τελέωσις
εως, ἡ
A.
development, completion, of physical growth, λαμβάνει τελέωσιν τὰ ᾠά Arist. HA 543a19, cf. 561a5, Hp. Septim. 1, Sor. 1.18, al., Gal. 15.26; τὴν τ. τῶν μορίων ἀπολαμβάνειν Arist. HA 583b24, etc.; ἡ τῶν καρπῶν τ. Thphr. HP 3.4.3; ἕως τελειώσεως to saturation-point, Epicur. Ep. 2p.38U.; of a building, Arist. Ph. 246a26; of a statue, Stoic. 3.48; in moral sense, αἱ ἀρεταὶ τελειώσεις Arist. Ph. 247a2, cf. 246a13, Metaph. 1021b20; εἰς τὴν τ. ἄγεσθαι τῆς φύσεως Id. EN 1153a12.
b.
execution of a legal instrument by completing it, BGU 1168.3 (i B.C.), PFlor. 56.7, al. (iii A.D.).
2.
in Logic, ἡ τ. τῶν συλλογισμῶν Arist. APr. 42a35; cf. τελειόω 1.2.
II.
attainment of manhood, AJA 18.324 (Sardis, Epist. Augusti).
b.
marriage, LXX Je. 2.2; cf. τέλειος 1.2b, 11.
II.
of events, accomplishment, fulfilment, Ev.Luc. 1.45; λόγων LXX Ju. 10.9.