A.end, boundary, chiefly poet.:

I. goal round which horses and chariots had to turn at races, “περὶ τέρμαθ᾽ ἑλισσέμεν” Il.23.309; περὶ τ. βαλούσας, εὖ σχεθέειν περὶ τέρμα, ib.462,466; τέρματα θεῖναι or σημῆναι, ib.333,358;

2. mark set to show how far a quoit was thrown, “ἔθηκε δὲ τέρματ᾽ Ἀθήνη” Od.8.193.

3. metaph., issue, event, A. Ag.781,1177 (both lyr.).

II. generally, end, limit, “δολιχῆς τ. κελεύθου” Id.Pr.286 (anap.), cf. 706, 823; metaph., πλούτου τέρμα a limit to wealth, Thgn. 227.

2. end, in point of time or distance, ἐπὶ τέρμ᾽ ἀφίκετο reached the limit, was at the end, S.Aj.48; Ἑρμῆς σφ᾽ ἄγει . . πρὸς αὐτὸτ. Id.El.1397; βιότουτ. the term or end of life, death, Simon. 85.13;
τ. βίου or τοῦ βίου, A.Fr.362, S.OT1530 (troch.), E.Alc.643;

3. culmination, highest point, goal, τ. ἀέθλων prize, Pi.I.4(3).85 (67); “κακῶν” E.Supp. 369; “πρὸς τέρμασιν ὥρας” Ar.Av.705;

4. highest power, supremacy, τ. Κορίνθου ἔχειν to be sovereign of Corinth, Simon.112; “θεοὶ . . πάντων τέρμ᾽ ἔχοντες” E.Supp.617 (Cf. τέρμων, τέρθρον, Skt. tárati, tiráti 'cross, win through, overcome', Lat. terminus, trans, in-trare.）