The corpus record

τελεσ-τής

telestes · ὁ

an official

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What it meant

τελεσ-τής · teles-tēs — LSJ

an official

an official, Elean nom. sg. τελεστά SIG 9 (Olympia, vi B.C.).

2 initiator, priest

initiator, priest, Max.Tyr. 10.5, Cels. ap. Origenes Cels. 8.48, Procl. in Ti. 1.51 D.

= γόης, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).221.

3 initiated person

initiated person, Cleanth.Stoic. 1.123 (cj., v. τελετής).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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