τελετή
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From τέλος (télos, “aim, purpose”) + -τή (-tḗ),[1] probably formed by analogy with γενετή (genetḗ, “the hour of birth”) from γένος (génos, “kin”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /te.le.tɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /te.leˈte̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /te.leˈti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /te.leˈti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /te.leˈti/
Noun
[edit]τελετή • (teletḗ) f (genitive τελετῆς); first declension
- rite (esp. initiation in the mysteries)
- (plural) mystic rites practiced at initiation
- (plural) theological doctrines
- a making magically potent
- a festival accompanied by mystic rites
- a priesthood or sacred office
Declension
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τελετή hē teletḗ |
τὼ τελετᾱ́ tṑ teletā́ |
αἱ τελεταί hai teletaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τελετῆς tês teletês |
τοῖν τελεταῖν toîn teletaîn |
τῶν τελετῶν tôn teletôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τελετῇ tēî teletēî |
τοῖν τελεταῖν toîn teletaîn |
ταῖς τελεταῖς taîs teletaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τελετήν tḕn teletḗn |
τὼ τελετᾱ́ tṑ teletā́ |
τᾱ̀ς τελετᾱ́ς tā̀s teletā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τελετή teletḗ |
τελετᾱ́ teletā́ |
τελεταί teletaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: τελετή (teletí)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τέλομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1462: “DER > line 3 > τελετή”
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τέλομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1462: “ETYM > line 5 > The pair τέλος : τελετή recalls γένος : γενετή”
Further reading
[edit]- “τελετή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τελετή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- τελετή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τελετή in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- “τελετή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τελετή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek τελετή (teletḗ, “initiation (into mysteries, rites, etc.)”).[1] From τελέω (teléō).
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]τελετή • (teletí) f (plural τελετές)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τελετή (teletí) | τελετές (teletés) |
| genitive | τελετής (teletís) | τελετών (teletón) |
| accusative | τελετή (teletí) | τελετές (teletés) |
| vocative | τελετή (teletí) | τελετές (teletés) |
Related terms
[edit]- τελετουργικό n (teletourgikó)
- τελετουργία f (teletourgía)
References
[edit]- ^ The template Template:R:Babiniotis 2010 does not use the parameter(s):
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Further reading
[edit]- τελετή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
τελετή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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