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”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τέλος • (télos) n (genitive τέλους or τέλεος); third declension

  1. completion, maturity, accomplishment, fulfillment, perfection, consummation
  2. result, product
  3. end
  4. end of life: death
  5. boundary, border, extremity
  6. supreme power
  7. the highest government office: magistrate
  8. that which is ordered to be done: task, duty
  9. money paid to the government: tax, toll
  10. a person's property, according to which he was classed
  11. thus, generally: rank, class
  12. unit of soldiers: legion, company
  13. initiation (especially into mystery religions)
  14. mystery religion
  15. any religious ceremony

Declension
Third declension of τὸ τέλος; τοῦ τέλους (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • -τελής (-telḗs)
    Category Ancient Greek terms prefixed with -τελής not found

expressions:

  • τέλη λύειν (télē lúein, “pay one's dues”)

Descendants
  • Greek: τέλος (télos)
  • → English: telos
  • → English: teleology

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos). Sense "tax, dues", learnedly from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈte.los/
  • Hyphenation: τέ‧λος

Noun

τέλος • (télos) n (plural τέλη)

  1. 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
  2. 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
declension of τέλος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative τέλος • τέλη •
genitive τέλους • τελών •
accusative τέλος • τέλη •
vocative τέλος • τέλη •
see also their derivatives
  • -τέλεια (-téleia)
  • -τελής (-telís)

and

see also their derivatives
  • 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

References

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