τελειόω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τελεόω (teleóō)

Etymology

From τέλειος (téleios, “finished”) +‎ -όω (-óō) from τέλος (télos, “end”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /te.leː.ó.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te.liˈo.o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /te.liˈo.o/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /te.liˈo.o/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /te.liˈo.o/

Verb

τελειόω • (teleióō)

(of things, acts, works, time) to make perfect, complete, accomplish
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.120
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.32
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1174B.23
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 4:34
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 2:43
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 20:24
- 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 1.126
- c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, De vita Pythagorica 29.!58
- c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Protrepticus
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.160
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1257
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 272D
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.11
1. (in logic) to complete, make perfect the form or species
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1174A.16
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Prior Analytics 29A.16
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Prior Analytics 29A.30
2. (passive voice, of prophecies) to be fulfilled
  - 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 19:28
(of persons) to bring to perfection or consummation
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.86
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1089
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1510
- 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 192A
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 466E
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 487A
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 498B
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 776A.31
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 8.2.6
- 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 1.33
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 6.531
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 6.162
1. (passive voice) to be made perfect
  - New Testament, Epistle to the Hebrews 11:40
  - New Testament, Epistle to the Hebrews 12:23
(intransitive) to bring fruit to maturity, come to maturity
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 757B.24

Inflection

Present: τελειῶ, τελειοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	τελειῶ	τελειοῖς	τελειοῖ	τελειοῦτον	τελειοῦτον	τελειοῦμεν	τελειοῦτε	τελειοῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	τελειῶ	τελειοῖς	τελειοῖ	τελειῶτον	τελειῶτον	τελειῶμεν	τελειῶτε	τελειῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	τελειοίην / τελειοῖμῐ	τελειοίης / τελειοῖς	τελειοίη / τελειοῖ	τελειοῖτον / τελειοίητον	τελειοίτην / τελειοιήτην	τελειοῖμεν / τελειοίημεν	τελειοῖτε / τελειοίητε	τελειοῖεν / τελειοίησᾰν
	imperative		τελείου	τελειούτω	τελειοῦτον	τελειούτων		τελειοῦτε	τελειούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	τελειοῦμαι	τελειοῖ	τελειοῦται	τελειοῦσθον	τελειοῦσθον	τελειούμεθᾰ	τελειοῦσθε	τελειοῦνται
	subjunctive	τελειῶμαι	τελειοῖ	τελειῶται	τελειῶσθον	τελειῶσθον	τελειώμεθᾰ	τελειῶσθε	τελειῶνται
	optative	τελειοίμην	τελειοῖο	τελειοῖτο	τελειοῖσθον	τελειοίσθην	τελειοίμεθᾰ	τελειοῖσθε	τελειοῖντο
	imperative		τελειοῦ	τελειούσθω	τελειοῦσθον	τελειούσθων		τελειοῦσθε	τελειούσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		τελειοῦν				τελειοῦσθαι
participle	m	τελειῶν				τελειούμενος
	f	τελειοῦσᾰ				τελειουμένη
	n	τελειοῦν				τελειούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

“τελειόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“τελειόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
τελειόω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G5048 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible