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τελευτ-άω , fut.
3. esp. τ. τὸν αἰῶνα finish life, i.e. die, Hdt.1.32, 9.17, etc.; “τ. βίονA.Ag.929, S.Fr.646 codd. (sed leg. δρόμον), E.Hec.419, Pl.Prt.351b; ὑπ᾽ ἄλλου τ. τὸν βίον, i.e. to be killed, Id.Lg.870e: also (after the analogy of παύομαι) c. gen., τελευτᾶν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου make an end of life, X.Cyr.8.7.17; so λόγου τ. Th.3.59; ἐπαίνου τ. ἐς τάδε ἔπη ib.104.
b. freq. abs., end life, die, Hdt.1.66, 3.38, 40, al., Pl.R.614b, al.; πρὶν τελευτήσαντ᾽ ἴδῃς before you see him dead, S.Fr.662; “τ. μάχῃA.Th.617; “νούσῳHdt.1.161; “γήραϊId.6.24; τ. ὑπό τινος die by another's hand or means, ib.92; “δόλῳ ὑπό τινοςId.4.78; “ὑπὸ αἰχμῆς σιδηρέηςId.1.39; “ὑπ᾽ ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσίνA.Th.930 (lyr.); “ἐκ τῆς πληγῆςPl.Lg.877b; of animals, Arist.PA667b11, PMich.Zen.67.25 (iii B.C.).
II. intr. (as always in Prose, except in signf. 1.3a):
1. to be accomplished, “λόγων κορυφαίPi.O.7.68 (as v.l. for τελεύταθεν)“; ἐλπίδεςE.Ba.908 (lyr.).
2. come to an end, A.Ag.635, etc.: esp. of Time, τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός, τοῦ θέρους, Th.2.4, 32, etc.: of actions, events, etc., “τ. ναυμαχία ἐς νύκταId.1.51, etc.
b. with words indicating the kind of end or outcome, ἢν πόλεμος κατὰ νόον τ. Hdt. 9.45, cf. 7.47; εὖ τ. A.Supp.211; πτωχοὶ τ. end by being beggars, Pl. R.552c; οὕτως τ. Th.1.110, 138; τ. ἔς τι come to a certain end, issue in, “αἱ εὐτυχίαι ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτησανHdt.3.125; τ. ἐς τὠυτὸ γράμμα end in the same letter, Id.1.139, cf. Th.2.51, 4.48, Pl.R.618a; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τ. Id.Tht.173b; ποῖ ἐς τί τελευτᾶν φασι); came to what end? A.Pers.735 (troch.), cf. Ch.528, Pl.Lg.630b; also “τ. ἐπί τιId.R.510d, Smp.211c.
3. die, v. supr. 1.3b.
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