τελειόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=and [[τελεόω]] (the latter always in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], and the prevailing form in Att. Prose, v. infr., and cf. [[τέλειος]] init.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[make perfect]], [[complete]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of things, acts, works, time, [[make perfect]], [[complete]], [[accomplish]], πάντα ἐτελέωσε ποιήσας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.120; <b class="b3">τελεώσαντες τὰς σπονδάς</b> [[having completed]] the libations, Th.6.32; τελειοῖ τὴν ἐνέργειαν ἡ ἡδονή [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1174b23; <b class="b3">τ. βίου ἐνιαυτούς</b> [[complete the tale of]] years, ''App.Anth.''2.281 (Philadelphia); τὸ ἔργον ''Ev.Jo.''4.34; τὰς ἡμέρας ''Ev.Luc.''2.43; τὸν δρόμον ''Act.Ap.''20.24; τὸν περὶ παιδοτροφίας λόγον ἐνθάδε τελειοῦμεν Sor.1.126:—Med., Iamb.''VP''29.158, ''Protr.'' 20:—Pass., to [[be accomplished]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.160, S.''Tr.''1257; ἐπειδὴ χρόνος ἐτελεώθη [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 272d; <b class="b3">τελεωθέντων ἀμφοτέροισι</b> [[when]] both men [[had their wishes accomplished]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.11.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[execute]] a legal instrument, [[make]] it [[valid by completing]] it, ''PCair.Preis.''43.10 (i A.D.), ''PAmh.''2.111.16 (ii A.D.), ''BGU''578.21 (ii A.D.), 1657.6 (iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Logic, <b class="b3">τ. τὸ εἶδος</b> [[complete]], [[make perfect]] the form or species, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1174a16:—Pass., of syllogisms, to [[be made perfect]] (by reduction to the 1st figure, the other figures being [[ἀτελεῖς]]), Id.''APr.''29a16, 30, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Pass., of prophecies, to [[be fulfilled]], Ev.Jo.19.28.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[bring to perfection]] or [[consummation]], <b class="b3">ἐπιγενόμενα δὲ ταῦτα τῷ Δαρείῳ ἐτελέωσέ μιν</b> [[sealed]] his [[success]], in his claim to the monarchy, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 3.86; <b class="b3">τελειῶσαι λόχον</b> [[make]] the [[ambush]] [[successful]], S.''OC''1089 (lyr.):—Pass., to [[be made perfect]], [[attain perfection]], Id.''El.''1510 (anap.); esp. [[by reaching maturity]] in point of age, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 192a, ''R.''466e, 487a, 498b, etc.; so of the embryo, plants, [[come to maturity]], Arist.''GA'' 776a31, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 8.2.6, Sor.1.33, al., Gal.6.531; <b class="b3">τελειωθέντος [μειρακίου] κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος</b> ib.162.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Pass. also, [[τελειωθῆναι]], = [[γῆμαι]], Paus.Gr.''Fr.''306, cf. [[τέλειος]] 1.2b, τέλος 1.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Pass., to [[be made perfect]], of true Christians, ''Ep.Hebr.''11.40, 12.23.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Pass., [[die]], IG14.628 (Rhegium).<br><span class="bld">III</span> intr., [[bring fruit to maturity]], [[come to maturity]], Arist.''GA''757b24.