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telos, eos, to, (tellomai, tellô) coming to pass, performance, consummation, ei gar ep' arêisin t. hêmeterêisi genoito Hom. Od. 17.496; en [theois] t. estin homôs agathôn te kakôn te Hes. WD 669; dikê d' huper hubrios ischei es t. exelthousa issuing in fulfilment, execution, IBID=au=Hes. WD 218; kathaper ek dikês kata nomon t. echousês PEleph.1.12 (iv B.C.), cf. IG12(7).67.48 (Arcesine, iv/iii B.C.); kathêkei nun [tan gnôman] epi telos achthêmen SIG793.7 (Halasarna, i A.D.); elpomai men, en theôi ge man t. Pind. O. 13.105, cf. ti=Pind. N. 8.45, au=Pind. N. 10.29, Dem. 18.193; ên theos agathon t. didôi autôi Xen. Cyrop. 3.2.29; en peirai t. diaphainetai Pind. N. 3.70; pseustêseis, oud' aute t. muthôi epithêseis Hom. Il. 19.107, cf. Isoc. 5.71, au=Isoc. 6.77; result, t. d' ou pô ti pephantai Hom. Il. 2.122; heiôs ke t. polemoio kicheiô au=Hom. Il. 3.291; en gar chersi t. polemou au=Hom. Il. 16.630; ison teineien polemou t. au=Hom. Il. 16.20=lr. au=Hom. Il. 16.101=lr, cf. Hes. Th. 638 (but ê polemoio ê loimoio t. potidegmenoi the coming to pass (outbreak) of . . , A.R.4.1282); ti man aphêsei t.; Soph. OC 1468 (lyr.); ti estai to t. tôn gignomenôn toutôn emoi; Hdt. 1.155, cf. Isoc. 6.50; apoiêton . . themen ergôn t. undo things done, Pind. O. 2.17; hodou t. Soph. OC 1400; phonou t. A.R.1.834; tou d' ummi telos krêênai eoiken IDEM=A.R.3.172; tôi t. pistin pherôn the outcome, Soph. El. 735; Zeus pantôn ephorai t. Sol.13.17; akolouthon to t. exebê tou kindunou tais epibolais Plb.4.11.9; amphidoxa ta t. tôn kindunôn autois apebaine IDEM=Plb.18.28.11, cf. au=Plb. 18.32.12, au=Plb. 3.5.7; t. toionde egeneto tês machês Hdt. 9.22, cf. Plb.1.61.2; machês . . kekurôtai t. Aesch. Lib. 874; dia machês hêxô telous, = dia machês hêxô, IDEM=Aesch. Supp. 475; ep' amphotera machan tamnein t. to seek to determine the issue of the battles in both directions, Pind. O. 13.57; more generally, event, ou gar egôge ti phêmi t. chariesteron einai ê hote . . Hom. Od. 9.5: in concrete sense, result, product, t. eupepsias haimatikês pimelê kai stear Arist.PA672a4, cf. ti=Arist. GA725b8.

2. in contexts like Hes. WD 669, Hom. Il. 16.630 (v. supr.), t. can be understood as power of deciding, supreme power, and so we have t. men Zeus echei . . pantôn hos' esti Semon.1.1; en d' emoi t. autoin genoito têsde tês machês peri Soph. OC 423; [Apollon] . . hothen polemokranton hagnon, t. en machai Aesch. Seven 162 (lyr.); teleôn teleiotaton kratos, olbie Zeu IDEM=Aesch. Supp. 525 (lyr.); t. echei daimôn brotois, t. hopai thelei Eur. Orest. 1545 (lyr.); t. d' eph' hêmin, eite . . eite . . IDEM=Eur. Hel. 887; kai tois' (sc. iêtrois) ouden epesti t. they have no power or efficacy, Sol.13.58: and in the civil sphere, t. echein, of persons, to have the power to ratify, IG12.57.25, Foed.ap.Th.4.118, Aristot. Pol. 1322b13; ho ti an doxêi tois pleiosi tout' einai t. the decision of the majority must be final, IBID=au=Aristot. Pol. 1317b6; kurios estô epiballein kata to t. shall have authority to inflict a fine up to the limit of his powers, Lexap.Dem. 43.75; kata to t. zêmiousthai Isaeus 4.11; tois kat' emporian paragignomenois mêden estô t. plên epi kêruki ê grammatei Foed.ap.Plb.3.22.8; t. echein, of things, to have decisive or final authority, sphôin men entolê Dios echei t. dê Aesch. PB 13; hê . . toutou aitiasis ouk echei t. has no validity, Antiph. 5.89; prin t. ti autôn echein before any of the terms had validity, i.e. had been ratified, Thuc. 5.41, cf. Dem. 35.27; tou zên kai mê zên to t. estin en tôi anapnein the decisive difference between . . , Arist.Resp.480b19.

