τέλειος

τέλειος and τέλεος, α, ον, in Trag., Att., and Dor. also ος, ον, A. Eu. 382 (lyr.), Pl. Phlb. 67a, Arist. EN 1153b16, SIG 265 (Delph., iv B.C.), etc.: the form τέλειος is alone used by Hom., neither form in Hes.; τέλεος is alone used by Hdt., exc. in 9.110; in Trag. and Att. both forms occur; Att. Inscrr. up to the end of iii B.C. have only τέλεος, IG 1(2).76.39, al., and τέλεος, τελέως, τελεῶ are recommended by Thom.Mag. p.358R.; τέλειος first in IG 2(2).2314.51, al. (early ii B.C.), freq. in Papyri (PCair.Zen. 429.13, al. (iii B.C.), etc.), but the neut. used as Adv. is sts. τέλεον (BGU 903.12 (ii A.D.), etc., τέλειον POxy. 707.31 (ii A.D.), etc.): the form τέλεως, acc. τέλεων, with pl. τέλεῳ, is found in SIG 1025.61, 1026.14 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.), dub. in Schwyzer 734 (Zeleia) and Herod. 7.20: the form τέληον in GDI 4963 (Crete): (τέλος):—

• perfect, of victims, entire, without spot or blemish, ἀρνῶν αἰγῶν τε τελείων Il. 1.66, cf. 24.34; βοτὸν τ. Riv.Fil. 56.265 (Cyrene); τὸνς ϝεξήκοντα τελέονς ὄϝινς (acc. pl.) SIG 56.30 (Argos, v. B.C.); of sacrifices, ἱερὰ τ. perfect, of full tale or number, or performed with all rites, Th. 5.47, Lex ap. And. 1.97, D. 59.60; τελέους ἀεὶ τελετὰς τελούμενος τέλεος ὄντως . . γίγνεται Pl. Phdr. 249c; in Il. 8.247, 24.315, αἰετὸς τελειότατος πετεηνῶν is prob. the surest bird of augury (cf. τελήεις).
• • • • b in Dialects, = κύριος, fully constituted, valid, ἐν ἀγορᾷ τελείῳ Schwyzer 324.1 (Delph., iv B.C.), SIG 265 (ibid.), etc.; ἀλιαίᾳ ἔδοξε τελείᾳ ib. 594.3 (Mycenae, ii B.C.); authoritative, final, ἁ δέ κα ϝράτρα ἁ δαμοσία τελεία εἴε̄ δικάδο̄σα Schwyzer 412 (Elis); τὸ θέθμιον . . τέλεον εἶμεν IG 9(1).334.47 (Locr., v B.C.); so in Trag., τελεία ψῆφος a final decision, A. Supp. 739, S. Ant. 632.
    • 2 of animals, full-grown, τέλεον νεαροῖς ἐπιθύσας A. Ag. 1504 (anap., and so perh. αἶγες τ. in Il. ll.cc.); ἐπʼ οὗ θύεται τὰ τ. τῶν προβάτων, opp. γαλαθηνά, Hdt. 1.183, cf. SIG 1015.31 (Halic.), Pherecr. 44, PCair.Zen. 429.13, al. (iii B.C.), Sammelb. 5277.5 (iii A.D.), etc.; τ. ζῷον defined in Gal. 7.677; as Subst., τέλειον καὶ δέκα ἄρνες SIG 1024.35 (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.); τ. ἵππος, opp. πῶλος, Pl. Lg. 834c; τ. ἅρμα a chariot drawn by horses, opp. ἅρμα πωλικόν, CIG 2758 111.D2 (Aphrodisias), SIG 840 (Olympia, ii A.D.), Luc. Tim. 50; τελέᾳ συνωρίδι IG 5(2).549.2, al. (Arc., iv B.C.); τελέῳ τεθρίππῳ ib. 5; κέλητι τελέῳ ib. 550.29; κέλητι τελείῳ ib. 7.1772.14, cf. 16; of trees, Thphr. CP 3.7.5, POxy. 909.18 (iii A.D.); εἰκὼν τελεία life-sized, GDI 4942b7 (Crete, ii B.C.); of a torsion-engine, full-sized, opp. to the model of one, Ph. Bel. 55.30: of human beings, full-grown, adult, Pl. Lg. 929c, X. Cyr. 1.2.4, 12, 14, BGU 1100.10 (i B.C.), POxy. 485.30 (ii A.D.), Sor. 1.10, al.
    • • b married, τέλειοι οἱ γεγαμηκότες Paus.Gr. Fr. 306; Ἥρα Τελεία is so expld. at Stymphalus, Paus. 8.22.2, cf. Aristocl.Hist. 5 (ap. Sch. Theoc. 15.64); v. infr. II.
    • 3 of persons, accomplished, perfect in his kind, in relation to quality, Isoc. 12.32,242; ἱστοριῶν συγγραφέα τέλειον Supp.Epigr. 1.400 (Samos, ii A.D.); τ. σοφιστής Pl. Cra. 403e; τ. εἴς τι Id. Phdr. 269e (Sup.); κατὰ πάντα Id. Ti. 30d; πρός τι Id. Lg. 647d, 678b, Isoc. 12.9, etc.; ἔν τινι Id. Ep. 4.3 (Sup.); οἱ τ. δογματικοί Gal. 15.60; but ἡ τελεία μαῖα the trained or qualified midwife, distd. from ἡ ἀρίστη (the trained and experienced midwife), Sor. 1.4.
