τετέλεσται

τελέω

fulfil: perf ind mp 3rd sg

τελέω fut. τελέσω; 1 aor. ἐτέλεσα; pf. τετέλεκα. Pass.: 1 fut. τελεσθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐτελέσθην; perf. τετέλεσμαι (Hom.+).

① to complete an activity or process, bring to an end, finish, complete τὶ someth. ταῦτα Hs 8, 2, 5. τὸν δρόμον (Il. 23, 373; 768; Soph., El. 726) 2 Ti 4:7. τοὺς λόγους τούτους Mt 7:28; 19:1; 26:1 (cp. Just., D. 110, 1). τὰς παραβολὰς ταύτας 13:53. τὴν μαρτυρίαν Rv 11:7. τὴν εὐχήν GJs 9:1. τὴν ἐξήγησιν Hv 3, 7, 4. τὰ γράμματα 2, 1, 4. τελέσας τὴν χαράκωσιν when he had finished the fencing Hs 5, 2, 3. τελεῖν πάντα τὰ κατὰ τὸν νόμον Lk 2:39 (τελ. πάντα as Jos., Ant. 16, 318). τελ. τὰς πόλεις τοῦ Ἰσραήλ finish (going through) the cities of Israel Mt 10:23 (on this pass. KWeiss, Exegetisches z. Irrtumslosigkeit u. Eschatologie Jesu Christi 1916, 184–99; JDupont, NovT 2, ’58, 228–44; AFeuillet, CBQ 23, ’61, 182–98; MKünzi, Das Naherwartungslogion Mt 10:23, ’70 [history of interp.]). Foll. by a ptc. to designate what is finished (B-D-F §414, 2; Rob. 1121; cp. Josh 3:17; JosAs 15:12) ἐτέλεσεν διατάσσων Mt 11:1. Cp. Lk 7:1 D; Hv 1, 4, 1.—Pass. be brought to an end, be finished, completed of the building of the tower (cp. 2 Esdr 5:16; 16: 15) Hv 3, 4, 1f; 3, 5, 5; 3, 9, 5; Hs 9, 5, 1; 9, 10, 2 (τὸ ἔργον). τελεσθέντος τοῦ δείπνου GJs 6:3 (TestAbr A 5 p. 81, 32 [Stone p. 10]; JosAs 21:8). ὡς … ἐτελέσθη ὁ πλοῦς AcPl Ha 7, 35. Of time come to an end, be over (Hom. et al.; Aristot., HA 7, 1, 580a, 14 ἐν τοῖς ἔτεσι τοῖς δὶς ἑπτὰ τετελεσμένοις; Lucian, Alex. 38) Lk 2:6 D; sim. τοῦ ἐξεῖναι τὸν Παῦλον εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην AcPl Ha 6, 15; τὰ χίλια ἔτη Rv 20:3, 5, 7. πάντα τετέλεσται J 19:28 (GDalman, Jesus-Jeschua 1922, 211–18 [tr. PLevertoff 1929, same pages].—Diagoras of Melos in Sext. Emp., Adv. Math. 9, 55 κατὰ δαίμονα κ. τύχην πάντα τελεῖται=‘everything is accomplished acc. to divine will and fortune’; an anonymous writer of mimes [II A.D.] in OCrusius, Herondas⁵ [p. 110–16] ln. 175 τοῦτο τετέλεσται); cp. τετέλεσται used absolutely in vs. 30 (if these two verses are to be taken as referring to the carrying out [s. 2 below] of divine ordinances contained in the Scriptures, cp. Diod S 20, 26, 2 τετελέσθαι τὸν χρησμόν=the oracle had been fulfilled; Ael. Aristid. 48, 7 K.=24 p. 467 D.: μέγας ὁ Ἀσκληπιός• τετέλεσται τὸ πρόσταγμα. Cp. Willibald Schmidt, De Ultimis Morientium Verbis, diss. Marburg 1914. OCullmann, TZ 4, ’48, 370 interprets the two verses in both a chronological and theol. sense. Diod S 15, 87, 6 reports the four last sayings of Epaminondas, two in indirect discourse and the other two in direct. S. also the last words of Philip s.v. πληρόω 5).—ἡ δύναμις ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ τελεῖται power finds its consummation or reaches perfection in (the presence of) weakness 2 Cor 12:9. The passives in Rv 10:7 (the aor. suggests the ‘final clearing up of all the insoluble riddles and problems of human life’: EBlakeney, The Epistle to Diognetus ’43, ’67); 15:1, 8; 17:17 belong under 2 as well as here.

