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|Definition=εος, τό, ([[τέλλομαι]], [[τέλλω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[coming to pass]], [[performance]], [[consummation]], εἰ γὰρ ἐπ' ἀρῇσιν τ. ἡμετέρῃσι γένοιτο Od.17.496; ἐν [θεοῖς] τ. ἐστὶν ὁμῶς ἀγαθῶν τε κακῶν τε Hes.''Op.''669; <b class="b3">δίκη δ' ὑπὲρ ὕβριος ἴσχει ἐς τ. ἐξελθοῦσα</b> issuing in [[fulfilment]], [[execution]], ib.218; καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης κατὰ νόμον τ. ἐχούσης ''PEleph.''1.12 (iv B.C.), cf. ''IG''12(7).67.48 (Arcesine, iv/iii B.C.); καθήκει νῦν [τὰν γνώμαν] ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆμεν ''SIG''793.7 (Halasarna, i A.D.); <b class="b3">ἔλπομαι μέν, ἐν θεῷ γε μὰν τ.</b> Pi.''O.''13.105, cf. ''N.''8.45, 10.29, D.18.193; ἢν θεὸς ἀγαθὸν τ. διδῷ αὐτῷ [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.2.29; ἐν πείρᾳ τ. διαφαίνεται Pi.''N.''3.70; ψευστήσεις, οὐδ' αὖτε τ. μύθῳ ἐπιθήσεις Il.19.107, cf. Isoc.5.71, 6.77; [[result]], τ. δ' οὔ πώ τι πέφανται Il.2.122; εἵως κε τ. πολέμοιο κιχείω 3.291; ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τ. πολέμου 16.630; <b class="b3">ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τ.</b> 20. 101, cf. Hes.''Th.''638 (but <b class="b3">ἢ πολέμοιο ἢ λοιμοῖο τ. ποτιδέγμενοι</b> the [[coming to pass]] ([[outbreak]]) of... A.R.4.1282); <b class="b3">τί μὰν ἀφήσει τ.</b>; S. ''OC''1468 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τί ἔσται τὸ τ. τῶν γιγνομένων τούτων ἐμοί</b>; [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.155, cf. Isoc.6.50; <b class="b3">ἀποίητον . . θέμεν ἔργων τ.</b> undo things done, Pi.''O.''2.17; <b class="b3">ὁδοῦ τ.</b> S.''OC''1400; <b class="b3">φόνου τ.</b> A.R.1.834; τοῦ δ' ὔμμι τέλος κρηῆναι ἔοικεν Id.3.172; <b class="b3">τῷ τ. πίστιν φέρων</b> the [[outcome]], S.''El.''735; <b class="b3">Ζεὺς πάντων ἐφορᾷ τ.</b> Sol.13.17; ἀκόλουθον τὸ τ. ἐξέβη τοῦ κινδύνου ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς Plb.4.11.9; ἀμφίδοξα τὰ τ. τῶν κινδύνων αὐτοῖς ἀπέβαινε Id.18.28.11, cf. 18.32.12, 3.5.7; τ. τοιόνδε ἐγένετο τῆς μάχης [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 9.22, cf. Plb.1.61.2; <b class="b3">μάχης . . κεκύρωται τ.</b> A.''Ch.''874; <b class="b3">διὰ μάχης ἥξω τέλους</b>, = [[διὰ μάχης ἥξω]], Id.''Supp.''475; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν τ.</b> to seek to determine the [[issue]] of the battles in both directions, Pi.''O.''13.57; more generally, [[event]], οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγέ τί φημι τ. χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτε . . Od.9.5: in concrete sense, [[result]], [[product]], τ. εὐπεψίας αἱματικῆς πιμελὴ καὶ στέαρ [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''672a4, cf. ''GA''725b8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in contexts like Hes.''Op.''669, Il.16.630 (v. supr.), τ. can be understood as [[power of deciding]], [[supreme power]], and so we have τ. μὲν Ζεὺς ἔχει . . πάντων ὅσ' ἐστί Semon.1.1; ἐν δ' ἐμοὶ τ. αὐτοῖν γένοιτο τῆσδε τῆς μάχης πέρι S.''OC''423; [Ἄπολλον] . . ὅθεν πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν, τ. ἐν μάχᾳ A.''Th.''162 (lyr.); τελέων τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ Id.''Supp.''525 (lyr.); τ. ἔχει δαίμων βροτοῖς, τ. ὅπᾳ θέλει E.''Or.'' 1545 (lyr.); τ. δ' ἐφ' ἡμῖν, εἴτε . . εἴτε . . Id.''Hel.''887; <b class="b3">καὶ τοῖσ'</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἰητροῖς]]) <b class="b3"> οὐδὲν ἔπεστι τ.</b> they have no [[power]] or [[efficacy]], Sol.13.58: and in the civil sphere, <b class="b3">τ. ἔχειν</b>, of persons, to have [[the power to ratify]], IG12.57.25, Foed. ap. Th.4.118, Arist.''Pol.''1322b13; <b class="b3">ὅ τι ἂν δόξῃ τοῖς πλείοσι τοῦτ' εἶναι τ.</b> the decision of the majority must be [[final]], ib. 1317b6; <b class="b3">κύριος ἔστω ἐπιβάλλειν κατὰ τὸ τ.</b> shall have authority to inflict a fine up to the limit of his [[powers]], Lexap.D.43.75; κατὰ τὸ τ. ζημιοῦσθαι Is.4.11; <b class="b3">τοῖς κατ' ἐμπορίαν παραγιγνομένοις μηδὲν ἔστω τ. πλὴν ἐπὶ κήρυκι ἢ γραμματεῖ</b> Foed. ap. Plb.3.22.8; <b class="b3">τ. ἔχειν</b>, of things, to have [[decisive]] or [[final]] [[authority]], σφῷν μὲν ἐντολὴ Διὸς ἔχει τ. δή [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 13; <b class="b3">ἡ . . τούτου αἰτίασις οὐκ ἔχει τ.</b> has no [[validity]], Antipho 5.89; <b class="b3">πρὶν τ. τι αὐτῶν ἔχειν</b> before any of the terms had [[validity]], i.e. had been ratified, Th.5.41, cf. D.35.27; <b class="b3">τοῦ ζῆν καὶ μὴ ζῆν τὸ τ. ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ἀναπνεῖν</b> the [[decisive]] [[difference]] between... Arist.''Resp.''480b19.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[magistracy]], [[office]], τ. δωδεκάμηνον Pi.''N.''11.9 (<b class="b3">δυω-</b> codd.); <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν τ.</b> men in [[office]], [[magistrates]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1352, ''Ph.''385, Th.3.36; <b class="b3">ἔξω τῶν βασιλέων καὶ τῶν μάλιστα ἐν τ.</b> Id.1.10, cf. 6.88; οἱ ἐν τέλεϊ ἐόντες [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.18, 9.106; ''poet.'', οἱ ἐν τέλει βεβῶτες S.''Ant.''67; <b class="b3">οἱ τὰ τ. ἔχοντες</b> Foed. ap. Th.5.47; ὂρ μέγιστον τ. ἔχοι ''Schwyzer''409.3 (Elis, V B.C.); τοὺς . . τὸ ὁροφυλακικὸν τ. ἔχοντας ''SIG''633.94 (Milet., ii B.C.); <b class="b3">τὸ τ.</b> the [[government]], τοιαῦτ' ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει A.''Th.''1030; <b class="b3">τὰ τ.</b> the [[magistrates]], Th. (with a masc. part. and pl. ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]) verb) 1.58, 4.15, X.''An.''2.6.4.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[decision]], [[doom]], Ζεὺς . . οἶδε, ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τ. πεπρωμένον ἐστί Il.3.309; Κῆρες δὲ παρεστήκασι... ἡ μὲν ἔχουσα τ. γήραος ἀργαλέου, ἡ δ' ἑτέρη θανάτοιο Mimn.2.6; <b class="b3">μήτηρ . . μέ φησι διχθαδίας Κῆρας φερέμεν θανάτοιο τέλος δέ</b> (or [[τέλοσδε]]) Il.9.411, cf. 13.602; <b class="b3">ἐξέφυγον θανάτου τ.</b> Archil.6.3; τ. θανάτου ἀλεείνων Od.5.326; τ. θανάτοιο κάλυψεν Il.5.553; οὐδέ κέ μ' ὦκα τ. θανάτοιο κιχείη 9.416, cf. 11.451; ἡμετέρου θανάτοιο κακὸν τ., οἷον ἐτύχθη Od.24.124, cf. A.''Th.''906 (lyr.):—judicial [[decision]], ἀμμενῶ τ. δίκης Id.''Eu.''243; <b class="b3">κύριον μένει τ.