A.“τελέοντες” Od.3.262, cf. 4.776, al., “τελείει” 6.234, 23.161): Ep. impf. “τέλεον” Il.23.373, 768; “ἐτέλειον” 9.456, 15.593; Ion. “τέλεσκον” Call.Dian.123, Fr.434; “τελέεσκον” Q.S.8.213: fut. “τελέσω” Pi.N.4.43, X.Cyr.8.6.3, (δ ι α -) Pl.R.425e codd., D.21.66 codd. (-τ ε λ ῶ Cobet in both places), PAvrom.2A9 (i B.C.); Ep.also τελέω, Il.8.415, 12.59, Od.2.256, etc.; Att. “τ ε λ ῶ” S.El.1435, Ar.Ra.173, Pl.Prt.311b: aor. (ἐ）“τέλεσα” Od.5.390; Ep. τέλεσσα and “ἐτέλεσσα” Il.246, Il.12.222, 23.543, 559, al. (inf. “τελέσσαι” Pi.P.3.9); Att. “ἐτέλεσα” Th.4.78, etc.: pf. “τετέλεκα” Pl.Ap.20a, (δ ι α -) D.18.203:—Med., fut. (v. infr.): aor. “ἐτελεσάμην” Id.38.18, etc.; pf. “τετέλεσμαι” Inscr.Prien.11.34 (iii B.C.):—Pass., Ep. impf. “ἐτελείετο” Il.1.5: fut. “τελεσθήσομαι” Thphr.Char.16.12; fut. Med. in this sense, “τ ε λ ε ῖτ α ι ” A.Pr.929, Ag.68 (anap.), etc., “τελέεσθαι” Il.2.36, “τ ε λ ε ῖσθαι” Od.23.284; part. “τελεόμενος” Hdt.1.206, “τελεύμενος” Id.3.134: aor. “ἐτελέσθην” Od.4.663, etc.; Aeol. inf. “τελέσθην” Sapph. Supp.1.4: pf. “τετέλεσμαι” Il.18.74, etc.: plpf. “τετέλεστο” 19.242: Cret. pf. part. “τετελημένος” GDI4963; Ion. 3pl. pf. τετέληνται dub. in SIG 1024.22 (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.): (τέλος):—fulfil, accomplish, execute, perform, freq. in Poets from Hom. downwds., less freq. in Prose (except in signfs. 11 and 111); “τελέσαι ἔργον τ ε ἔπος τ ε ” Od.2.272, cf. Il.1.108, 523, etc.; “τ . φιλοτήσια ἔρ γ α ” Od.11.246; μ ᾽ ἔφαντο ἄξ ε ι ν ε ἰς Ἰθάκην, ο ὐδ ᾽ ἐτέλεσσαν but did it not, 13.212; “τ . ἀέθλους” 3.262; “πόνον” 23.250; “πύματον δρόμον” Il.23.373; “ὁδόν” Od.2.256, Mimn. 11; sts. without “ὁδόν, ἄτ ε ρ καμάτοιο τέλεσσαν ἤματι τ ῷ α ὐτ ῷ κ α ὶ ἀπήνυσαν ο ἴκαδ᾽ ὀπίσσω” Od.7.325; “ὁδ ῷ δ ὲ τ ὰ ξυντομώτατα ἐξ Ἀβδήρων ἐς Ἴστρον ἀν ὴρ ε ὔζωνος ἑνδεκαταῖος τ ε λ ε ῖ” Th.2.97; ταύτῃ τ ῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐς “Φάρσαλον ἐτέλεσε” Id.4.78; κίνδυνον τελέσσαι perform a dangerous feat, Epich.99; “ἔργον” S.El.1399; “δίδυμα κακά” A.Th.782 (lyr.); “προστάγματα” Pl.Lg.926a, cf. d:—Pass., Hdt.1.206; κ α ὶ ε ἰ τετελεσμένον ἐστί, = τ ε λ ε ῖσθαι δύναται, Od.5.90, Il.14.196; “τετέλεστο δ ὲ ἔργον” 7.465; α ὐτίκ᾽ ἔπειθ᾽ ἅμ α μ ῦθος ἔη ν , τετέλεστο δ ὲ ἔργον 'no sooner said than done', 19.242; “ἐάνπερ ἐπ ὶ λόγῳ ἔρ γ α τ ε λ ῆτ α ι ” Pl. R.389d, cf. Plt.288c; “γ ρ α φ ὴ τ ῶν τετελεσμένων ἔργων” PPetr.3p.340 (iii B.C.); “τετέλεσται” Ev.Jo.19.30 (cf. 28).
