τέλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-, probably related to Classical Persian ته (tah, “final”). See Latin colō for more.
Similar to τέλλω (téllō), τέλος (télos) may come from three roots, Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, completion”), *kʷel- (“to swarm, crowd”) and *telh₂- (“to bear, burden”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.los/
Noun
τέλος • (télos) n (genitive τέλους or τέλεος); third declension
- completion, maturity, accomplishment, fulfillment, perfection, consummation
- result, product
- end
- end of life: death
- boundary, border, extremity
- supreme power
- the highest government office: magistrate
- that which is ordered to be done: task, duty
- money paid to the government: tax, toll
- a person's property, according to which he was classed
- thus, generally: rank, class
- unit of soldiers: legion, company
- initiation (especially into mystery religions)
- mystery religion
- any religious ceremony
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ τέλος tò télos |
τὼ τέλει tṑ télei |
τᾰ̀ τέλη tà télē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τέλους toû télous |
τοῖν τελοῖν toîn teloîn |
τῶν τελῶν tôn telôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τέλει tôi télei |
τοῖν τελοῖν toîn teloîn |
τοῖς τέλεσῐ / τέλεσῐν toîs télesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ τέλος tò télos |
τὼ τέλει tṑ télei |
τᾰ̀ τέλη tà télē | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέλος télos |
τέλει télei |
τέλη télē | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- -τελής (-telḗs) Category Ancient Greek terms prefixed with -τελής not found
- ἀκροτελεύτιον (akroteleútion)
- ἀλυσιτελής (alusitelḗs)
- Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs)
- ἀτέλεια (atéleia)
- ἀτελής (atelḗs)
- αὐτοτελής (autotelḗs)
- δημοτελής (dēmotelḗs)
- διατελής (diatelḗs)
- ἐκτελής (ektelḗs)
- ἐντελής (entelḗs)
- ἐπιτελής (epitelḗs)
- εὐτελής (eutelḗs)
- ἡμιτελής (hēmitelḗs)
- ἰσοτελής (isotelḗs)
- λυσιτελής (lusitelḗs)
- νεοτελής (neotelḗs)
- ὁλοτελής (holotelḗs)
- παντελής (pantelḗs)
- πολυτελής (polutelḗs)
- Πραξιτέλης (Praxitélēs)
- προτελής (protelḗs)
- συντελής (suntelḗs)
- τέλειος (téleios)
- Τελεσφόρος (Telesphóros)
- τελεσφόρος (telesphóros)
- τελέω (teléō)
- τελήεις (telḗeis)
- τελικός (telikós)
- ὑπερεντελής (huperentelḗs)
- ὑπερτελής (hupertelḗs)
- ὑποτελής (hupotelḗs)
expressions:
- τέλη λύειν (télē lúein, “pay one's dues”)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1463-4
Further reading
- “τέλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τέλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τέλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τέλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- τέλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τέλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5056 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accomplishment idem, page 6.
- ceremony idem, page 122.
- cessation idem, page 122.
- close idem, page 138.
- completion idem, page 152.
- conclusion idem, page 156.
- consequence idem, page 162.
- consummation idem, page 166.
- culmination idem, page 188.
- customs idem, page 192.
- division idem, page 244.
- due idem, page 255.
- duty idem, page 257.
- effect idem, page 262.
- end idem, page 272.
- event idem, page 285.
- eventually idem, page 285.
- excise idem, page 289.
- expiration idem, page 294.
- finality idem, page 320.
- finally idem, page 320.
- finish idem, page 321.
- fulfilment idem, page 348.
- function idem, page 349.
- goal idem, page 365.
- impost idem, page 423.
- issue idem, page 461.
- last idem, page 477.
- legion idem, page 484.
- office idem, page 571.
- perfection idem, page 607.
- period idem, page 607.
- rate idem, page 673.
- result idem, page 706.
- rite idem, page 718.
- royalty idem, page 724.
- run idem, page 726.
- sequel idem, page 754.
- service idem, page 755.
- squadron idem, page 807.
- task idem, page 856.
- tax idem, page 857.
- termination idem, page 863.
- toll idem, page 880.
- troop idem, page 896.
- ultimately idem, page 905.
- worship idem, page 990.
- “τέλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos). Sense "tax, dues", learnedly from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos).
Pronunciation
Noun
τέλος • (télos) n (plural τέλη)
- end, finish
- Θα έρθω στο τέλος του μήνα. ― Tha értho sto télos tou mína. ― I will come at the end of the month.
- το τέλος του κόσμου ― to télos tou kósmou ― the end of the world
- tax, dues paid to the government for specific public service, or product
- τέλος ακίνητης περιουασίας (ΤΑΠ) ― télos akínitis periouasías (TAP) ― tax of real estate
Declension
Related terms
and
- ασυντέλεστος (asyntélestos, “incomplete”)
- ατελέσφορος (atelésforos, “ineffective”)
- ατελής (atelís, “imperfect”)
- ατελώς (atelós, adverb)
- εντελώς (entelós, “completely”)
- επιτέλους (epitélous, “at last”)
- τέλειος (téleios, “perfect”)
- τελεία f (teleía, “full stop, period”)
- τελειοποίηση f (teleiopoíisi)
- τελειοποιώ (teleiopoió, “I perfect”)
- τελειωτικός (teleiotikós)
- τελειότητα f (teleiótita, “perfection”)
- τελειώνω (teleióno, “I finish”)
- τελεολογικός (teleologikós, “teleological”)
- τελετή f (teletí, “ceremony”)
- τελευταίος (teleftaíos, “last”)
- τελευτώ (teleftó, “I die, come to my end”)
- τελωνείο n (teloneío, “custom house”)
- τελώ (teló, “perform”)
- τελώνιο n (telónio)
See also
- αρχή f (archí, “beginning”)
References
Further reading
τέλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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