</b> ib.544 (lyr.); <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔχουσα τῆς δίκης τ.</b> not having [[authority to decide]] the case, ib.729; <b class="b3">ἦ κἀπ' ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ' ἂν αἰτίας τ.</b>; will you submit the [[decision]] of this case to me? ib.434; τὸ τ. κρίνειν Pl.''Lg.''768b; <b class="b3">τ. ἐπιθέτω τῇ δίκῃ</b> ib.767a, cf. 761e, 957b; [[decision]] of an [[assembly]], A. ''Supp.''603,624; of a king, Id.''Ag.''934; <b class="b3">ἐξαιτράπης ἐὼν Ἰωνίης, τ. ἐποίησε τὴν γῆν εἶναι Μιλησίων</b> prob. in ''SIG''134b30 (Milet., iv B.C.); <b class="b3">ὥς τοι ἐγὼ μύθου τ. ἐν φρεσὶ θείω</b> the [[summing up]] or [[crux]] of the [[matter]], Il.16.83.<br><span class="bld">5</span> something [[done]] or [[order]]ed to be done, [[task]], [[service]], [[duty]], <b class="b3">γνῶ . . ὅ οἱ οὔ τι τ. κατὰ καίριον ἦλθεν</b> on no [[fatal]] [[errand]], Il.11.439 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[κατακαίριον]]); οὐδὲ μακύνων τ. οὐδέν Pi.''P.''4.286; <b class="b3">ὅσοις τοῦτ' ἐπέσταλται τ.</b> A.''Eu.''743, cf. ''Ag.''908; <b class="b3">μ' Ἀπόλλων τῷδ' ἐπέστησεν τέλει</b> ib.1202, cf. ''Ch.''760; <b class="b3">ἄυπνα ὀμμάτων τέλη</b> the wakeful [[duties]] (or [[services]]) of the eyes, E.''Supp.''1137 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἀμφοτερᾶν τοι χαρίτων . . ζεύξω τ.</b> the [[rendering]] of both services, Pi.''I.''1.6; <b class="b3">αἰτουμένῳ μοι κοῦφον εἰ δοίης τ.</b> a small [[service]] or [[favour]], A.''Th.''260; ἡξῶ ναὶ τὸν Πᾶνα κακὸν τ. αὐτίκα δωσῶν Theoc.4.47; [[obligation]] to [[render]] a [[service]] or [[payment]], <b class="b3">ὅτε δὴ μισθοῖο τ. πολυγηθέες ὧραι ἐξέφερον</b> the [[payment]](-[[day]]) of the [[wage]], Il.21.450; οἱ δ' ἐλάττω τῶν ἱκανῶν κεκτημένοι, τὴν ἀναγκαίαν ἀτέλειαν ἔχοντες, ἔξω τοῦ τ. εἰσὶ τούτου D.20.19, cf. Poll.8.156; <b class="b3">ἐν τέλει μαθεῖν</b> to be taught for a [[fee]], Id.4.46.<br><span class="bld">6</span> pl., [[service]]s or [[offering]]s [[due]] to the [[god]]s, δαίμοσιν θῦσαι θέλουσα πελανόν, ὧν τέλη τάδε [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''204; ἔνθ' ὁρίζεται βωμοὺς τ. τ' ἔγκαρπα Κηναίῳ Διί S.''Tr.''238; <b class="b3">ἔλιπον Ζηνὶ τροπαίῳ πάγχαλκα τ.</b> Id.''Ant.''143 (anap.); γῇ δὲ τῇδε Σισύφου σεμνὴν ἑορτὴν καὶ τέλη προσάψομεν E.''Med.''1382; θεοῖσι μικρὰ θύοντες τέλη Id.''Fr.''327.6; of the [[Eleusinian mysteries]], <b class="b3">οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τ.</b> S.''OC''1050 (lyr.), cf. ''Fr.''837; σεμνῶν ἐς ὄψιν καὶ τ. μυστηρίων E.''Hipp.''25; called <b class="b3">μεγάλα τ.</b>, Pl.''R.''560e; rarely in sg., <b class="b3">τοῦδε μυστικοῦ τέλους</b> this mystic [[rite]], A.''Fr.''387; of the marriage [[rite]], τ. γάμοιο Od.20.74, cf.A.R.4.1202, ''AP''6.276 (Antip.); <b class="b3">γαμήλιον τ.</b> A.''Eu.''835; <b class="b3">τὰ νυμφικὰ τ.</b> S.''Ant.''1241; τ. ὁ γάμος ἐκαλεῖτο Poll.3.38, cf. Paus.Gr.''Fr.''306, Sch.Ar.''Th.''982, Stob.2.7.3a.