    • • b of things, φάρμακον τελεώτατον Pl. Criti. 106b; τ. ἀρετή, φιλία, etc., Arist. EN 1129b30, 1156b34, al.; of a syllogism in the 1st figure, the other figures being ἀτελεῖς, Id. APr. 27a1, etc.; τὸ τελεώτατον ἐκεῖνο γυμνάσιον, ὃ δὴ καὶ κατασκευὴν ὀνομάζουσι Gal. 6.169, cf. 208: even of evils, τ. νόσημα a serious, dangerous illness, Hp. Prorrh. 2.30; τελειοτάτη κακία Gal. 16.500; ἀδικία τελέα, τελεωτάτη, absolute, Pl. R. 348b, 344a; συνθέσεις λευκὰς τελείας δέκα τρεῖς thirteen complete white suits, PHamb. 10.14 (ii A.D.); τ. ἀποζυγή complete divorce, PGrenf. 2.76.19 (iv A.D.); ὕνις τελεία, κράβακτος ξύλινος τ., etc., PTeb. 406.19, al. (iii A.D.); of land, fully inundated, opp. ἀβροχικός, PMasp. 107.13, al. (vi A.D.), prob. in PFlor. 286.23 (vi A.D.).
    • 4 of prayers, vows, etc., fulfilled, accomplished, εὐχωλαί Pi. Fr. 122.15; τέλειον ἐπʼ εὐχᾷ ἐσλόν Id. P. 9.89; τελεία γένεος Οἰδίπου τʼ ἀρά A. Th. 832 (lyr.); μὰ τὴν τ. τῆς ἐμῆς παιδὸς Δίκην Id. Ag. 1432; τέλεα εὔγματα Ar. Th. 353 (lyr.); of omens or predictions, ὄψις ὀνείρου οὐ τελέη a vision which imported nothing, Hdt. 1.121; τ. σύμβολον h.Merc. 526 (s. v.l.); τ. τὸ ἐνύπνιον ἀποτετέλεσται Pl. R. 443b.
    • 5 of numbers, full, complete, τελέους ἑπτὰ μῆνας Ar. Lys. 104; τ. ἐνιαυτός the great year, Pl. Ti. 39d.
    • • b in Arithm., of perfect numbers, which are equal to the sum of their divisors, as 6 = 3+2+1; 28 = 14+7+4+2+1, Id. R. 546b, Euc. 7 Def. 23, Theo Sm. p.45 H., Nicom. Ar. 1.16:—but 9 is τ. ὅτι ἐκ τελείου τοῦ γ̄ γίνεται, Theol.Ar. 58 (3 is τ. because it has ἀρχή, μέσον, τέλος, ib. 14).
    • 6 τ. κρατήρ, i.e. the third bowl offered to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ, Ar. Fr. 526, E. Fr. 148.
  • II of the gods, having power to fulfil prayer, all-powerful (as implied in A. Ag. 973, Ζεῦ Ζεῦ τέλειε, τὰς ἐμὰς εὐχὰς τέλει), Ζεὺς τ. Pi. O. 13.115, P. 1.67; τ. ὕψιστον Δία A. Eu. 28; τελέων τελειότατον κράτος, Ζεῦ Id. Supp. 526 (lyr.); of Hera ζυγία, the presiding goddess of marriage (v. supr. I.2 b, τέλος I.6), Pi. N. 10.18, A. Eu. 214, Fr. 383, Ar. Th. 973 (lyr.); of Apollo, Theoc. 25.22 (Sup.); of the Eumenides, A. Eu. 382 (lyr.); Μοῖραι Supp.Epigr. 3.400.9 (Delph., iii B.C.): generally, θεοὶ τέλειοι τέλειαί τε A. Th. 167 (lyr.); πῦρ τέλεον ἄρρητον Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 36.14: also ἀνὴρ τ. the head or lord of the house, A. Ag. 972.
  • III = τελευταῖος, last, S. Tr. 948 (lyr.).
  • IV τέλειον, τό, a royal banquet, as a transl. of the Pers. τυκτά, Hdt. 9.110.
  • V ἡ τελεία (sc. στιγμή) the full point, D.T. 630.6; so τελείαν δεῖ στίξαι Herm. in Phdr. p.84 A.
  • • 2 ἡ τελεία (sc. ἀντίδοτος) the perfect antidote, effective against all poisons, Scrib. Larg.177.
  • VI Τέλεος (sc. μήν), ὁ, name of a month at Epidaurus, IG 42(1).109 ii 114.
  • VII Adv. τελέως finally, absolutely, with full authority, A. Eu. 320, 953 (both anap.).
  • • 2 completely, absolutely, thoroughly, τ. ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται Hdt. 1.120; τ. ἐκκλησιάσαιμεν perfectly, Ar. Th. 329 (lyr.); τ. ἄφρων Is. 12.4; ἔρια τ. ῥυπαρά PCair.Zen. 287 (iii B.C.); τ. μʼ ὑπῆλθε completely deceived me, Epicr. 9; τ. ἑστιᾶν perfectly, X. Smp. 2.2; τ. κινήσεται absolutely, Pl. Tht. 182c; τ. γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐνώχλει he was a perfect nuisance to us, PCair.Zen. 637.4 (iii B.C.); τ. γυμνάζειν put a person through the τέλειον γυμνάσιον, Gal. 6.286; μέσα τ. completely neutral, Id. 18(2).59, cf. 79, al.--This is the only form of the Adv. allowed by Thom.Mag. p.358R., but τελείως is found in Gorg. Hel. 18, Isoc. 13.18, Pl. Def. 411d, Arist. Metaph. 1021b26, PPetr. 3p.114 (iii B.C.), LXX Ju. 11.6, Gal. 16.639, etc.
    • 3 the neut. τέλεον is also used as Adv. in later Prose, Luc. Merc.Cond. 5, App. BC 1.8, Sor. 2.56, etc.
  • VIII Comp. and Sup.: Hom. uses only τελειότατος: in Prose τελεώτερος, -ώτατος prevail, though the other forms occur in Arist. EN 1097a30, 1174b22. Comp. Adv. τελεώτερον Pl. R. 520b (τελειοτέρως Sch. Il. 2.350, v.l. in Procl. Inst. 18); τελεώτατα Pl. R. 351b.

