the kind of end or outcome, <b class="b3">ἢν ὁ πόλεμος κατὰ νόον τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.45</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.47</span>; <b class="b3">εὖ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>211</span>; <b class="b3">πτωχοὶ τ</b>. [[end by being]] beggars, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>552c</span>; <b class="b3">οὕτως τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.1.110</span>, <span class="bibl">138</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ἔς τι</b> [[come to a]] certain [[end]], [[issue in]], αἱ εὐτυχίαι ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτησαν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.125</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ἐς τὠυτὸ γράμμα</b> [[end in]] the same letter, <span class="bibl">Id.1.139</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.51</span>, <span class="bibl">4.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>618a</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>173b</span>; [[ποῖ]] ( ἐς τί) <b class="b3"> τελευτᾶν</b> (φασι); [[came to]] what <b class="b2">end?</b> <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>735</span> (troch.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>528</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>630b</span>; also τ. ἐπί τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>510d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>211c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[die]], v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.3b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> the part. [[τελευτῶν]], [[ῶσα]], [[ῶν]], is used with Verbs like an Adv., <b class="b2">to finish with, at the end, at last</b>, as τελευτῶν ἔλεγε <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.75</span>; <b class="b3">κἂν ἐγίγνετο πληγὴ τελευτῶσα</b> there would have been a fray [[to finish with]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>261</span>; τελευτῶν . . ἐξεβλήθη <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>524</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τελευτῶντες ἐξέκαμνον</b> [[at last]] they got tired of mourning, <span class="bibl">Th.2.51</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">47</span>; ἢν δέῃ τελευτῶντα τὴν στρωμνὴν ἐξαργυρῶσαι <span class="bibl">Id.8.81</span>; sometimes with another part., <b class="b3">τὴν τυραννίδα χαλεπὴν τελευτῶσαν γενομένην</b> having [[at last]] become... <span class="bibl">Th.6.53</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>228b</span>; πόλεις ἐπάγοντες καὶ τελευτῶντες Λακεδαιμονίους <span class="bibl">Lys.12.60</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of local limits and the like, μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρης, ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς Λιβύης <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.32</span>; <b class="b3">τελευτῶντος τοῦ Λαβυρίνθου ἔχεται πυραμίς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">148</span>; <b class="b3">τῇ ἡ Κνιδίη χώρη ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.1.174</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.33</span>, <span class="bibl">4.39</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.900, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Men.</span>75e</span>.</span>