② to carry out an obligation or demand, carry out, accomplish, perform, fulfill, keep τὶ someth. (Hom.+. Of rites, games, processions, etc., dedicated to a divinity or ordained by it: Eur., Bacch. 474 τὰ ἱερά; Pla., Laws 775a; X., Resp. Lac. 13, 5; Plut., Mor. 671 al.; Just., A II, 12, 5 μυστήρια; Mel., P. 16, 102 μυστήριον al.; in ins freq. of public service, e.g. IPriene 111, 22 an embassy) τὸν νόμον carry out the demands of, keep the law Ro 2:27; Js 2:8. τὴν ἐντολήν Hs 5, 2, 4 (Jos., Bell. 2, 495 τὰς ἐντολάς). τὸ ἔργον (Theogn. 914; Apollon. Rhod. 4, 742; Sir 7:25) 2:7a; 5, 2, 7. τὴν διακονίαν m 2:6ab; 12, 3, 3; Hs 2:7b; pass. m 2:6c. τὰς διακονίας Hs 1:9. τὴν νηστείαν 5, 1, 5; 5, 3, 8. ἐπιθυμίαν σαρκὸς τελεῖν carry out what the flesh desires, satisfy one’s physical desires (Artem. 3, 22; Achilles Tat. 2, 13, 3 αὑτῷ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τελέσαι) Gal 5:16. ὡς ἐτέλεσαν πάντα τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένα when they had carried out everything that was written (in the Scriptures) concerning him Ac 13:29 (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 59 §243 τὸ κεκριμένον τ.=carry out what was decided upon). Pass. Lk 18:31; 22:37 (cp. pass. cited 1, end). ἕως ὅτου τελεσθῇ until it (the baptism) is accomplished Lk 12:50. ἵνα ὁ τύπος τελεσθῇ in order that the type might be fulfilled B 7:3.

③ to pay what is due, pay (Hom., Pla., et al.; pap; Jos., Ant. 2, 192 al.) φόρους (Ps.-Pla., Alc. 1, 123a τὸν φόρον; Appian, Syr. 44 §231; PFay 36, 14 [111/12 A.D.]; Philo, Agr. 58; Jos., Ant. 15, 106; Just., A I, 17, 2 φόρους τελεῖν [Luke 20:22]; Tat. 4:1) Ro 13:6. τὰ δίδραχμα Mt 17:24. V.l. for τελευτάω Papias (4).—B. 797. DELG s.v. τέλος. M-M. EDNT. TW.

τελέω, [dialect] Ep. also [full] τελείω, both in Hom. (

A

τελέοντες Od.3.262

, cf. 4.776, al.,

τελείει 6.234

, 23.161): [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

τέλεον Il.23.373

, 768;

ἐτέλειον 9.456

, 15.593; [dialect] Ion.

τέλεσκον Call.Dian. 123

, Fr. 434;

τελέεσκον Q.S.8.213

: [tense] fut.

τελέσω Pi.N.4.43

, X.Cyr.8.6.3, ([etym.] δια-) Pl.R. 425e codd., D.21.66 codd. (- τελῶ Cobet in both places), PAvrom.2A9 (i B.C.); [dialect] Ep. also τελέω, Il.8.415, 12.59, Od.2.256, etc.; [dialect] Att.

τελῶ S.El. 1435

, Ar.Ra. 173, Pl.Prt. 311b: [tense] aor. ([etym.] ἐ)

τέλεσα Od.5.390

; [dialect] Ep. τέλεσσα and

ἐτέλεσσα Il.246

, Il.12.222, 23.543, 559, al. (inf.

τελέσσαι Pi.P.3.9

); [dialect] Att.

ἐτέλεσα Th.4.78

, etc.: [tense] pf.

τετέλεκα Pl.Ap. 20a

, ([etym.] δια-) D.18.203:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. (v. infr.): [tense] aor.

