"τέλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /té.los/, /ˈte.los/, /ˈte.los/, /té.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈte.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈte.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈte.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈte.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-. 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*kʷel-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*kʷélos}} Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*kʷel-|*kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-, {{cog|la|colō}} Latin colō, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*kʷel-||to turn, completion}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, completion”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τέλους|n|third|gen2=τέλεος}} τέλος • (télos) n (genitive τέλους or τέλεος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τέλος|τέλους|dial=att}}, {{grc-decl|τέλος|τέλους|dial=epi}}, {{grc-adecl|τέλος|τέλα|dial=dor}}, {{grc-adecl|τέλος|τέλα|dial=aio}} Forms: télos [romanization], τέλους [genitive], τέλεος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ τέλος [nominative, singular], τέλει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ τέλη [nominative, plural], τοῦ τέλους [genitive, singular], τελοῖν [dual, genitive], τελῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ τέλει [dative, singular], τελοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς τέλεσῐ [dative, plural], τέλεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs télesĭ [dative, plural], toîs télesĭn [dative, plural], τὸ τέλος [accusative, singular], τέλει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ τέλη [accusative, plural], τέλος [singular, vocative], τέλει [dual, vocative], τέλη [plural, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], τέλος [nominative, singular], τέλει [dual, nominative], τέλεε [dual, nominative], τέλεᾰ [nominative, plural], τέλεος [genitive, singular], τέλευς [genitive, singular], τελοῖν [dual, genitive], τελέων [genitive, plural], τέλει [dative, singular], τέλεῐ̈ [dative, singular], τελοῖν [dative, dual], τέλεσῐ [dative, plural], τέλεσῐν [dative, plural], télesĭ [dative, plural], télesĭn [dative, plural], τέλος [accusative, singular], τέλει [accusative, dual], τέλεε [accusative, dual], τέλεᾰ [accusative, plural], τέλος [singular, vocative], τέλει [dual, vocative], τέλεε [dual, vocative], τέλεᾰ [plural, vocative], declension-2 [table-tags], τέλος [masculine, nominative, singular], τέλᾱ [feminine, nominative, singular], τέλον [neuter, nominative, singular], τέλω [dual, masculine, nominative], τέλᾱ [dual, feminine, nominative], τέλω [dual, neuter, nominative], τέλοι [masculine, nominative, plural], τέλαι [feminine, nominative, plural], τέλᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], τέλοιο [genitive, masculine, singular], τέλᾱς [feminine, genitive, singular], τέλοιο [genitive, neuter, singular], τέλοιν [dual, genitive, masculine], τέλαιν [dual, feminine, genitive], τέλοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], τέλων [genitive, masculine, plural], τελᾶν [feminine, genitive, plural], τέλων [genitive, neuter, plural], τέλῳ [dative, masculine, singular], τέλᾳ [dative, feminine, singular], τέλῳ [dative, neuter, singular], τέλοιν [dative, dual, masculine], τέλαιν [dative, dual, feminine], τέλοιν [dative, dual, neuter], τέλοις [dative, masculine, plural], τέλαις [dative, feminine, plural], τέλοις [dative, neuter, plural], τέλον [accusative, masculine, singular], τέλᾱν [accusative, feminine, singular], τέλον [accusative, neuter, singular], τέλω [accusative, dual, masculine], τέλᾱ [accusative, dual, feminine], τέλω [accusative, dual, neuter], τέλους [accusative, masculine, plural], τέλᾱς [accusative, feminine, plural], τέλᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], τέλε [masculine, singular, vocative], τέλᾱ [feminine, singular, vocative], τέλον [neuter, singular, vocative], τέλω [dual, masculine, vocative], τέλᾱ [dual, feminine, vocative], τέλω [dual, neuter, vocative], τέλοι [masculine, plural, vocative], τέλαι [feminine, plural, vocative], τέλᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], τέλως [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], τελώτερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], τελώτᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative], declension-2 [table-tags], τέλος [masculine, nominative, singular], τέλᾱ [feminine, nominative, singular], τέλον [neuter, nominative, singular], τέλω [dual, masculine, nominative], τέλᾱ [dual, feminine, nominative], τέλω [dual, neuter, nominative], τέλοι [masculine, nominative, plural], τέλαι [feminine, nominative, plural], τέλᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], τέλου [genitive, masculine, singular], τέλᾱς [feminine, genitive, singular], τέλου [genitive, neuter, singular], τέλοιν [dual, genitive, masculine], τέλαιν [dual, feminine, genitive], τέλοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], τέλων [genitive, masculine, plural], τέλων [feminine, genitive, plural], τέλων [genitive, neuter, plural], τέλῳ [dative, masculine, singular], τέλᾳ [dative, feminine, singular], τέλῳ [dative, neuter, singular], τέλοιν [dative, dual, masculine], τέλαιν [dative, dual, feminine], τέλοιν [dative, dual, neuter], τέλοις [dative, masculine, plural], τέλαις [dative, feminine, plural], τέλοις [dative, neuter, plural], τέλον [accusative, masculine, singular], τέλᾱν [accusative, feminine, singular], τέλον [accusative, neuter, singular], τέλω [accusative, dual, masculine], τέλᾱ [accusative, dual, feminine], τέλω [accusative, dual, neuter], τέλους [accusative, masculine, plural], τέλᾱς [accusative, feminine, plural], τέλᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], τέλε [masculine, singular, vocative], τέλᾱ [feminine, singular, vocative], τέλον [neuter, singular, vocative], τέλω [dual, masculine, vocative], τέλᾱ [dual, feminine, vocative], τέλω [dual, neuter, vocative], τέλοι [masculine, plural, vocative], τέλαι [feminine, plural, vocative], τέλᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], τέλως [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], τελώτερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], τελώτᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. aim, purpose, end goal, design, final cause – as used by Aristotle and the philosophers; cf. teleology
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-LNl95suz Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 27 10 4 2 11 8 5 2 5 3 6 2 5 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 18 10 4 2 3 10 7 3 8 4 8 2 7 6 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 8 3 1 19 3 2 1 2 2 6 1 2 2 1 5 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 8 2 1 22 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 7 1 1
  2. completion, maturity, accomplishment, fulfillment, perfection, consummation
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-Ugh49epp
  3. result, product
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-iMx3Xavv
  4. end
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-Nh5I0DCP
  5. end of life: death
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-GcS1DKOE
  6. boundary, border, extremity
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-dUxe2B3q
  7. supreme power
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-6yGeTedC
  8. the highest government office: magistrate
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-SFRC4vDQ