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[service rendered]] by a [[citizen]] in the [[Solonian]] [[constitution]] to the [[state]], also his [[rating]] [[according]] to this [[service]], <b class="b3">θητικοῦ ἀντὶ τέλους ἱππάδ' ἀμειψάμενος</b> Epigr. ap. Arist.''Ath.''7.4; <b class="b3">τιμήματι διεῖλεν εἰς τέτταρα τ.</b> four [[ratings]] or [[classes]], ib.7.3; later, [[τὸ τῶν ἱππέων τέλος]], Lat. [[ordo equester]], D.C.48.45, al.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[dues]] exacted by the state, Ar.''V.''658 (pl.), Pl.''R.''425d (pl.); [[ἀγορᾶς τέλος]] = a [[market]]-[[toll]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''896; [[πορνικὸν τέλος]] Aeschin.1.119; <b class="b3">τ. πρίασθαι</b>, [[πωλεῖν]], [[farm]] a [[tax]] or [[let]] it, D.24.144, Aeschin. [[l.c.]]; [[ἐκλέγειν]], [[πράττειν]], [[levy]] it, D.l.c., Alex.263.3, Aeschin.3.113; [[τελεῖν]] = [[pay a tax]] or [[pay a duty]], Pl.''Lg.''847b; <b class="b3">εἰ τὰ τ. τελεῖ, ποῖον τ. τελεῖ</b>, questions put to candidates at Athens, Din.2.17, Arist.''Ath.''7.4; τέλη κατατίθησιν Antipho 5.77; καταβαλεῖν And.1.93; freq. in Inscrr., ''IG''12.46.12, al., ''SIG''135.14 (Olynthus, iv B.C.), al., and Papyri, <b class="b3">τὸ ὡρισμένον τῆς αἰτήσεως τ.</b>, etc., ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1473.30 (iii A.D.), cf. ''PCair.Zen.''240.7 (iii B.C.), etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">τέλη λύειν</b>, v. [[λύω]] v. 2.<br><span class="bld">9</span> [[financial means]], [[expenditure]], usually in dat. pl., <b class="b3">ὃς ἂν τοῖς ἰδίοις τ. μὴ ἑαυτὸν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὠφελῇ</b> by the use of his own [[means]], Th.6.16; <b class="b3">κακῶς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ποιούντων τέλεσι τοῖς οἰκείοις</b> if we [[harm]] ourselves at our own [[expense]], Id.4.60; ἀναγραψάτω . . τέλεσι τοῖς Λεωνίδου ''IG'' 12.56.22, cf. 94.14, al.; Χερρόνησον τοῖς αὑτοῦ τ. διορύξει D.6.30; δημοσίοις τέλεσι Plu.''Phoc.''38: in nom. sg., <b class="b3">μάτην γὰρ οἴκῳ σὸν τόδ' ἐκβαίη τ.</b> E.''Fr.''639.<br><span class="bld">10</span> a [[military station]] or [[post with defined duties]] (cf. signf. 5), <b class="b3">ἐλθεῖν εἰς φυλάκων ἱερὸν τ.</b> Il.10.56; <b class="b3">αἶψα δ' ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἀνδρῶν τ. ἷξον ἰόντες</b> ib.470; <b class="b3">δόρπον ἔπειθ' ἑλόμεσθα κατὰ στρατὸν ἐν τελέεσσιν</b> at our [[posts]], in the [[ranks]], 11.730, cf. 18.298; later, [[military unit]], [[division]], [[squadron]], τέλει ἑνὶ τῶν ἱππέων Th.2.22, cf. 4.96; πελταστῶν τέλη E.''Rh.''311; κατὰ τέλεα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.103, 7.87, al.; κατὰ τέλη Th.6.42, Plb.11.11.6, cf. 11.15.2, Polyaen.2.1.17; in the Roman army, [[legion]], J.''AJ''14.16.2, ''BJ''1.17.9, Plu.''Ant.''18.56, App.''BC''5.87, al.<br><span class="bld">b</span> a [[force]] of 2048 [[infantry]] = [[μεραρχία]], Ascl. ''Tact.''2.10, Arr.''Tact.''10.5, Ael.''Tact.''9.7.<br><span class="bld">c</span> a [[force]] of 2048 [[cavalry]], Ascl.''Tact.''7.11, Arr.''Tact.''18.4, Ael.''Tact.''20.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη</b> [[troops]] or [[columns]] of . . chariots, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''47 (anap.); of ships, τρία τ. ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν Th.1.48: also <b class="b3">ὀρνίθων τέλεα</b> [[flocks]] of birds, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[γένεα]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.64; τέλος ἀθανάτων A.''Fr.''151 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">12</span> a territorial division, <b class="b3">Στρατικὸν τ.</b> ''SIG''421.44 (Acarnania, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">Κορωνείων τὸ τ.</b> ''Supp.Epigr.''3.354 (Thebes, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">τὸ Λοκρικὸν τ.</b> ''GDI''2070 (Delph., ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[degree of completion]] or [[attainment]], τόσσον μὲν ἔχον τ., οὔατα δ' οὔ πω . . προσέκειτο Il.18.378; [[degree of maturity]], [[age]], ἐπὴν δὴ τοῦτο τ. παραμείψεται ὥρης Mimn.2.9; ἥβης πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἰδεῖν Simon.123; ἥβης τ. μολόντας E.''Med.''920; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀνδρὸς τ. ἰέναι</b> man's [[estate]], Pl.''Mx.''249a; εἰς πρεσβύτου τ. ἀφικομένοις Id.''Epin.''992d; τὸ τῶν παίδων τ. ἄδηλον οἷ τελευτᾷ κακίας καὶ ἀρετῆς ψυχῆς τε πέρι καὶ σώματος Id.''Smp.''181e; οὐδὲ γήρως ἔβας τ. σὺν τᾷδε E.''Alc.''413 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> a [[length of time]] (or [[space]]), [[term]], [[course]], <b class="b3">ἀρετάς, αἷσι Κλεωνυμίδαι θάλλοντες αἰεὶ σὺν θεῷ θνατὸν διέρχονται βιότου τ.</b> Pi.''I.''4(3).5(23); so perhaps in E.''Hipp.''87 (v. infr. 3), and in <b class="b3">διὰ τέλους</b> (v. infr. 2 c).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[state of completion]] or [[maturity]], <b class="b3">τέλος λαβεῖν, τέλος ἔχειν</b>, of plants or animals, to [[attain]] [[maturity]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''276b, ''Lg.''834c, cf. 899e: hence, [[completion]], [[end]], [[finish]], <b class="b3">τ. ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ λόγῳ</b> [[complete]] it, Id.''Smp.''186a, cf. ''Prt.''348a; <b class="b3">ὃ πᾶσι τοῖς προτέροις ἐπέθηκε τέλος</b> as a [[finish]] to all his [[former]] [[act]]s, D.18.140; τὸ τέλος τῆς σκηνῆς ἐποιήσαντο [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.3.24; ταύτης . . τῆς ἡμέρας τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἐγένετο Id.''An.''1.10.18; <b class="b3">τέλος λαβεῖν</b> to [[be completed]], Pl.''R.''501e, Isoc.4.5; τέλος ἔχειν Pl.''Lg.''772c; <b class="b3">οὐ τ. ἵκεο μύθων</b> didst not reach the [[end]] of thy speech, Il.9.56; ἐπὶ τέλους τοῦ δρόμου Pl.''R.''613d; μέχρι τοῦ τὸ προκείμενον ἐπὶ τέλος ἀχθῆναι ''PTeb.''14.8 (ii B.C.); ἑκάστων πρὸς τέλος ἀχθέντων ''UPZ''108.29 (ii B.C.), cf. ''BGU''1816.11 (i B.C.); ἡ εἰκοστὴ τοῦ νοσήματος ἡμέρα τ. μὲν τριῶν ἑβδομάδων, ἓξ δὲ τετράδων Gal.18(2).234:—freq. in Adverbial phrases:<br><span class="bld">a</span> [[τέλος]] [[at last]], ὥστε τ. ἡσυχίαν ἦγον Th.2.100, cf. 5.46; but most freq. at the beginning of the clause, μάχης δὲ καρτερῆς γενομένης, τέλος οὐδέτεροι νικήσαντες διέστησαν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.76, cf.4.131, al.; τέλος δέ Id.1.36, Thgn. 1294, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ τ.