"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-, 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”). 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|fa-cls|ته||final|tr=tah}} Classical Persian ته (tah, “final”), {{cog|la|colō}} Latin colō, {{m|grc|τέλλω}} τέλλω (téllō), {{m|grc|τέλος}} τέλος (télos), {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*kʷel-||to turn, completion}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, completion”), {{m|ine-pro|*kʷel-||to swarm, crowd}} *kʷel- (“to swarm, crowd”), {{m|ine-pro|*telh₂-||to bear, burden}} *telh₂- (“to bear, burden”) 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}} Forms: télos [romanization], τέλους [genitive], τέλεος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ τέλος [nominative, singular], τὼ τέλει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ τέλη [nominative, plural], τοῦ τέλους [genitive, singular], τοῖν τελοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν τελῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ τέλει [dative, singular], τοῖν τελοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς τέλεσῐ [dative, plural], τέλεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs télesi [dative, plural], toîs télesin [dative, plural], τὸ τέλος [accusative, singular], τὼ τέλει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ τέλη [accusative, plural], τέλος [singular, vocative], τέλει [dual, vocative], τέλη [plural, vocative]
  1. completion, maturity, accomplishment, fulfillment, perfection, consummation
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-Ugh49epp Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 12 5 2 15 11 6 3 7 5 7 2 5 5 2 13
  2. result, product
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-iMx3Xavv
  3. end
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-Nh5I0DCP
  4. end of life: death
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-GcS1DKOE Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 14 4 1 22 10 5 2 6 4 8 1 4 4 1 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 12 5 2 15 11 6 3 7 5 7 2 5 5 2 13
  5. boundary, border, extremity
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-dUxe2B3q Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 10 4 2 7 14 7 4 9 6 9 2 7 7 2 8 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 12 5 2 15 11 6 3 7 5 7 2 5 5 2 13
  6. supreme power
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-6yGeTedC
  7. the highest government office: magistrate
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-SFRC4vDQ
  8. that which is ordered to be done: task, duty
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-TcTM9T2o
  9. money paid to the government: tax, toll
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-9oLUB9Zl
  10. a person's property, according to which he was classed
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-rKfiR~hw
  11. thus, generally: rank, class
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-rVu9F9pj
  12. unit of soldiers: legion, company
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-BLH8MKhq
  13. initiation (especially into mystery religions)
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-a76GiEyU
  14. mystery religion
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun-ryYmSLrn
  15. any religious ceremony
    Sense id: en-τέλος-grc-noun--3ZWlJbW Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 12 5 2 15 11 6 3 7 5 7 2 5 5 2 13
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

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  "derived": [
    {
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      "roman": "-telḗs",
      "word": "-τελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "alusitelḗs",
      "word": "ἀλυσιτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "atéleia",
      "word": "ἀτέλεια"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "autotelḗs",
      "word": "αὐτοτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "diatelḗs",
      "word": "διατελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "entelḗs",
      "word": "ἐντελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "eutelḗs",
      "word": "εὐτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "isotelḗs",
      "word": "ἰσοτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "neotelḗs",
      "word": "νεοτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "pantelḗs",
      "word": "παντελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "Praxitélēs",
      "word": "Πραξιτέλης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "suntelḗs",
      "word": "συντελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "Telesphóros",
      "word": "Τελεσφόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "teléō",
      "word": "τελέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "telikós",
      "word": "τελικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "hupertelḗs",
      "word": "ὑπερτελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "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": "fa-cls",
        "2": "ته",
        "3": "",
        "4": "final",
        "tr": "tah"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian ته (tah, “final”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "colō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin colō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τέλλω"
      },
      "expansion": "τέλλω (téllō)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τέλος"
      },
      "expansion": "τέλος (télos)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to turn, completion"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, completion”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*kʷel-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to swarm, crowd"
      },
      "expansion": "*kʷel- (“to swarm, crowd”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*telh₂-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to bear, burden"
      },
      "expansion": "*telh₂- (“to bear, burden”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\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": "τὼ τέλει",
      "roman": "tṑ télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τέλη",
      "roman": "tà télē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ τέλους",
      "roman": "toû télous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τελοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν τελῶν",
      "roman": "tôn telôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τέλει",
      "roman": "tôi télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τελοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τέλεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs télesi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs télesin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τέλος",
      "roman": "tò télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τέλει",
      "roman": "tṑ télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τέλη",
      "roman": "tà 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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "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",
      "roman": "kúklos",
      "word": "κύκλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "pálin",
      "word": "πάλιν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "pólos",
      "word": "πόλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "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",
      "roman": "têle",
      "word": "τῆλε"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 5 2 15 11 6 3 7 5 7 2 5 5 2 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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",
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        [
          "result",
          "result"
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        [
          "product",
          "product"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end"
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      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-Nh5I0DCP",
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis": "14 4 1 22 10 5 2 6 4 8 1 4 4 1 11",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "12 5 2 15 11 6 3 7 5 7 2 5 5 2 13",
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          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "end of life: death"
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      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-GcS1DKOE",
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        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 4 2 7 14 7 4 9 6 9 2 7 7 2 8",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "12 5 2 15 11 6 3 7 5 7 2 5 5 2 13",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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        [
          "boundary",
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        [
          "border",
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          "extremity",
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        [
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        [
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-TcTM9T2o",
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        [
          "task",
          "task"
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        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
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    {
      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-9oLUB9Zl",
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        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
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        [
          "toll",
          "toll"
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-rKfiR~hw"
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      "glosses": [
        "thus, generally: rank, class"
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        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "unit of soldiers: legion, company"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-BLH8MKhq",
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        [
          "legion",
          "legion"
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        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "initiation (especially into mystery religions)"
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      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-a76GiEyU",
      "links": [
        [
          "initiation",
          "initiation"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mystery religion"
      ],
      "id": "en-τέλος-grc-noun-ryYmSLrn"
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 5 2 15 11 6 3 7 5 7 2 5 5 2 13",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        "any religious ceremony"
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    }
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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 terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns"
  ],
  "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,
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        {
          "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"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*kʷélos"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa-cls",
        "2": "ته",
        "3": "",
        "4": "final",
        "tr": "tah"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian ته (tah, “final”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "colō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin colō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τέλος"
      },
      "expansion": "τέλος (télos)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to turn, completion"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*kʷel-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to swarm, crowd"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to bear, burden"
      },
      "expansion": "*telh₂- (“to bear, burden”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
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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": "τὼ τέλει",
      "roman": "tṑ télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τέλη",
      "roman": "tà télē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ τέλους",
      "roman": "toû télous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τελοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν τελῶν",
      "roman": "tôn telôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τέλει",
      "roman": "tôi télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τελοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn teloîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τέλεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τέλεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs télesi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs télesin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τέλος",
      "roman": "tò télos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τέλει",
      "roman": "tṑ télei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τέλη",
      "roman": "tà 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"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "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"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "completion, maturity, accomplishment, fulfillment, perfection, consummation"
      ],
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        [
          "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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