  9. that which is ordered to be done: task, duty
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-TcTM9T2o
  10. money paid to the government: tax, toll
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-9oLUB9Zl
  11. a person's property, according to which he was classed
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-rKfiR~hw
  12. thus, generally: rank, class
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-rVu9F9pj
  13. unit of soldiers: legion, company
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-BLH8MKhq
  14. initiation (especially into mystery religions)
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-a76GiEyU
  15. mystery religion
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-ryYmSLrn
  16. any religious ceremony
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun--3ZWlJbW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: κύκλος (kúklos), πάλαι (pálai), πάλιν (pálin), πέλω (pélō), πόλος (pólos), τέλλω (téllō), τῆλε (têle)
Derived forms: -τελής (-telḗs), 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), τέλη λύειν (télē lúein) (english: pay one's dues)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "-telḗs",
      "word": "-τελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "akroteleútion",
      "word": "ἀκροτελεύτιον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "alusitelḗs",
      "word": "ἀλυσιτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Aristotélēs",
      "word": "Ἀριστοτέλης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "atéleia",
      "word": "ἀτέλεια"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "atelḗs",
      "word": "ἀτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "autotelḗs",
      "word": "αὐτοτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dēmotelḗs",
      "word": "δημοτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "diatelḗs",
      "word": "διατελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ektelḗs",
      "word": "ἐκτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "entelḗs",
      "word": "ἐντελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "epitelḗs",
      "word": "ἐπιτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "eutelḗs",
      "word": "εὐτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hēmitelḗs",
      "word": "ἡμιτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "isotelḗs",
      "word": "ἰσοτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lusitelḗs",
      "word": "λυσιτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "neotelḗs",
      "word": "νεοτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "holotelḗs",
      "word": "ὁλοτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pantelḗs",
      "word": "παντελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "polutelḗs",
      "word": "πολυτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Praxitélēs",
      "word": "Πραξιτέλης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "protelḗs",
      "word": "προτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "suntelḗs",
      "word": "συντελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "téleios",
      "word": "τέλειος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Telesphóros",
      "word": "Τελεσφόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "telesphóros",
      "word": "τελεσφόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "teléō",
      "word": "τελέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "telḗeis",
      "word": "τελήεις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "telikós",
      "word": "τελικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huperentelḗs",
      "word": "ὑπερεντελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hupertelḗs",
      "word": "ὑπερτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hupotelḗs",
      "word": "ὑποτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pay one's dues",
      "roman": "télē lúein",
      "word": "τέλη λύειν"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "τέλος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: τέλος (télos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: τέλος (télos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "telos",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: telos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: telos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "teleology",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: teleology",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: teleology"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*kʷélos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-",
        "4": "*kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "colō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin colō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to turn, completion"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, completion”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-. See Latin colō for more.\nSimilar 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "télos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τέλος",
      "roman": "tò télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τέλη",
      "roman": "tằ télē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ τέλους",
      "roman": "toû télous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελοῖν",
      "roman": "teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελῶν",
      "roman": "telôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τέλει",
      "roman": "tôi télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελοῖν",
      "roman": "teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τέλεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs télesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs télesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τέλος",
      "roman": "tò télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τέλη",
      "roman": "tằ télē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλη",
      "roman": "télē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεε",
      "roman": "télee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεᾰ",
      "roman": "téleă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεος",
      "roman": "téleos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλευς",
      "roman": "téleus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελοῖν",
      "roman": "teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελέων",
      "roman": "teléōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεῐ̈",
      "roman": "téleĭ̈",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελοῖν",
      "roman": "teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "télesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "télesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεε",
      "roman": "télee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεᾰ",
      "roman": "téleă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεε",
      "roman": "télee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεᾰ",
      "roman": "téleă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First and second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοι",
      "roman": "téloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαι",
      "roman": "télai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιο",
      "roman": "téloio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱς",
      "roman": "télās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιο",
      "roman": "téloio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαιν",
      "roman": "télain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελᾶν",
      "roman": "telân",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλῳ",
      "roman": "télōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾳ",
      "roman": "télāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλῳ",
      "roman": "télōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαιν",
      "roman": "télain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοις",
      "roman": "télois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαις",
      "roman": "télais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοις",
      "roman": "télois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱν",
      "roman": "télān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλους",
      "roman": "télous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱς",
      "roman": "télās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλε",
      "roman": "téle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοι",
      "roman": "téloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαι",
      "roman": "télai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλως",
      "roman": "télōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελώτερος",
      "roman": "telṓteros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "telṓtătos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First and second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοι",
      "roman": "téloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαι",
      "roman": "télai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλου",
      "roman": "télou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱς",
      "roman": "télās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλου",
      "roman": "télou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαιν",
      "roman": "télain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλῳ",
      "roman": "télōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾳ",
      "roman": "télāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλῳ",
      "roman": "télōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαιν",
      "roman": "télain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοις",
      "roman": "télois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαις",
      "roman": "télais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοις",
      "roman": "télois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱν",
      "roman": "télān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλους",
      "roman": "télous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱς",
      "roman": "télās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλε",
      "roman": "téle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοι",
      "roman": "téloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαι",
      "roman": "télai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλως",
      "roman": "télōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελώτερος",
      "roman": "telṓteros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "telṓtătos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλους",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "τέλεος"
      },
      "expansion": "τέλος • (télos) n (genitive τέλους or τέλεος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλος",
        "2": "τέλους",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλος",
        "2": "τέλους",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλος",
        "2": "τέλα",
        "dial": "dor"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλος",
        "2": "τέλα",
        "dial": "aio"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kúklos",
      "word": "κύκλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pálai",
      "word": "πάλαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pálin",
      "word": "πάλιν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pélō",
      "word": "πέλω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pólos",
      "word": "πόλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "téllō",
      "word": "τέλλω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "têle",
      "word": "τῆλε"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 10 4 2 11 8 5 2 5 3 6 2 5 4 2 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 10 4 2 3 10 7 3 8 4 8 2 7 6 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 8 3 1 19 3 2 1 2 2 6 1 2 2 1 5 1 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 8 2 1 22 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 7 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "aim, purpose, end goal, design, final cause – as used by Aristotle and the philosophers; cf. teleology"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-LNl95suz",
      "links": [
        [
          "teleology",
          "teleology"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "completion, maturity, accomplishment, fulfillment, perfection, consummation"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-Ugh49epp",
      "links": [
        [
          "completion",
          "completion"
        ],
        [
          "maturity",
          "maturity"
        ],
        [
          "accomplishment",
          "accomplishment"
        ],
        [
          "fulfillment",
          "fulfillment"
        ],
        [
          "perfection",
          "perfection"
        ],
        [
          "consummation",
          "consummation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "result, product"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-iMx3Xavv",
      "links": [
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "product",
          "product"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-Nh5I0DCP",
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end of life: death"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-GcS1DKOE",
      "links": [
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boundary, border, extremity"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-dUxe2B3q",
      "links": [
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ],
        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "supreme power"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-6yGeTedC",
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the highest government office: magistrate"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-SFRC4vDQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "magistrate",
          "magistrate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that which is ordered to be done: task, duty"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-TcTM9T2o",
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "money paid to the government: tax, toll"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-9oLUB9Zl",
      "links": [
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "toll",
          "toll"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a person's property, according to which he was classed"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-rKfiR~hw"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thus, generally: rank, class"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-rVu9F9pj",
      "links": [