</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.137; τ. μέντοι Id.5.89, X.''HG''5.4.30; τ. γε μέντοι S.''Ant.''233; <b class="b3">καὶ τ.</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.154, Th.1.109; <b class="b3">τό γε τέλος</b> Pl.''Lg.'' 740e.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[ἐς τέλος]] = [[in the end]], [[in the long run]], πάντως ἐς τέλος ἐξεφάνη Sol.13.28, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.37; <b class="b3">εἰς τ.</b> S.''Ph.''409; θνητῶν δ' εἰς τ. ὄλβιος οὐδείς E.''IA''161 (anap.), cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.40; <b class="b3">ὁρῶντες τὴν Λιβύην εἰς τέλος ἀβλαβῆ διαμένουσαν</b> [[altogether]], [[completely]], Plb.1.20.7, cf. ''PTeb.''38.11 (ii B.C.), ''OGI''90.12 (Rosetta, ii B.C.), ''PSI''10.1120.5 (i B.C./i A.D.); <b class="b3">ἐς τ. ἄνυε μοίρας</b> dub. l. in Theoc.1.93.<br><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">διὰ τέλους</b> (orig. perhaps from signf. 1.1 or 5, or 11.1b, through the ([[whole]]) [[performance]] or [[time]]), [[through to the end]], [[completely]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''275, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''685, E.''Supp.'' 270, Isoc.5.24, 8.17, 19.4; [[throughout]], [[all the time]], [[always]], Antipho 5.42, Timocl.8.5, Hegesipp.Com.2.3; so διὰ τέλεος Hp.''Acut.''46 (= <b class="b3">διὰ παντὸς καὶ ἀεί</b> acc. to Gal.15.618); διὰ τέλους ἀεί Pl.''Phlb.''36e; [[permanently]], [[for good]], <b class="b3">τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί σε διὰ τ.</b> ''PPetr.''2p.45 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[ἐπὶ τέλος]] = [[at the end]], opp. [[ἐν ἀρχῇ]], Gal.19.183.<br><span class="bld">e</span> [[τέλει]] [[perhaps]] [[in the end]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''198 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> esp. <b class="b3">τέλος ἔχειν βίου</b> to have reached the [[end]] of [[life]], to be dead, Pl.''Lg.''801e; ἐμοὶ μὲν τοῦ βίου τὸ τ. ἤδη πάρεστιν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.7.6; πᾶσίν ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις τ. τοῦ βίου θάνατος D.57.27; εἰς τέλος τοῦ ζῆν [[ἀφικνεῖσθαι]] S.''OC''1530: less freq. abs., [[death]], [[ἐλπίς]] ἐστι νύκτερον τ. μολεῖν A.''Th.''367 (lyr.); οἱ νεηνίαι οὐκέτι ἀνέστησαν ἀλλ' ἐν τέλεϊ τούτῳ ἔσχοντο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.31; <b class="b3">ἔχει τὸ κάλλιστον τέλος</b> [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.3.11; <b class="b3">ἔχει τ.</b>, = [[τετελεύτηκε]], Laconian phrase acc. to [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; τῶν ἤδη τ. ἐχόντων Pl.''Lg.''717e, cf. 772c, ''BGU''1857.7 (i B.C.); reversely, τ. ἔχει τινά Pl.''Lg.''740c; οἷόν σε βίου τ. εἷλε E.''Rh.''735 (anap.):—but <b class="b3">ὀλβίως ἔλυσεν τὸ τ. βίου</b> has paid life's [[toll]] (cf. supr.1.8), S.''OC''1720 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ</b> Poet. in ''Mus.Script.''p.452 von Jan; also τ. δὲ κάμψαιμ' ὥσπερ ἠρξάμην βίου E.''Hipp.''87 (cf. supr. 11.1b); <b class="b3">πρὶν ἂν πέλας</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[τέλος]]) γραμμῆς ἵκηται καὶ τ. κάμψῃ βίου Id.''El.'' 955-6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[end]], [[cessation]], <b class="b3">ὡς δὲ πρὸς τ. γόων ἀφίκοντ</b>' S.''OC''1621; <b class="b3">πῶς τροχηλάτου μανίας ἂν ἔλθοιμ' ἐς τ. πόνων τ' ἐμῶν</b>; E.''IT''83; <b class="b3">ὅταν δὴ πημάτων λάβῃ τ.