3. magistracy, office, t. dôdekamênon Pind. N. 11.9 (duô- codd.); hoi en t. men in office, magistrates, Soph. Aj. 1352, ti=Soph. Phil. 385, Thuc. 3.36; exô tôn basileôn kai tôn malista en t. IDEM=Thuc. 1.10, cf. au=Thuc. 6.88; hoi en teleï eontes Hdt. 3.18, au=Hdt. 9.106; poet., hoi en telei bebôtes Soph. Ant. 67; hoi ta t. echontes Foed.ap.Th.5.47; or megiston t. echoi Schwyzer409.3 (Elis, V B.C.); tous . . to horophulakikon t. echontas SIG633.94 (Milet., ii B.C.); to t. the government, toiaut' edoxe tôide Kadmeiôn telei Aesch. Seven 1030; ta t. the magistrates, Th. (with a masc. part. and pl. (v.l.) verb) 1.58, au=Thuc. 4.15, Xen. Anab. 2.6.4.

4. decision, doom, Zeus . . oide, hoppoterôi thanatoio t. peprômenon esti Hom. Il. 3.309; Kêres de parestêkasi . . , hê men echousa t. gêraos argaleou, hê d' heterê thanatoio Mimn.2.6; mêtêr . . me phêsi dichthadias Kêras pheremen thanatoio telos de (or telosde) Hom. Il. 9.411, cf. au=Hom. Il. 13.602; exephugon thanatou t. Archil.6.3; t. thanatou aleeinôn Hom. Od. 5.326; t. thanatoio kalupsen Hom. Il. 5.553; oude ke m' ôka t. thanatoio kicheiê au=Hom. Il. 9.416, cf. au=Hom. Il. 11.451; hêmeterou thanatoio kakon t., hoion etuchthê Hom. Od. 24.124, cf. Aesch. Seven 906 (lyr.):--
• judicial decision, ammenô t. dikês IDEM=Aesch. Eum. 243; kurion menei t. IBID=au=Aesch. Eum. 544 (lyr.); ouk echousa tês dikês t. not having authority to decide the case, IBID=au=Aesch. Eum. 729; ê kap' emoi trepoit' an aitias t.; will you submit the decision of this case to me? IBID=au=Aesch. Eum. 434; to t. krinein Plat. Laws 768b; t. epithetô têi dikêi IBID=au=Plat. Laws 767a, cf. au=Plat. Laws 761e, au=Plat. Laws 957b; decision of an assembly, Aesch. Supp. 603,au=Aesch. Supp. 624; of a king, IDEM=Aesch. Ag. 934; exaitrapês eôn Iôniês, t. epoiêse tên gên einai Milêsiôn prob. in SIG134b30 (Milet., iv B.C.); hôs toi egô muthou t. en phresi theiô the summing up or crux of the matter, Hom. Il. 16.83.
  
  5. something done or ordered to be done, task, service, duty, gnô . . ho hoi ou ti t. kata kairion êlthen on no fatal errand, Hom. Il. 11.439 (nisi leg. katakairion); oude makunôn t. ouden Pind. P. 4.286; hosois tout' epestaltai t. Aesch. Eum. 743, cf. ti=Aesch. Ag. 908; m' Apollôn tôid' epestêsen telei IBID=au=Aesch. Ag. 1202, cf. ti=Aesch. Lib. 760; aupna ommatôn telê the wakeful duties (or services) of the eyes, Eur. Supp. 1137 (lyr.); amphoteran toi charitôn . . zeuxô t. the rendering of both services, Pind. I. 1.6; aitoumenôi moi kouphon ei doiês t. a small service or favour, Aesch. Seven 260; hêxô nai ton Pana kakon t. autika dôsôn Theoc.4.47; obligation to render a service or payment, hote dê misthoio t. polugêthees hôrai exepheron the Payment(-day) of the wage, Hom. Il. 21.450; hoi d' elattô tôn hikanôn kektêmenoi, tên anankaian ateleian echontes, exô tou t. eisi toutou Dem. 20.19, cf. Poll.8.156; en telei mathein to be taught for a fee, IDEM=Poll.4.46.
  
