τελευτή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τελέω (teléō, “I complete”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /te.leu̯.tɛ̌ː/ → /te.leɸˈti/ → /te.lefˈti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /te.leu̯.tɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te.lewˈte̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /te.leɸˈti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /te.lefˈti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /te.lefˈti/

Noun

τελευτή • (teleutḗ) f (genitive τελευτῆς); first declension

1. end, termination

   τελευτὴ τοῦ βίου

   teleutḕ toû bíou

   end of life, death

2. tip, extremity

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τελευτή; τῆς τελευτῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τελευτή hē teleutḗ	τὼ τελευτᾱ́ tṑ teleutā́	αἱ τελευταί hai teleutaí
Genitive	τῆς τελευτῆς tês teleutês	τοῖν τελευταῖν toîn teleutaîn	τῶν τελευτῶν tôn teleutôn
Dative	τῇ τελευτῇ têi teleutêi	τοῖν τελευταῖν toîn teleutaîn	ταῖς τελευταῖς taîs teleutaîs
Accusative	τὴν τελευτήν tḕn teleutḗn	τὼ τελευτᾱ́ tṑ teleutā́	τᾱ̀ς τελευτᾱ́ς tā̀s teleutā́s
Vocative	τελευτή teleutḗ	τελευτᾱ́ teleutā́	τελευταί teleutaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τελευτάω (teleutáō)

Further reading

• “τελευτή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press