Dictionary entry

G05054

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

τελευτή

Etym. τελέω

I. "a finishing, completion, accomplishment", Od.

2. "a termination, end", Il., attic; τῆς ὁδοῦ Ar.; ἡ τ. τοῦ πολέμου Thuc.

3. esp. "an end" of life, βιότοιο τ. Il.; βίου Hdt., etc:—also periphr., θανάτοιο τ. "the end" that death brings, Lat. mortis exitus, Hes.

4. "the end, event, issue", Pind., Aesch.

5. with Preps., in adv. sense, ἐς τελευτήν, "at the end, at last", Hes., Soph.; ἐπὶ τελευτῆς Plat.; ἐν τελευτῇ Aesch.

II. "the end, extremity" of any thing, τελευταὶ Λιβύης "the extremities" of Libya, Hdt.

2. "the end" of a sentence, Arist.