  6. pl., services or offerings due to the gods, daimosin thusai thelousa pelanon, hôn telê tade Aesch. Pers. 204; enth' horizetai bômous t. t' enkarpa Kênaiôi Dii Soph. Trach. 238; elipon Zêni tropaiôi panchalka t. IDEM=Soph. Ant. 143 (anap.); gêi de têide Sisuphou semnên heortên kai telê prosapsomen Eur. Med. 1382; theoisi mikra thuontes telê IDEM=E.Fr.327.6; of the Eleusinian mysteries, hou potniai semna tithênountai t. Soph. OC 1050 (lyr.), cf. ti=S. Fr.837; semnôn es opsin kai t. mustêriôn Eur. Hipp. 25; called megala t., Plat. Rep. 560e; rarely in sg., toude mustikou telous this mystic rite, A.Fr.387; of the marriage rite, t. gamoio Hom. Od. 20.74, cf.A.R.4.1202, AP6.276 (Antip.); gamêlion t. Aesch. Eum. 835; ta numphika t. Soph. Ant. 1241; t. ho gamos ekaleito Poll.3.38, cf. Paus.Gr.Fr.306, Sch.Aristoph. Thes. 982, Stob.2.7.3a.
  
  7. service rendered by a citizen in the Solonian constitution to the state, also his rating according to this service, thêtikou anti telous hippad' ameipsamenos Epigr.ap.Arist.Ath.7.4; timêmati dieilen eis tettara t. four ratings or classes, IBID=au=Epigr.ap.Arist. Ath. 7.3; later, to tôn hippeôn t., Lat. ordo equester, D.C.48.45, al.
  
  8. dues exacted by the state, Aristoph. Wasps 658 (pl.), Plat. Rep. 425d (pl.); agoras t. a market-toll, Aristoph. Ach. 896; pornikon t. Aeschin. 1.119; t. priasthai, pôlein, farm a tax or let it, Dem. 24.144, Aeschin. l.c.; eklegein. prattein, levy it, D.l.c., Alex.263.3, Aeschin. 3.113; telein pay a tax or duty, Plat. Laws 847b; ei ta t. telei, poion t. telei, questions put to candidates at Athens, Din. 2.17, Aristot. Ath. Pol. 7.4; telê katatithêsin Antiph. 5.77; katabalein Andoc. 1.93; freq. in Inscrr., IG12.46.12, al., SIG135.14 (Olynthus, iv B.C.), al., and Papyri, to hôrismenon tês aitêseôs t., etc., POxy.1473.30 (iii A.D.), cf. PCair.Zen.240.7 (iii B.C.), etc.: metaph., telê luein, v. luô V.2.
  
  9. financial means, expenditure, usu. in dat. pl., hos an tois idiois t. mê heauton monon, alla kai tên polin ôphelêi by the use of his own means, Thuc. 6.16; kakôs hêmas autous poiountôn telesi tois oikeiois if we harm ourselves at our own expense, IDEM=Thuc. 4.60; anagrapsatô . . telesi tois Leônidou IG 12.56.22, cf. au=IG 94.14, al.; Cherronêson tois hautou t. dioruxei Dem. 6.30; dêmosiois telesi Plu.Phoc.38: in nom. sg., matên gar oikôi son tod' ekbaiê t. E.Fr.639.
  
  10. a military station or post with defined duties (cf. signf. au=E. Fr. 5), elthein eis phulakôn hieron t. Hom. Il. 10.56; aipsa d' epi Thrêikôn andrôn t. hixon iontes IBID=au=Hom. Il. 10.470=lr; dorpon epeith' helomestha kata straton en teleessin at our posts, in the ranks, au=Hom. Il. 11.730, cf. au=Hom. Il. 18.298; later, military unit, division, squadron, telei heni tôn hippeôn Thuc. 2.22, cf. au=Thuc. 4.96; peltastôn telê Eur. Rh. 311; kata telea Hdt. 1.103, au=Hdt. 7.87, al.; kata telê Thuc. 6.42, Plb.11.11.6, cf. au=Plb. 11.15.2, Polyaen.2.1.17; in the Roman army, legion, J.AJ14.16.2, ti=J. BJ1.17.9, Plu.Ant.18.56, App.BC5.87, al.
  