ἐτελεσάμην Id.38.18

, etc.; [tense] pf.

τετέλεσμαι Inscr.Prien.11.34

(iii B.C.):—[voice] Pass., [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

ἐτελείετο Il.1.5

: [tense] fut.

τελεσθήσομαι Thphr.Char.16.12

; [tense] fut. [voice] Med. in this sense,

τελεῖται A.Pr. 929

, Ag.68 (anap.), etc.,

τελέεσθαι Il.2.36

,

τελεῖσθαι Od.23.284

; part.

τελεόμενος Hdt.1.206

,

τελεύμενος Id.3.134

: [tense] aor.

ἐτελέσθην Od.4.663

, etc.; [dialect] Aeol. inf.

τελέσθην Sapph. Supp.1.4

: [tense] pf.

τετέλεσμαι Il.18.74

, etc.: [tense] plpf.

τετέλεστο 19.242

: Cret. [tense] pf. part.

τετελημένος GDI4963

; [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl. [tense] pf. τετέληνται dub. in SIG 1024.22 (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.): ([etym.] τέλος):—fulfil, accomplish, execute, perform, freq. in Poets from Hom. downwds., less freq. in Prose (except in signfs. 11 and 111);

τελέσαι ἔργον τε ἔπος τε Od.2.272

, cf. Il.1.108, 523, etc.;

τ. φιλοτήσια ἔργα Od.11.246

; μ' ἔφαντο ἄξειν εἰς Ἰθάκην, οὐδ' ἐτέλεσσαν but did it not, 13.212;

τ. ἀέθλους 3.262

;

πόνον 23.250

;

πύματον δρόμον Il.23.373

;

ὁδόν Od.2.256

, Mimn. 11; sts. without

ὁδόν, ἄτερ καμάτοιο τέλεσσαν ἤματι τῷ αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπήνυσαν οἴκαδ' ὀπίσσω Od.7.325

;

ὁδῷ δὲ τὰ ξυντομώτατα ἐξ Ἀβδήρων ἐς Ἴστρον ἀνὴρ εὔζωνος ἑνδεκαταῖος τελεῖ Th.2.97

; ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐς

Φάρσαλον ἐτέλεσε Id.4.78

; κίνδυνον τελέσσαι perform a dangerous feat, Epich.99;

ἔργον S.El. 1399

;

δίδυμα κακά A.Th. 782

(lyr.);

προστάγματα Pl.Lg. 926a

, cf. d:—[voice] Pass., Hdt.1.206; καὶ εἰ τετελεσμένον ἐστί, = τελεῖσθαι δύναται, Od.5.90, Il.14.196;

τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 7.465

; αὐτίκ' ἔπειθ' ἅμα μῦθος ἔην, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 'no sooner said than done', 19.242;

ἐάνπερ ἐπὶ λόγῳ ἔργα τελῆται Pl. R. 389d

, cf. Plt. 288c;

γραφὴ τῶν τετελεσμένων ἔργων PPetr.3p.340

(iii B.C.);

τετέλεσται Ev.Jo.19.30

(cf. 28).

2 fulfil one's word, τ. ἔπος, μῦθον, ὑπόσχεσιν, Il.14.44, Od.4.776, 10.483;

τελέω τὰ πάροιθεν ὑπέστην Il.23.20

; τελέσαι κότον, χόλον, glut one's fury, wrath, 1.82, 4.178: also, grant one the fulfilment or accomplishment of anything, τ. νόον τινί fulfil his wish, 23.149, cf. Od.22.51;

τ. ἐέλδωρ Hes.Sc.36

;

λιτάς A.Th. 627

(lyr.); κατάρας ib. 724 (lyr.); rarely c. inf., οὐδ' ἐτέλεσσε φέρων δόμεναι he succeeded not in.., Il.12.222 (cf.

ἀνύω 1.6

):—[voice] Pass., to be fulfilled, 2.36, 330, al.: esp. [tense] pf. part., [

μῦθος] τετελεσμένος ἐστί Il.1.388

, cf.h.Ven.26; elsewh. in Hom. only neut.,

τὸ δὲ καὶ τετελεσμένον ἔσται Il.1.212

, cf. 8.286, al.:—[voice] Med., τελέσασθαι δίκην bring a suit to issue, D.38.18, cf. 39.18 ([voice] Pass.).

