τελεσφόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τέλος (télos, “end, goal”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “to carrying”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /te.les.pʰó.ros/ → /te.lesˈɸo.ros/ → /te.lesˈfo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /te.les.pʰó.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te.lesˈpʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /te.lesˈɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /te.lesˈfo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /te.lesˈfo.ros/

Adjective

τελεσφόρος • (telesphóros) m or f (neuter τελεσφόρον); second declension

1. completing, accomplishing, fulfilling, perfecting
2. accomplishing one's purpose

Declension

Second declension of τελεσφόρος; τελεσφόρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τελεσφόρος telesphóros	τελεσφόρον telesphóron		τελεσφόρω telesphórō	τελεσφόρω telesphórō		τελεσφόροι telesphóroi	τελεσφόρᾰ telesphóra
Genitive		τελεσφόρου telesphórou	τελεσφόρου telesphórou		τελεσφόροιν telesphóroin	τελεσφόροιν telesphóroin		τελεσφόρων telesphórōn	τελεσφόρων telesphórōn
Dative		τελεσφόρῳ telesphórōi	τελεσφόρῳ telesphórōi		τελεσφόροιν telesphóroin	τελεσφόροιν telesphóroin		τελεσφόροις telesphórois	τελεσφόροις telesphórois
Accusative		τελεσφόρον telesphóron	τελεσφόρον telesphóron		τελεσφόρω telesphórō	τελεσφόρω telesphórō		τελεσφόρους telesphórous	τελεσφόρᾰ telesphóra
Vocative		τελεσφόρε telesphóre	τελεσφόρον telesphóron		τελεσφόρω telesphórō	τελεσφόρω telesphórō		τελεσφόροι telesphóroi	τελεσφόρᾰ telesphóra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τελεσφόρως telesphórōs			τελεσφορώτερος telesphorṓteros			τελεσφορώτᾰτος telesphorṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τελεσφόρος (Telesphóros)

Further reading

• “τελεσφόρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τελεσφόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τελεσφόρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τελεσφόρος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “τελεσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accomplished idem, page 6.
  • consummating idem, page 166.
  • fulfilled idem, page 348.