τελεία
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See also: τέλεια
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τελεία (teleía, “period, full stop”), from τέλος (télos, “end”) + -εια (-eia, “-ness”).
Noun
τελεία • (teleía) f (plural τελείες)
- (grammar, typography) A full stop or period ⟨.⟩.
Usage notes
Used similarly in Greek punctuation as in French: it marks the ends of sentences, some abbreviations (although it is now standard to write acronyms without them), and groups of three digits in large numbers (where English punctuation uses the comma instead).
Originally referencing the high dot ⟨˙⟩ in Classical and early Byzantine Greek, τελεία has typically and then universally referenced the low dot ⟨.⟩ since the advent of printing.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τελεία (teleía) | τελείες (teleíes) |
| genitive | τελείας (teleías) | τελειών (teleión) |
| accusative | τελεία (teleía) | τελείες (teleíes) |
| vocative | τελεία (teleía) | τελείες (teleíes) |
See also
- . τελεία (teleía)
- , κόμμα (kómma)
- : δύο τελείες (dýo teleíes)
- · άνω τελεία (áno teleía)
- ; ερωτηματικό (erotimatikó)
- ! θαυμαστικό (thavmastikó)
- « » εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)
- " “ ” εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)
- ' ‘ ’ εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)
- ' ’ απόστροφος (apóstrofos)
- ¨ διαλυτικά (dialytiká)
- ΄ τόνος (tónos)
- ‐ ενωτικό (enotikó)
- — παύλα (pávla)
- … αποσιωπητικά (aposiopitiká)
- ( ) παρένθεση (parénthesi)
- [ ] αγκύλη (agkýli)
- { } άγκιστρο (ágkistro)
- » : 〃 ομοιωματικά (omoiomatiká)
- see also: Greek Punctuation and Greek alphabet (Diacritics)
Further reading
τελεία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
