τέλος

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • completion, accomplishment, fulfillment, perfection, consummation
  • result, product
  • end
  • end of life: death
  • boundary, border, extremity
  • supreme power
  • the highest government office: magistrate
  • that which is ordered to be done: task, duty
  • money paid to the government: tax, toll
  • a person's property, according to which he was classed
  • thus, generally: rank, class
  • unit of soldiers: legion, company
  • initiation (especially into mystery religions)
  • mystery religion
  • any religious ceremony

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around), *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kʷel-

Gloss

turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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