3 grant in full, work out,

ἀγαθόν τινι, ὅ τι φρεσὶν ᾗσι μενοινᾷ Od.2.34

;

νόστον 15.112

;

μόγις δ' ἐτέλεσσε Κρονίων 3.119

;

τ. λυγρά 18.134

;

γῆρας ἄρειον 23.286

;

κακὰ κήδεα τ. τινί Il.18.8

, cf. Od.4.699, 18.389, S. Ant.3; θεῶν τελεσάντων (sc. αὐτό) Pi.P.10.49;

εὖ τελεῖ θεός A. Th. 35

.

4 ὅρκια τελεῖν make an oath effective, Il.7.69: later, execute a legal document, δημόσιος χρηματισμὸς τετελεσμένος δι' ἐπιτηρητῶν ἀγορανομίας Mitteis Chr.200.10 (iii A.D.), cf. POxy.290.22 (i A.D.), etc.

5 bring to fulfilment or perfection,

ἀρετὰν.. πεπρωμέναν τελέσει Pi.N.4.43

; τ. τινά bless him with perfect happiness, Id.I.6(5).46 (dub.); so

τετελεσμένον ἐσλόν Id.N.9.6

;

τελεσθεὶς ὄλβος A.Ag. 751

(lyr.): also, bring a child to maturity, bring it to the birth, E.Ba. 100 (lyr.).

b with an Adj. added, ἅπαντας ἡ παίδευσις ἡμέρους τελεῖ makes perfectly gentle, Men.Mon.41.

6 bring to an end, finish, end,

ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γὰρ ἀρξάμενος τελέω τὸν λόγον εἰς ἀγαθόν

Lyr.Alex. Adesp.

21.2

.

7 of Time,

ὅτε δὴ τρίτον ἦμαρ.. τέλεσ' Ἠώς Od.5.390

; βίον τ. Simon.36, S.Ant. 1114; πολλοὺς τρόχους ἡλίου ib. 1065;

τελευτὴν τοῦ βίου Id.Tr.79

; also τ. νοῦσον come to the end of it, Hes. Th. 799:—[voice] Pass.,

περὶ δ' ἤματα μακρὰ τελέσθη Od.10.470

, cf. Hes. Th.59; τετελεσμένον εἰς ἐνιαυτόν ib. 795; ἐν τοῖς ἔτεσι τοῖς δὶς ἑπτὰ τετελ. Arist.HA 581a14, cf. Metaph. 994a26; of men, come to one's end,

οἴμοι.. δεσπότου τελουμένου A.Ch. 875

(s. v.l.).

8 sts. intr., like the [voice] Pass., come to an end, be fulfilled, turn out, οὐ γὰρ οἶδ' ὅπῃ τελεῖ ib. 1021, cf. Pers. 225 (troch.), S.El. 1417 (lyr.): later = τελέθω, to be,

φύσει τελῶν μνησίκακος Tz.H.2.83

, al.

II pay what one owes, what is due,

λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας Il.9.156

, 298 (unless this means ' will administer good laws'); νῆας.. αἵ κεν τελέοιεν ἕκαστα ἄστε' ἐπ' ἀνθρώπων ἱκνεύμεναι bring supplies of everything, Od. 9.127: generally, pay, present, δῶρα, δωτίνην, Il.9.598, Od.11.352;

μισθόν Il.21.457

, Eup.4;

ἀργύριον Pl.Ly. 208b

;

ἀργύριον.. μισθόν Id.Prt. 311d

;

δύο δραχμὰς μισθόν Ar.Ra. 173

: metaph.,

τ. ὕμνον Pi.P. 1.79

, 2.13; τ. ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ, i.e. die, Id.I.1.68.

b esp. pay tax, duty, toll,

φόρον Pl.Alc.1.123a

;

τὰ τέλη Cratin.Jun.9.5

, Arist.Ath. 55.3, cf. Pl.Lg. 847b; τ. μετοίκιον pay the tax of a μέτοικος, ib. 850b;

ἱππάδα Is.7.39

;

θητικόν Arist.Ath.7.4

, Lex ap. D.43.54;

ξενικά D.57.34

;

συντάξεις Aeschin.3.91

; freq. in Papyri,

οἱ τελοῦντες τὰ καθήκοντα εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν PTeb.5.174

(ii B.C.), etc.; τ. σῖτον pay one's contribution of corn, X.HG5.3.21: abs., pay tax, IG12.1.2,3, Hdt.2.109:—[voice] Pass., of money, etc., to be paid, Id.9.93; of persons, to be in receipt of rent,

χώραν ἀτέλεστον ἔχουσιν αὐτοὶ τετελεσμένοι D. Prooem.55

.

