τελήεις
teleeis
perfect, complete
Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τελήεις, εσσα, εν, (τελέω) Ep. Adj. A. = τέλειος, perfect, complete, of victims, in Il. and Od. always τεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας, i.e. hecatombs of full tale or number, or of full-grown beasts, or of beasts without blemish, Il. 1.315, 2.306, Od. 4.352, 17.50, al.; τελήεντες οἰωνοί birds of sure augury, as if they brought about what they betokened, opp. μαψιλόγοι, h.Merc. 544 (as perhaps τελειότατος πετεηνῶν, cf. τέλειος 1.1a): in this sense 4.2 has τελέεντʼ ἔπεα sure predictions, from the form τελέεις. II. Ὠκεανοῖο τελήεντος ποταμοῖο prob. the river in which all others end, or ending in itself, ever-circling, Th. 242,959.
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