τέρμα .τέρμα, ατος, τό, an end, boundary, Lat. terminus: the goal round which chariots had to turn at races, Lat. meta, Il.; δρόμου τέρματα Soph. the mark set to shew how far a quoit was thrown, Od. metaph. an end, issue, event, Aesch. generally, an end, limit, Aesch.; so in pl. boundaries, Hdt. an end, πρὸς τέρμα εἶναι, ἐπὶ τέρμʼ ἀφικέσθαι to have reached the limit, be at the end, Aesch., Soph.; τ. βίου the term or end of life, death, Soph., Eur., etc.; ἐπὶ τέρματι at last, Aesch. the end or highest point, κακῶν Eur.; πρὸς τέρμασιν ὥρας Ar. periphr., τέρμα ὑγιείας ὑγιεία, Aesch.; τ. τῆς σωτηρίας Soph. the highest power, supremacy, τ. Κορίνθου ἔχειν to be sovereign of Corinth, Simon.; θεοὶ ἁπάντων τέρμʼ ἔχοντες Eur.