τελευτάω

τελευτ-άω, [tense] fut.

A

-ήσω E.Tr.1029

, etc.: [tense] pf.

τετελεύτηκα Pl.Men.75e

, al.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. [voice] Med. τελευτήσομαι always in pass. sense, Il.13.100, Od.8.510, 9.511, E.Hipp.370 (lyr.): [tense] aor.

ἐτελευτήθην Il.15.74

:—bring to pass, accomplish,

ὄφρα . . τελευτήσω τάδε ἔργα Il.8.9

;

τ. ἃ μενοινᾷς Od.2.275

;

ἐπὴν ταῦτα τελευτήσῃς τε καὶ ἔρξῃς 1.293

, cf. 2.306; γάμον τ. 24.126; fulfil an oath or promise, wish or hope,

τ. ἐέλδωρ 21.200

;

τ. ὅσ' ὑπέστης Il.13.375

;

οὐ Ζεὺς ἄνδρεσσι νοήματα πάντα τελευτᾷ 18.328

, cf. Od.3.56,62;

ὅρκια Call.Aet.3.1.29

; τελευτᾶν τινι κακὸν ἦμαρ bring about an evil day for one, Od.15.524;

τ. πόνους Δαναοῖς Pi.P.1.54

, cf. E.Ph.1581 (lyr.);

οἷ τ. λόγον Id.Tr.1029

; τὸ δ' ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρή; to what end must I bring it? S.OC476;

Ζεὺς ὅ τι νεύσῃ, τοῦτο τελευτᾷ E.Alc.979

(lyr.), etc.:—[voice] Pass., to be fulfilled, come to pass, happen, ll. cc. sub init.;

πρίν γε τὸ Πηλεΐδαο τελευτηθῆναι ἐέλδωρ Il.15.74

;

πρὶν τελευτηθῇ φόνος E.Or.1218

.

2 finish,

σχεδίην . . ἐπηγκενίδεσσι Od.5.253

; ἐπεί ῥ' ὄμοσέν τε, τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον had sworn and completed (made binding) the oath, 2.378, etc.; ἡσύχιμον ἁμέραν τ. close a peaceful day, Pi.O.2.33; ἄρξομαι ἐκ βολβοῖο τελευτήσω δ' ἐπὶ θύννον (sc. τὸ δεῖπνον) Pl.Com.173.6 (hex.).

3 esp. τ. τὸν αἰῶνα finish life, i.e. die, Hdt.1.32, 9.17, etc.;

τ. βίον A.Ag.929

, S.Fr.646 codd. (sed leg. δρόμον), E.Hec.419, Pl.Prt.351b; ὑπ' ἄλλου τ. τὸν βίον, i.e. to be killed, Id.Lg.870e: also (after the analogy of παύομαι) c. gen., τελευτᾶν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου make an end of life, X.Cyr.8.7.17; so λόγου τ. Th.3.59; ἐπαίνου τ. ἐς τάδε ἔπη ib.104.

b freq. abs., end life, die, Hdt.1.66, 3.38, 40, al., Pl.R.614b, al.; πρὶν τελευτήσαντ' ἴδῃς before you see him dead, S.Fr.662;

τ. μάχῃ A.Th.617

;

νούσῳ Hdt.1.161

;

γήραϊ Id.6.24

; τ. ὑπό τινος die by another's hand or means, ib.92;

δόλῳ ὑπό τινος Id.4.78

;

ὑπὸ αἰχμῆς σιδηρέης Id.1.39

;

ὑπ' ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσίν A.Th.930

(lyr.);

ἐκ τῆς πληγῆς Pl.Lg.877b

; of animals, Arist.PA667b11, PMich.Zen.67.25 (iii B.C.).

II intr. (as always in Prose, except in signf. 1.3a):

1 to be accomplished,

λόγων κορυφαί Pi.O.7.68

(as v.l. for τελεύταθεν)

; ἐλπίδες E.Ba.908

(lyr.).

2 come to an end, A.Ag.635, etc.: esp. of Time, τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός, τοῦ θέρους, Th.2.4, 32, etc.: of actions, events, etc.,

τ. ἡ ναυμαχία ἐς νύκτα Id.1.51

, etc.

b with words indicating the kind of end or outcome, ἢν ὁ πόλεμος κατὰ νόον τ. Hdt. 9.45, cf. 7.47; εὖ τ. A.Supp.211; πτωχοὶ τ. end by being beggars, Pl. R.552c; οὕτως τ. Th.1.110, 138; τ. ἔς τι come to a certain end, issue in,

αἱ εὐτυχίαι ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτησαν Hdt.3.125

; τ. ἐς τὠυτὸ γράμμα end in the same letter, Id.1.139, cf. Th.2.51, 4.48, Pl.R.618a; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τ. Id.Tht.173b; ποῖ ([etym.] ἐς τί) τελευτᾶν ([etym.] φασι); came to what end? A.Pers.735 (troch.), cf. Ch.528, Pl.Lg.630b; also

τ. ἐπί τι Id.R.510d

, Smp.211c.

3 die, v. supr. 1.3b.

4 the part. τελευτῶν, ῶσα, ῶν, is used with Verbs like an Adv., to finish with, at the end, at last, as

τελευτῶν ἔλεγε Hdt.3.75

; κἂν ἐγίγνετο πληγὴ τελευτῶσα there would have been a fray to finish with, S.Ant.261;

τελευτῶν . . ἐξεβλήθη Ar.Eq.524

(anap.); τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τελευτῶντες ἐξέκαμνον at last they got tired of mourning, Th.2.51, cf. 47;

ἢν δέῃ τελευτῶντα τὴν στρωμνὴν ἐξαργυρῶσαι Id.8.81

; sts. with another part., τὴν τυραννίδα χαλεπὴν τελευτῶσαν γενομένην having at last become . . , Th.6.53, cf. Pl.Phdr.228b;

πόλεις ἐπάγοντες καὶ τελευτῶντες Λακεδαιμονίους Lys.12.60

.

5 of local limits and the like ,

μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρης, ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς Λιβύης Hdt.2.32

; τελευτῶντος τοῦ Λαβυρίνθου ἔχεται πυραμίς ib.148; τῇ ἡ Κνιδίη χώρη ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον τ. Id.1.174, cf. 2.33, 4.39, IG12.900, Pl. Men.75e.