2. fulfil one's word, τ . ἔπος, μ ῦθ ο ν , ὑπόσχεσιν, Il.14.44, Od.4.776, 10.483; “τελέω τ ὰ πάροιθεν ὑπέστην” Il.23.20; τελέσαι κότον, χόλον, glut one's fury, wrath, 1.82, 4.178: also, grant one the fulfilment or accomplishment of anything, τ . νόον τινί fulfil his wish, 23.149, cf. Od.22.51; “τ . ἐέλδωρ” Hes.Sc.36; “λιτάς” A.Th.627 (lyr.); κατάρας ib.724 (lyr.); rarely c. inf., ο ὐδ ᾽ ἐτέλεσσε φέρων δόμεναι he succeeded not in . . , Il.12.222 (cf. “ἀνύω” 1.6):—Pass., to be fulfilled, 2.36,330, al.: esp. pf. part., [“μ ῦθος] τετελεσμένος ἐστί” Il.1.388, cf.h.Ven.26; elsewh. in Hom. only neut., “τ ὸ δ ὲ κ α ὶ τετελεσμένον ἔσται” Il.1.212, cf. 8.286, al.:—Med., τελέσασθαι δίκην bring a suit to issue, D.38.18, cf. 39.18 (Pass.).
3. grant in full, work out, “ἀγαθόν τ ι ν ι , ὅ τ ι φ ρ ε σ ὶν ᾗσ ι μενοινᾷ” Od.2.34; “νόστον” 15.112; “μόγις δ ᾽ ἐτέλεσσε Κρονίων” 3.119; “τ . λυγρά” 18.134; “γ ῆρας ἄρειον” 23.286; “κ α κ ὰ κήδεα τ . τινί” Il.18.8, cf. Od.4.699, 18.389, S. Ant.3; θ ε ῶν τελεσάντων (sc. α ὐτό) Pi.P.10.49; “ε ὖ τ ε λ ε ῖ θεός” A. Th. 35.
4. ὅρκια τ ε λ ε ῖν make an oath effective, Il.7.69: later, execute a legal document, δημόσιος χρηματισμὸς τετελεσμένος δ ι ᾽ ἐπιτηρητῶν ἀγορανομίας Mitteis Chr.200.10 (iii A.D.), cf. POxy.290.22 (i A.D.), etc.
5. bring to fulfilment or perfection, “ἀρετὰν . . πεπρωμέναν τελέσει” Pi.N.4.43; τ . τινά bless him with perfect happiness, Id.I.6(5).46 (dub.); so “τετελεσμένον ἐσλόν” Id.N.9.6; “τελεσθεὶς ὄλβος” A.Ag.751 (lyr.): also, bring a child to maturity, bring it to the birth, E.Ba.100 (lyr.).
6. bring to an end, finish, end, “ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γ ὰρ ἀρξάμενος τελέω τ ὸν λόγον ε ἰς ἀγαθόν” Lyr.Alex. Adesp. 21.2.
7. of Time, “ὅτ ε δ ὴ τρίτον ἦμ α ρ . . τέλεσ᾽ Ἠώς” Od.5.390; βίον τ . Simon.36, S.Ant.1114; πολλοὺς τρόχους ἡλίου ib.1065; “τελευτὴν τ ο ῦ βίου” Id.Tr.79; also τ . ν ο ῦσ ο ν come to the end of it, Hes. Th.799:—Pass., “π ε ρ ὶ δ ᾽ ἤματα μ α κ ρ ὰ τελέσθη” Od.10.470, cf. Hes. Th.59; τετελεσμένον ε ἰς ἐνιαυτόν ib.795; ἐν τ ο ῖς ἔτεσι τ ο ῖς δ ὶς ἑπ τ ὰ τ ε τ ε λ . Arist.HA581a14, cf. Metaph.994a26; of men, come to one's end, “ο ἴμ ο ι . . δεσπότου τελουμένου” A.Ch.875 (s. v.l.).
8. sts. intr., like the Pass., come to an end, be fulfilled, turn out, ο ὐ γ ὰρ ο ἶδ ᾽ ὅπ ῃ τ ε λ ε ῖ ib.1021, cf. Pers.225 (troch.), S.El.1417 (lyr.): later = τελέθω, to be, “φύσει τ ε λ ῶν μνησίκακος” Tz.H.2.83, al.
II. pay what one owes, what is due, “λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας” Il.9.156, 298 (unless this means 'will administer good laws'); ν ῆας . . α ἵ κ ε ν τελέοιεν ἕκαστα ἄστε᾽ ἐπ ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἱκνεύμεναι bring supplies of everything, Od. 9.127: generally, pay, present, δ ῶρ α , δωτίνην, Il.9.598, Od.11.352; “μισθόν” Il.21.457, Eup.4; “ἀργύριον” Pl.Ly.208b; “ἀργύριον . . μισθόν” Id.Prt.311d; “δύο δραχμὰς μισθόν” Ar.Ra.173: metaph., “τ . ὕμ ν ο ν ” Pi.P. 1.79, 2.13; τ . ψ υ χ ὰν Ἀΐδᾳ, i.e. die, Id.I.1.68.
