ka]n ejgivgneto plhgh; teleutw`sa there would have been a fray to finish with, Soph .; ta;" ojlofuvrsei" teleutw`nte" ejxevkamnon at last they got tired of mourning, Thuc.
5. of a country, to come to an end, Hdt. From teleuthv
teleuthv
teleuthv , hJ , ( televw ) a finishing, completion, accomplishment, Od.
2.
a termination, end,
Il.,
Att.
;
th`" oJdou`
Ar
.;
hJ t. tou` polevmou
Thuc.
3.
esp.
an end
of life,
biovtoio t
. Il.;
bivou
Hdt
., etc:—also periphr.,
qanavtoio t
.
the end
that death brings,
Lat.
mortis exitus
,
Hes.
4.
the end, event, issue,
Pind
.,
Aesch.
5.
with Preps., in adv. sense,
ej" teleuthvn
,
at the end, at last,
Hes
.,
Soph.
;
ejpi; teleuth`"
Plat
.;
ejn teleuth`/
Aesch.
II.
the end, extremity
of any thing,
teleutai; Libuvh"
the extremities
of Libya,
Hdt.
2.
the end
of a sentence,
Arist.
televw
televw , Ep. also teleivw : Ep. impf. tevleon : f. televsw , Ep. televssw , Ion. televw , Att. telw` : aor. I ejtevlesa , Ep. ejtevlessa : pf. tetevleka :— Pass. , Ep. pres. teleivomai : f. telesqhvsomai , and f. med. in pass. sense, 3 sing. telei`tai , inf. televesqai, telei`sqai , part. teleuvmeno" : aor. I ejtelevsqhn : pf. tetevlesmai , 3 sing. plqpf. tetevlesto : ( tevlo" ):— to complete, fulfil, accomplish, and, generally, to execute, perform, Lat. perficere , Hom .: —Pass ., Id.; a{ma mu`qo" e[hn, tetevlesto de; e[rgon ‘no sooner said than done,’ Il.
2. to fulfil ones word, Hom. : to grant one the fulfilment of anything, tiv tini Id.; t. novon tiniv to fulfil his wish, Il.; televsai kovton, covlon to glut his fury, wrath, Ib.: c. inf ., oujdÆ ejtevlesse fevrein he succeeded not in bringing, Ib.; o{rkia telei`n , like o{rkon teleuta`n , to complete or confirm an oath, Ib.
3. to make perfect, ajretavn Pind .; t. tina to bless him with perfect happiness, Id.; so, telesqei;" o[lbo" Aesch .:—also, to bring a child to maturity, bring it to the birth, Eur.
4. to bring to an end, finish, end, oJdovn Il., etc. ; without oJdovn , to finish ones course to a place, arrive at it, Thuc.
5.
of Time, Od.,
etc.
:—
Pass.
,
h[mata makra; televsqh
Ib.: of men,
to come to ones end,
Aesch.
6.
intr.
like
Pass.
to be fulfilled, turn out
so and so, Id.,
Soph.
II.
to pay
what one owes,
pay
ones dues, Il.: generally,
to pay, present,
Hom
.,
Att.
:
absol.
to pay tax,
Hdt
.:
—Pass
., of money,
to be paid,
Id.; of persons,
to be subject to tax
or
tribute,
Dem.
2. to lay out, spend, Hdt .: —Pass. to be spent or expended, Id.; ej" to; dei`pnon tetrakovsia tavlanta tetelesmevna laid out upon the supper, Id.
3.
since, in many Greek cities, the citizens were distributed into classes
acc. to
their taxable property,
t. ei[" tina"
meant
to be rated as belonging to
a class,
Lat.
censeri inter
,
t. ejs {Ellhna", ej" Boiwtouv"
to belong to
the Greeks, the Boeotians, Id.;
eij" ajstou;" t
.
to become
a citizen,
Soph.
;
eij" gunai`ka" ejx ajndrw`n t
.
to become
a woman instead of a man,
Eur.
: hence,
pro;" to;n patevra televsai
to compare
with his father,
Hdt.
III. like teleiovw II , to make perfect, i.e. to initiate in the mysteries, Plat. , Dem. :— Pass. to have oneself initiated, Lat. initiari , Ar ., Plat. , etc. ; Dionuvsw/ telesqh`nai to be consecrated to Dionysus, initiated in his mysteries, Hdt .: —c. acc ., telesqh`nai Bakcei`a Ar.
2. metaph ., strathgo;" telesqh`nai to be formally appointed general, Dem. ; tetelesmevno" swfrosuvnh/ a votary of temperance, Xen.
3. also of sacred rites, to perform, Eur ., Anth.
televw"