  
  b. a force of au=App. BC 5.2048=lr infantry, = merarchia , Ascl. Tact.2.10, Arr.Tact.10.5, Ael.Tact.9.7.
  
  c. a force of au=Ael. Tact. 9.2048=lr cavalry, Ascl.Tact.7.11, Arr.Tact.18.4, Ael.Tact.20.2.

12. a territorial division, Stratikon t. SIG421.44 (Acarnania, iii B.C.); Korôneiôn to t. Supp.Epigr.3.354 (Thebes, iii B.C.); to Lokrikon t. GDI2070 (Delph., ii B.C.).

b. a length of time (or space), term, course, aretas, haisi Kleônumidai thallontes aiei sun theôi thnaton dierchontai biotou t. Pind. I. 4(3).5(23); so perh. in Eur. Hipp. 87 (v. infr. 3), and in dia telous (v. infr. 2 c).


2. state of completion or maturity, t. labein, echein, of plants or animals, to attain maturity, Plat. Phaedrus 276b, ti=Plat. Laws 834c, cf. au=Plat. Laws 899e: hence, completion, end, finish, t. epitheinai tôi logôi complete it, IDEM=Plat. Sym. 186a, cf. ti=Plat. Prot. 348a; ho pasi tois proterois ep ethêke t. as a finish to all his former acts, Dem. 18.140; to t. tês skênês epoiêsanto Xen. Cyrop. 2.3.24; tautês . . tês hêmeras touto to t. egeneto IDEM=Xen. Anab. 1.10.18; t. labein to be completed, Plat. Rep. 501e, Isoc. 4.5; t. echein Plat. Laws 772c; ou t. hikeo muthôn didst not reach the end of thy speech, Hom. Il. 9.56; epi telous tou dromou Plat. Rep. 613d; mechri tou to prokeimenon epi telos achthênai PTeb.14.8 (ii B.C.); hekastôn pros telos achthentôn UPZ108.29 (ii B.C.), cf. BGU1816.11 (i B.C.); hê eikostê tou nosêmatos hêmera t. men triôn hebdomadôn, hex de tetradôn Gal.18(2).234:--
• freq. in Adverbial phrases:
  
  
  a. telos at last, hôste t. hêsuchian êgon Thuc. 2.100, cf. au=Thuc. 5.46; but most freq. at the beginning of the clause, machês de karterês genomenês, telos oudeteroi nikêsantes diestêsan Hdt. 1.76, cf.au=Hdt. 4.131, al.; telos de IDEM=Hdt. 1.36, Thgn. 1294, etc.; alla t. Hdt. 6.137; t. mentoi IDEM=Hdt. 5.89, Xen. Hell. 5.4.30; t. ge mentoi Soph. Ant. 233; kai t. Hdt. 4.154, Thuc. 1.109; to ge t. Plat. Laws 740e.
  
  b. e)s t. in the end, in the long run, pantôs es t. exephanê Sol.13.28, cf. Hdt. 9.37; eis t. Soph. Phil. 409; thnêtôn d' eis t. olbios oudeis Eur. IA 161 (anap.), cf. Hdt. 3.40; horôntes tên Libuên eis t. ablabê diamenousan altogether, completely, Plb.1.20.7, cf. PTeb.38.11 (ii B.C.), OGI90.12 (Rosetta, ii B.C.), PSI10.1120.5 (i B.C./i A.D.); es t. anue moiras dub. l. in Theoc.1.93.
  
  c. dia telous (orig. perh. from signf. au=Theoc. 1.1 or au=Theoc. 1.5=lr, or au=Theoc. 1.11.1b=lr, through the (whole) performance or time), through to the end, completely, Aesch. PB 275, Soph. Aj. 685, Eur. Supp. 270, Isoc. 5.24, au=Isoc. 8.17, au=Isoc. 19.4; throughout, all the time, always, Antiph. 5.42, Timocl.8.5, Hegesipp.Com.2.3; so dia teleos Hp.Acut.46 (= dia pantos kai aei acc. to Gal.15.618); dia telous aei Plat. Phileb. 36e; permanently, for good, tou aphethênai se dia t. PPetr.2p.45 (iii B.C.).
  
  d. epi telos at the end, opp. en archêi, Gal.19.183.
  
  e. telei perh. in the end, Soph. OT 198 (lyr.).
  