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unit of soldiers: legion, company"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-BLH8MKhq",
      "links": [
        [
          "legion",
          "legion"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "initiation (especially into mystery religions)"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-a76GiEyU",
      "links": [
        [
          "initiation",
          "initiation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mystery religion"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-ryYmSLrn"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any religious ceremony"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun--3ZWlJbW"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/té.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/té.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τέλος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷel-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "-telḗs",
      "word": "-τελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akroteleútion",
      "word": "ἀκροτελεύτιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "alusitelḗs",
      "word": "ἀλυσιτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Aristotélēs",
      "word": "Ἀριστοτέλης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atéleia",
      "word": "ἀτέλεια"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atelḗs",
      "word": "ἀτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "autotelḗs",
      "word": "αὐτοτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dēmotelḗs",
      "word": "δημοτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "diatelḗs",
      "word": "διατελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ektelḗs",
      "word": "ἐκτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "entelḗs",
      "word": "ἐντελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "epitelḗs",
      "word": "ἐπιτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eutelḗs",
      "word": "εὐτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hēmitelḗs",
      "word": "ἡμιτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "isotelḗs",
      "word": "ἰσοτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lusitelḗs",
      "word": "λυσιτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "neotelḗs",
      "word": "νεοτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "holotelḗs",
      "word": "ὁλοτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pantelḗs",
      "word": "παντελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "polutelḗs",
      "word": "πολυτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Praxitélēs",
      "word": "Πραξιτέλης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "protelḗs",
      "word": "προτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suntelḗs",
      "word": "συντελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "téleios",
      "word": "τέλειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Telesphóros",
      "word": "Τελεσφόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "telesphóros",
      "word": "τελεσφόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "teléō",
      "word": "τελέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "telḗeis",
      "word": "τελήεις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "telikós",
      "word": "τελικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huperentelḗs",
      "word": "ὑπερεντελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hupertelḗs",
      "word": "ὑπερτελής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hupotelḗs",
      "word": "ὑποτελής"
    },
    {
      "english": "pay one's dues",
      "roman": "télē lúein",
      "word": "τέλη λύειν"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "τέλος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: τέλος (télos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: τέλος (télos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "telos",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: telos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: telos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "teleology",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: teleology",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: teleology"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*kʷélos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-",
        "4": "*kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "colō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin colō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to turn, completion"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, completion”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-. See Latin colō for more.\nSimilar 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”).",
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    {
      "form": "télos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τέλος",
      "roman": "tò télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τέλη",
      "roman": "tằ télē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ τέλους",
      "roman": "toû télous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελοῖν",
      "roman": "teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελῶν",
      "roman": "telôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τέλει",
      "roman": "tôi télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελοῖν",
      "roman": "teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τέλεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs télesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs télesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τέλος",
      "roman": "tò télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τέλη",
      "roman": "tằ télē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλη",
      "roman": "télē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεε",
      "roman": "télee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεᾰ",
      "roman": "téleă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεος",
      "roman": "téleos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλευς",
      "roman": "téleus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελοῖν",
      "roman": "teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελέων",
      "roman": "teléōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεῐ̈",
      "roman": "téleĭ̈",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελοῖν",
      "roman": "teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "télesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "télesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεε",
      "roman": "télee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεᾰ",
      "roman": "téleă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλει",
      "roman": "télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεε",
      "roman": "télee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεᾰ",
      "roman": "téleă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First and second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοι",
      "roman": "téloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαι",
      "roman": "télai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιο",
      "roman": "téloio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱς",
      "roman": "télās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιο",
      "roman": "téloio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαιν",