τέλειος, att. gew. 2 Endgn, ion. τέλεος (s. unten),
1) was sein Ziel od. Ende erreicht hat ; dah.
   a) vollständig, vollkommen, woran Nichts fehlt, unversehrt u. tadellos, z.B. von Opfertieren, welche ohne allen Makel sein müssen, Il. 1.66, 24.34 ; ἱερὰ τέλεια, vollständige od. vollzählige Opfer, od. Opfer von vollständig ausgewachsenen Tieren (s. b), Andoc. 1.97 im Gesetz ; vgl. Dem. 59.60 ; Hom. nennt den Adler τελειότατον πετεηνῶν, Il. 8.247, 24.315, den vollkommensten unter den Vögeln, also den vornehmsten od. edelsten ; τέλειον ἐσλόν, Pind. P. 9.89 ; ἀνήρ, Plat. Legg. I.643d, u. öfter ; τέλειος ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸν πραγματικὸν τρόπον, Pol. 4.8.1.
   b) vollkommen ausgewachsen ; von Menschen, Plat. Legg. XI.929c ; Xen. Cyr. 1.2.4 u. öfter (von 25 bis 50 Jahren); von Tieren, Plat. Legg. VIII.834c, wie auch Einige ἱερὰ τέλεια u. αἶγες τέλειαι in der Il. erklären ; dah. reif, männlich, im Ggstz von παιδίον νήπιον, Pol 5.29.2 ; so auch ἅρματ., im Ggstz von πωλικόν, mit ausgewachsenen Pferden, Luc. Tim. 50 ; bestimmt, ψῆφος, Soph. Ant. 628, Schol. τὴν ἤδη τετελεσμένην, feste, letzte Entscheidung.
   c) übh. geendigt, vollbracht, εἰ κρανθῇ πρᾶγμα τέλειον, Aesch. Suppl. 86 ; von Gebeten, Wünschen, Hoffnungen, erhört, in Erfüllung gegangen, auch von Vorzeichen u. Vorbedeutungen, ἀραί Spt. 748, einzeln bei Sp.
2) akt., vollbringend, vollendend, erhörend ; θεοί, die Götter, welche die an sie gerichteten Gebete erhören u. allen Dingen Vollendung und Gedeihen geben, Aesch. Ag. 982 ; Ζεύς, Pind. Ol. 13.115, P. 1.67, wie Aesch. Eum. 28, Ag. 947 ; so bes. Ἥρα τελεία, die Hera als Ehestifterin, Iuno pronuba ; τελεία μάτηρ, Pind. N. 10.18 ; Aesch. Eum. 205 ; Ar. Th. 973 ; vgl. Crinag. 13 (VI.244); μὰ τὴν τέλειον τῆς ἐμῆς παιδὸς Δίκην, Aesch. Ag. 1437. – In der Arithmetik hießen diejenigen Zahlen τέλειοι, welche der Summe aller ihrer Maße oder Faktoren gleich sind, 6 = 3 + 2 + 1, 28 = 14 + 7 + 4 +2 + 1, 496 = 248 + 124 + 62 + 31 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1, 8128 u. s. s., Nicom. arithm. Vgl. auch Plat. Rep. VIII.546b.

