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|Definition=α, ον, ([[τελευτή]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[last]], in Order, οἱ τ. κύκλοι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.98; <b class="b3">τὰ δύο τὰ τ.</b> the [[last]] two lines, Id.7.142; <b class="b3">τὰ τ.</b> the [[endings]] or [[terminations]], Id.5.68; ἐν τελευταίοις πίπτειν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 619e; <b class="b3">τελευταίους στῆσαι</b> to station [[in the rear ranks]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.3.25; <b class="b3">οἱ τ. πόδες</b> the [[hind]] feet, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''684a12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> more freq. of [[time]], <b class="b3">ἡ τ. ἡμέρα</b> the [[last]] day allowed for payment, D.28.1; of a festival, without [[ἡμέρα]], X.''HG''6.4.16, etc.; [[one's last day]], S.''OT''[1528] (troch.), E. ''Andr.''101; <b class="b3">ὁδὸν τὴν τ.</b> one's [[last]] journey, S.''Tr.''155; <b class="b3">τὸν τ. βίον</b> the [[end]] of life, Id.''OC''1551; τ. ἐμοῦ φήμη Id.''Tr.''1149; τὸ τ. ἐκβάν D.1.11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[uttermost]], [[extremest]], ὕβρις S.''El.''271; <b class="b3">ἡ ὀλιγαρχία ἡ τ.</b> Arist.''Pol.''1312b35; <b class="b3">ἡ τ. δημοκρατία</b> ib.1298a31.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">τὸ τ.</b> as adverb, [[for the last time]], X.''HG''7.5.20, etc.; or [[τελευταῖον]], Id.''Cyr.''8.7.28, S.''OT''1183; <b class="b3">τὰ τ.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''515d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τὸ τ.</b> [[finally]], [[in the last place]], Ar.''Nu.''945 (anap.), Th.8.8, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 532a, D.18.312, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ τ.</b> Th.1.24, 8.85; τελευταῖον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.91: but,<br><span class="bld">3</span> the Adj. is freq. used with Verbs, where we should use the Adv., ὁ τελευταῖος δραμών A.''Ag.'' 314; παρελθόντες τελευταῖοι Th.1.67, etc.; cf. [[τελευτάω]] II.4.