      "roman": "télain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελᾶν",
      "roman": "telân",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλῳ",
      "roman": "télōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾳ",
      "roman": "télāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλῳ",
      "roman": "télōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαιν",
      "roman": "télain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοις",
      "roman": "télois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαις",
      "roman": "télais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοις",
      "roman": "télois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱν",
      "roman": "télān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλους",
      "roman": "télous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱς",
      "roman": "télās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλε",
      "roman": "téle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοι",
      "roman": "téloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαι",
      "roman": "télai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλως",
      "roman": "télōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελώτερος",
      "roman": "telṓteros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "telṓtătos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First and second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλος",
      "roman": "télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοι",
      "roman": "téloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαι",
      "roman": "télai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλου",
      "roman": "télou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱς",
      "roman": "télās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλου",
      "roman": "télou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαιν",
      "roman": "télain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλων",
      "roman": "télōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλῳ",
      "roman": "télōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾳ",
      "roman": "télāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλῳ",
      "roman": "télōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαιν",
      "roman": "télain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοιν",
      "roman": "téloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοις",
      "roman": "télois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαις",
      "roman": "télais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοις",
      "roman": "télois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱν",
      "roman": "télān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλους",
      "roman": "télous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱς",
      "roman": "télās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλε",
      "roman": "téle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλον",
      "roman": "télon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾱ",
      "roman": "télā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλω",
      "roman": "télō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλοι",
      "roman": "téloi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλαι",
      "roman": "télai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλᾰ",
      "roman": "télă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλως",
      "roman": "télōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελώτερος",
      "roman": "telṓteros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τελώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "telṓtătos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλους",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "τέλεος"
      },
      "expansion": "τέλος • (télos) n (genitive τέλους or τέλεος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλος",
        "2": "τέλους",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλος",
        "2": "τέλους",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλος",
        "2": "τέλα",
        "dial": "dor"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τέλος",
        "2": "τέλα",
        "dial": "aio"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kúklos",
      "word": "κύκλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pálai",
      "word": "πάλαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pálin",
      "word": "πάλιν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pélō",
      "word": "πέλω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pólos",
      "word": "πόλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "téllō",
      "word": "τέλλω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "têle",
      "word": "τῆλε"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "aim, purpose, end goal, design, final cause – as used by Aristotle and the philosophers; cf. teleology"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teleology",
          "teleology"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "completion, maturity, accomplishment, fulfillment, perfection, consummation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "completion",
          "completion"
        ],
        [
          "maturity",
          "maturity"
        ],
        [
          "accomplishment",
          "accomplishment"
        ],
        [
          "fulfillment",
          "fulfillment"
        ],
        [
          "perfection",
          "perfection"
        ],
        [
          "consummation",
          "consummation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "result, product"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "product",
          "product"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end of life: death"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boundary, border, extremity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ],
        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "supreme power"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the highest government office: magistrate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magistrate",
          "magistrate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that which is ordered to be done: task, duty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "money paid to the government: tax, toll"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "toll",
          "toll"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a person's property, according to which he was classed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thus, generally: rank, class"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unit of soldiers: legion, company"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "legion",
          "legion"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "initiation (especially into mystery religions)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "initiation",
          "initiation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mystery religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any religious ceremony"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/té.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/té.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τέλος"
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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