</b> Id.''Hel.''534; τ. δέχει δὴ τῶν ἐμῶν προσφθεγμά των Id.''Hec.''413; ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐπανάστασις . . τοῦτο τὸ τ. ἔσχεν ''Hell.Oxy.''10.3; ἐπειδὴ οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἄπειρον, τ. ἔσται πάσης φορᾶς [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]'' 1074a30.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[end]] of a word, A.D.''Pron.''12.25, al.; of a sentence, ἐπὶ τέλει πρόσκειται Sor.1.43, cf. Gal.15.20; of a [[chapter]] or [[book]], ἐπὶ τέλει ἀναλυθήσεται Archim.''Sph.Cyl.''2.4, cf. Gal.15.10; πρὸς τῷ τ. ῥηθήσεται Pl.''Lg.''957b; πρὸς τῷ τ. τοῦ ἐντέρου [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''675a16; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τέλους τοῦ σταδίου</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀπὸ μέσου</b>, Id.''Ph.''239b34 (cf. infr. 111.2).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[achievement]], [[attainment]], τηλοῦ ἐμοὶ νόστοιο τ. γλυκεροῖο γενέσθαι Od.22.323, cf. Pi.''N.''3.25; τ. δὲ τῆς ἀπαλλαγῆς τοῦ Αἰθίοπος ὧδε ἔλεγον γενέσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.139; <b class="b3">πῶς ἂν καὶ τοῦτο τοῦ τ. τυγχάνοι</b>, i.e. might be achieved, Gem.8.36.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[winning post]], [[goal]] in a [[race]], πρὸς τ. ὀρνύμενον B.5.45; in a [[contest]], ἔστιν δ' [[ἀφάνεια]] τύχας καὶ μαρναμένων, πρὶν τ. ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι Pi.''I.''4(3).32(50); <b class="b3">εἰς τέλος ἐλθεῖν</b>, of [[runner]]s in a [[race]], Pl.''R.''613c.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[prize]], <b class="b3">ἔφερε πυγμᾶς τ.</b> Pi.''O.''10(11).67; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἦν πενταέθλιον ἀλλ' ἐφ' ἑκάστῳ ἔργματι κεῖτο τ.</b> Id.''I.''1.27; ποτὶ γραμμᾷ μὲν αὐτὰν στᾶσεκοσμήσαις, τ. ἔμμεν ἄκρον Id.''P.''9.118 (perhaps 'to [[be the winning post and prize]]'); κρίνεις τ. ἀρετᾶς B.10.6: metaph., οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν τίνι τοῦτο Μοῖρα τ. ἔμπεδον ὤρεξε Pi.''N.''7.57.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Philos., [[full]] [[realization]], [[highest point]], [[ideal]], <b class="b3">ἅπτεσθαι τοῦ τ.</b> Pl.''Smp.''211b; <b class="b3">πρὸς τ. ἰὼν τῶν ἐρωτικῶν</b> ib.210e; πρὸς τ. ἀρετῆς ἐλθόντα Id.''Clit.''410e, cf. ''R.'' 613c.<br><span class="bld">b</span> the [[end]] or [[purpose]] of [[action]], τ. εἶναι ἁπασῶν τῶν πράξεων τὸ ἀγαθόν Id.''Grg.''499e; freq. in Arist., ''EN''1094a18, al.: hence, the [[final cause]], = [[τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα]], Id.''Metaph.''994b9, 996a26, al.; hence simply = [[τὸ ἀγαθόν]], the [[chief good]], Id.''EN''1097a21, Zeno Stoic.1.45, etc.