Lexicon / G9417
τελευταῖος
teleutaios
  • finality

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Glosses: finality

1. last , Lat. ultimus, (Herdotus Historicus); τὰ τ. the endings or terminations , (Herdotus Historicus); τελευταίους στῆσαι to station in the rear ranks , (Xenophon Historicus)

2. of Time, ἡ τελευταία, with or without ἡμέρα, the last day allowed for payment, (Demosthenes Orator); one's last day , (Sophocles Tragicus)

3. last, uttermost , ὕβρις (Sophocles Tragicus)

4. τὸ τελευταῖον, as adverb the last time, last of all , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; or τελευταῖον (Plato Philosophus), etc.; and τὰ τελευταῖα (Thucydides)

5. at last, in the last place , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.: but,

6. the adjective is often used with Verbs, where we should use the adverb, ὁ τελευταῖος δραμών (Aeschulus Tragicus); παρελθόντες τελευταῖοι (Thucydides)

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