b. esp. pay tax, duty, toll, “φόρον” Pl.Alc.1.123a; “τ ὰ τέλη” Cratin.Jun.9.5, Arist.Ath. 55.3, cf. Pl.Lg.847b; τ . μετοίκιον pay the tax of a μέτοικος, ib. 850b; “ἱππάδα” Is.7.39; “θητικόν” Arist.Ath.7.4, Lex ap. D.43.54; “ξενικά” D.57.34; “συντάξεις” Aeschin.3.91; freq. in Papyri, “ο ἱ τ ε λ ο ῦντες τ ὰ καθήκοντα ε ἰς τ ὸ βασιλικόν” PTeb.5.174 (ii B.C.), etc.; τ . σ ῖτ ο ν pay one's contribution of corn, X.HG5.3.21: abs., pay tax, IG12.1.2,3, Hdt.2.109:—Pass., of money, etc., to be paid, Id.9.93; of persons, to be in receipt of rent, “χώραν ἀτέλεστον ἔχουσιν α ὐτ ο ὶ τετελεσμένοι” D. Prooem.55.
2. lay out, spend, “χρήματα μεγάλα” Hdt.3.137, Pl. Ap.20a, cf. X.Cyr.8.1.13:—Pass., to be spent or expended, Hdt.2.125; ἐς τ ὸ δ ε ῖπ ν ο ν τετρακόσια τάλαντα τετελεσμένα laid out upon the dinner, Id.7.118; ἕνδεκα μυριάδας μεδίμνων τελεομένας ἐπ ᾽ ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ ib.187, cf. Pl.Lg.955e.
3. since, in many Greek cities, the citizens were distributed into classes acc. to their taxable property, τ . ε ἴς τινας meant to belong to a class, to be reckoned among, τ . ἐς Ἕλληνας, ἐς Βοιωτούς, belong to the Greeks, the Boeotians, Hdt.2.51, 6.108; ε ἰς ἀστοὺς τ . become a citizen, S.OT 222; ε ἰς ἄνδρας τ . come to man's estate, Pl.Lg.923e; ε ἰς γ υ ν α ῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρὸς τ . become a woman instead of a man, E.Ba.822; ἕκαστος ἡμ ῶν ὑπό τ ι ν α τ ε λ ε ῖ δαίμονα ὃς πάσης ἡμ ῶν τ ῆς ζ ω ῆς ἐπάρχει belongs . . , Herm. in Phdr.p.93 A.
4. from the last sense perh. may be expld. the phrase, κ ο ῖός τις δοκέοι ἀν ὴρ ε ἶν α ι π ρ ὸς τ ὸν πατέρα τελέσαι to compare with his father, Hdt.3.34 (τελέσαι om. cod. E, secl. Hude).
III. initiate in the mysteries, τ ι ν α Pl.Euthd.277d; “τ ῇ μ η τ ρ ὶ τελούσῃ τ ὰς βίβλους ἀναγιγνώσκειν” D.18.259; τυμπανίζειν κ α ὶ τ . Plu.2.60a; “τ . τ ῷ Διονύσῳ” Milet.6.23:—Pass., to have oneself initiated, Ar.Nu.258; “τετελεσμένος” Pl.Phd.69c, Berl.Sitzb.1927.169 (Cyrene), etc.; “ἐτέλεις, ἐγ ὼ δ ᾽ ἐτελούμην” D.18.265; Διονύσῳ τελεσθῆν α ι to be consecrated to Dionysus, initiated in his mysteries, Hdt.4.79; “ὀργίοισι” Hp.Lex5, cf. X.Smp.1.10: c. acc., “Βακχεῖ᾽ ἐτελέσθη” Ar.Ra.357 (anap.); “τελέους τελετὰς τελούμενος” Pl.Phdr.249c, cf. 250b; also “τ . μεγάλοισι τέλεσι” Id.R.560e.
b. in Magic, endow a thing with potency, consecrate it, PMag.Par.1.1744, PMag.Lond.46.242, 121.590, Sch.Ar.Pl. 884.
c. enchant, Παλλάδιον τετελεσμένον Eust.ad D.P.620.
2. metaph., τελεσθῆν α ι στρατηγός to be formally appointed general, D. 13.19; τετελεσμένος σωφροσύνῃ a votary of temperance, X.Oec.21.12.
3. also of sacred rites, perform, “ἱερά” E.Ba.485, cf. IT464 (anap.); “θυσίαν τ ο ῖς θ ε ο ῖς” D.S.4.34, cf. Plu.Thes.16; “ὄργια” IG14.1183 (Rome), Paus.4.14.1; γάμον, γάμους, Call.Ap.14, Lyc. 1387:— Pass., Pl.Lg.775a.
4. Pass., of women, to be married, GDI3721.5,9 (Cos).
