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τελεί-ωσις

teleiosis · ἡ

development, completion

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What it meant

τελεί-ωσις · telei-ōsis — LSJ

development, completion, saturation

development, completion, of physical growth, λαμβάνει τελέωσιν τὰ ᾠά Arist. HA 543a19, cf. 561a5, Hp. Septim. 1, Sor. 1.18, al., Gal. 15.26; τὴν τ. τῶν μορίων ἀπολαμβάνειν Arist. HA 583b24, etc.; ἡ τῶν καρπῶν τ. Thphr. HP 3.4.3; ἕως τελειώσεως to saturation-point, Epicur. Ep. 2p.38U.; of a building, Arist. Ph. 246a26; of a statue, Stoic. 3.48; in moral sense, αἱ ἀρεταὶ τελειώσεις Arist. Ph. 247a2, cf. 246a13, Metaph. 1021b20; εἰς τὴν τ. ἄγεσθαι τῆς φύσεως Id. EN 1153a12.

b execution, by completing

execution of a legal instrument by completing it, BGU 1168.3 (i B.C.), PFlor. 56.7, al. (iii A.D.).

2

in Logic, ἡ τ. τῶν συλλογισμῶν Arist. APr. 42a35; cf. τελειόω I.2.

II attainment of manhood

attainment of manhood, AJA 18.324 (Sardis, Epist. Augusti).

b marriage

marriage, LXX Je. 2.2; cf. τέλειος I.2b, II.

II accomplishment, fulfilment

of events, accomplishment, fulfilment, Ev.Luc. 1.45; λόγων LXX Ju. 10.9.

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