τέλειος

[τέλος.]

• • 1

    Sure, certain.

    In superl. : αἰετόν, τελειότατον πετεηνῶν (bringing the surest presage of fulfilment) Il. 8.247 = Il. 24.315.

  • 2

    Perfect, without spot or blemish : αἰγῶν τελείων Il. 1.66, Il. 24.34.

τέλειος, τέλεος (-ειε; -είᾳ, -έαν, -έαις; -ειον acc.)

• • a = τετελεσμένος, fulfilled τοῖσι τέλειον ἐπʼ εὐχᾷ κωμάσομαί τι παθὼν ἐσλόν (τέλειον with ἐσλόν τι, Σ.) P. 9.89 Ξενοφῶν τελέαις εὐχωλαῖς ἰανθείς fr. 122. 19.
  • b complete, perfect τελέαν δʼ ἔχει δόξαν ἀπʼ ἀρχᾶς P. 8.24 χορευτὰν τελεώτατον (sc. Πᾶνα) fr. 99.
  • c accomplishing
  • • α epith. of Zeus Ζεῦ τέλειʼ, αἰδῶ δίδοι καὶ τύχαν O. 13.115 Ζεῦ τέλειʼ P. 1.67
    • β of Hera, (ἔστι γὰρ αὐτὴ γαμηλία καὶ ζυγία Σ.) Ἥβα τελείᾳ παρὰ ματέρι βαίνοισ N. 10.18

τέλειος (τέλος): perfect; said of victims that are without spot or blemish, Il. 1.66; the eagle is τελειότατος πετεηνῶν, because he brings the surest omen from Zeus, Il. 8.247, Il. 24.315.

τέλειος τέλος

• • Ihaving reached its end, finished, complete, Il., etc.: of victims, perfect, without spot or blemish, Il.; τὰ τέλεα τῶν προβάτων Hdt.; of sacrifices, ἱερὰ τέλεια of full tale or number, or performed with all rites, Thuc.; so, αἰετὸς τελειότατος πετεηνῶν is prob. the surest bird of augury, Il.
  • • 2of animals, fullgrown, Xen., etc.
    • 3of persons, absolute, complete, accomplished, perfect in his or its kind, Plat., etc.: —so of things, φάρμακον τελεώτατον Plat.; τ. ἀρετή, φιλία, etc., Arist.
    • 4of prayers, vows, etc., fulfilled, accomplished, Pind., Aesch.; ὄψις οὐ τελέη a vision which imported nothing, Hdt.; τ. ψῆφος a fixed resolve, Soph.
    • 5in Arithm., those numbers are τέλειοι, which are equal to the sum of their divisors, as 6 = 3 + 2 + 1, Plat.
  • IIof the gods, fulfilling prayer, Ζεὺς τ. Zeus the fulfiller, Pind., Aesch.; of Hera ζυγία, Lat. Juno pronuba, the presiding goddess of marriage, Pind., Aesch., etc.:—so, τέλειος ἀνήρ, Lat. paterfamilias, the lord of the house, Aesch.
  • III= τελευταῖος, last, Soph.
  • IVτέλειον (not τέλεον), τό, a royal banquet, as a transl. of the Pers. tycta, Hdt.
  • Vadv. τελέως, at last, Aesch., Plat., etc.
  • • 2perfectly, absolutely, thoroughly, Hdt.
    • 3the neut. τέλεον is also used as adv., Luc.
  • VIcomp. and Sup.: Hom. uses τελεώτερος, -εώτατος or τελειότερος, -ειότατος, as his metre requires: in Attic τελεώτερος, -ώτατος prevail.