  
  3. esp. t. echein biou to have reached the end of life, to be dead, Plat. Laws 801e; emoi men tou biou to t. êdê parestin Xen. Cyrop. 8.7.6; pasin estin anthrôpois t. tou biou thanatos Dem. 57.27; eis t. tou zên aphikneisthai Soph. OC 1530: less freq. abs., death, elpis esti nukteron t. molein Aesch. Seven 367 (lyr.); hoi neêniai ouketi anestêsan all' en teleï toutôi eschonto Hdt. 1.31; echei to kalliston t. Xen. Cyrop. 7.3.11; echei t., = teteleutêke, Laconian phrase acc. to Hsch.; tôn êdê t. echontôn Plat. Laws 717e, cf. au=Plat. Laws 772c, BGU1857.7 (i B.C.); reversely, t. echei tina Plat. Laws 740c; hoion se biou t. heile Eur. Rh. 735 (anap.):--

• but olbiôs elusen to t. biou has paid life's toll (cf. supr.I. 8), Soph. OC 1720 (lyr.); to t. ho chronos apaitei Poet. in ti=S. Mus.Script.p.452 von Jan; also t. de kampsaim' hôsper êrxamên biou Eur. Hipp. 87 (cf. supr. II.1b); prin an pelas (v.l. telos) grammês hikêtai kai t. kampsêi biou IDEM=Eur. El. 955-au=Eur. El. 6.
  
  4. end, cessation, hôs de pros t. goôn aphikont' Soph. OC 1621; pôs trochêlatou manias an elthoim' es t. ponôn t' emôn; Eur. IT 83; hotan dê pêmatôn labêi t. IDEM=Eur. Hel. 534; t. dechei dê tôn emôn prosphthegma tôn IDEM=Eur. Hec. 413; hê men oun epanastasis . . touto to t. eschen Hell.Oxy.10.3; epeidê ouch hoion te eis apeiron, t. estai pasês phoras Aristot. Met. 1074a30.
  
  5. end of a word, A.D.Pron.12.25, al.; of a sentence, epi telei proskeitai Sor.1.43, cf. Gal.15.20; of a chapter or book, epi telei analuthêsetai Archim.Sph.Cyl.2.4, cf. Gal.15.10; pros tôi t. rhêthêsetai Plat. Laws 957b; pros tôi t. tou enterou Arist.PA675a16; apo telous tou stadiou, opp. apo mesou, IDEM=Arist.Ph.239b34 (cf. infr. III.2).

2. winning-post, goal in a race, pros t. ornumenon Bacchyl. 5.45; in a contest, estin d' aphaneia tuchas kai marnamenôn, prin t. akron hikesthai Pind. I. 4(3).32(50); eis t. elthein, of runners in a race, Plat. Rep. 613c.


b. prize, ephere pugmas t. Pind. O. 10(11).67; ou gar ên pentaethlion all' eph' hekastôi ergmati keito t. IDEM=Pind. I. 1.27; poti grammai men autan stasekosmêsais, t. emmen akron IDEM=Pind. P. 9.118 (perh. 'to be the winning post and prize'); krineis t. aretas Bacchyl. 10.6: metaph., ouk echô eipein tini touto Moira t. empedon ôrexe Pind. N. 7.57.


3. Philos., full realization, highest point. ideal, haptesthai tou t. Plat. Sym. 211b; pros t. iôn tôn erôtikôn IBID=au=Plat. Sym. 210e; pros t. aretês elthonta IDEM=Plat. Cleit. 410e, cf. ti=Plat. Rep. 613c.


b. the end or purpose of action, t. einai hapasôn tôn praxeôn to agathon IDEM=Plat. Gorg. 499e; freq. in Arist., EN1094a18, al.: hence, the final cause, = to hou heneka, IDEM=Aristot. Met. 994b9, au=Aristot. Met. 996a26, al.; hence simply = to agathon, the chief good, IDEM=Aristot. Nic. Eth. 1097a21, Zeno Stoic.1.45, etc.