2 lay out, spend,

χρήματα μεγάλα Hdt.3.137

, Pl. Ap. 20a, cf. X.Cyr.8.1.13:—[voice] Pass., to be spent or expended, Hdt.2.125; ἐς τὸ δεῖπνον τετρακόσια τάλαντα τετελεσμένα laid out upon the dinner, Id.7.118; ἕνδεκα μυριάδας μεδίμνων τελεομένας ἐπ' ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ ib. 187, cf. Pl.Lg. 955e.

b consume, eat (cf.

ἀναλίσκω 1.3

), [

σιτία] μέτρια τελεύμενα Hp.Aff.47

, cf. 26,43,44.

3 since, in many Greek cities, the citizens were distributed into classes acc. to their taxable property, τ. εἴς τινας meant to belong to a class, to be reckoned among, τ. ἐς Ἕλληνας, ἐς Βοιωτούς, belong to the Greeks, the Boeotians, Hdt.2.51, 6.108; εἰς ἀστοὺς τ. become a citizen, S.OT 222; εἰς ἄνδρας τ. come to man's estate, Pl.Lg. 923e; εἰς γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρὸς τ. become a woman instead of a man, E.Ba. 822; ἕκαστος ἡμῶν ὑπό τινα τελεῖ δαίμονα ὃς πάσης ἡμῶν τῆς ζωῆς ἐπάρχει belongs.., Herm. in Phdr.p.93 A.

4 from the last sense perh. may be expld. the phrase, κοῖός τις δοκέοι ἀνὴρ εἶναι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα τελέσαι to compare with his father, Hdt.3.34 ( τελέσαι om. cod. E, secl. Hude).

III initiate in the mysteries, τινα Pl.Euthd. 277d;

τῇ μητρὶ τελούσῃ τὰς βίβλους ἀναγιγνώσκειν D.18.259

; τυμπανίζειν καὶ τ. Plu.2.60a;

τ. τῷ Διονύσῳ Milet.6.23

:—[voice] Pass., to have oneself initiated, Ar.Nu. 258;

τετελεσμένος Pl.Phd. 69c

, Berl.Sitzb.1927.169 ([place name] Cyrene), etc.;

ἐτέλεις, ἐγὼ δ' ἐτελούμην D.18.265

; Διονύσῳ τελεσθῆναι to be consecrated to Dionysus, initiated in his mysteries, Hdt.4.79;

ὀργίοισι Hp. Lex5

, cf. X.Smp.1.10: c. acc.,

Βακχεῖ' ἐτελέσθη Ar.Ra. 357

(anap.);

τελέους τελετὰς τελούμενος Pl.Phdr. 249c

, cf. 250b; also

τ. μεγάλοισι τέλεσι Id.R. 560e

.

b in Magic, endow a thing with potency, consecrate it, PMag.Par.1.1744, PMag.Lond.46.242, 121.590, Sch.Ar.Pl. 884.

c enchant, Παλλάδιον τετελεσμένον Eust.ad D.P.620.

2 metaph., τελεσθῆναι στρατηγός to be formally appointed general, D. 13.19; τετελεσμένος σωφροσύνῃ a votary of temperance, X.Oec.21.12.

3 also of sacred rites, perform,

ἱερά E.Ba. 485

, cf. IT 464 (anap.);

θυσίαν τοῖς θεοῖς D.S.4.34

, cf. Plu.Thes.16;

ὄργια IG14.1183

([place name] Rome), Paus.4.14.1; γάμον, γάμους, Call.Ap.14, Lyc. 1387:— [voice] Pass., Pl.Lg. 775a.

4 [voice] Pass., of women, to be married, GDI3721.5,9 ([place name] Cos).