τελέω
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom τέλος (télos, “end”) + -έω (-éō, denominative verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /te.lé.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /teˈle.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /teˈle.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /teˈle.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /teˈle.o/
Verb
editτελέω • (teléō)
- to bring about, complete, fulfill
- to perform, accomplish, do
- to keep one's word
- to pay, present (especially pay taxes)
- to belong to a class
- 550s AD, Procopius, History of the Wars 5.1.6:
- ἦν δέ τις ἐν αὐτοῖς Ὀδόακρος ὄνομα, ἐς τοὺς βασιλέως δορυφόρους τελῶν
- ên dé tis en autoîs Odóakros ónoma, es toùs basiléōs doruphórous telôn
- 1916 translation by H. B. Dewing
- Now there was a certain man among the Romans named Odoacer, one of the bodyguards of the emperor ...
- ἦν δέ τις ἐν αὐτοῖς Ὀδόακρος ὄνομα, ἐς τοὺς βασιλέως δορυφόρους τελῶν
- to consecrate, initiate
Inflection
edit Present: τελέω, τελέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐτέλεον | ἐτέλεες | ἐτέλεε(ν) | ἐτελέετον | ἐτελεέτην | ἐτελέομεν | ἐτελέετε | ἐτέλεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐτελεόμην | ἐτελέου | ἐτελέετο | ἐτελέεσθον | ἐτελεέσθην | ἐτελεόμεθᾰ | ἐτελέεσθε | ἐτελέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐτέλουν | ἐτέλεις | ἐτέλει | ἐτελεῖτον | ἐτελείτην | ἐτελοῦμεν | ἐτελεῖτε | ἐτέλουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐτελούμην | ἐτελοῦ | ἐτελεῖτο | ἐτελεῖσθον | ἐτελείσθην | ἐτελούμεθᾰ | ἐτελεῖσθε | ἐτελοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: τετέλεκᾰ, τετέλεσμαι
Pluperfect: ἐτετελέκειν, ἐτετελέσμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐτετελέκειν, ἐτετελέκη |
ἐτετελέκεις, ἐτετελέκης |
ἐτετελέκει(ν) | ἐτετελέκετον | ἐτετελεκέτην | ἐτετελέκεμεν | ἐτετελέκετε | ἐτετελέκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐτετελέσμην | ἐτετέλεσο | ἐτετέλεστο | ἐτετέλεσθον | ἐτετελέσθην | ἐτετελέσμεθᾰ | ἐτετέλεσθε | ἐτετελέσᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | τετελέκειν, τετελέκη |
τετελέκεις, τετελέκης |
τετελέκει(ν) | τετελέκετον | τετελεκέτην | τετελέκεμεν | τετελέκετε | τετελέκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | τετελέσμην | τετέλεσο | τετέλεστο | τετέλεσθον | τετελέσθην | τετελέσμεθᾰ | τετέλεσθε | τετελέσᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “τελέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τελέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τελέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τελέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- τελέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τελέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5055 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷel-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -έω
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek verbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
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