A.leave off, stop, “πρὶν καταλῆξαι . . ἄχος” A.Ag.1479 (anap.): ποῖ καταλήξει μένος ἄτης; at what point will it cease? Id.Ch.1075 (anap.); κ. ἐν . . to end at or with . . , Plu.2.791c; “ἐπί τι” D.S.14.2, Arr.Epict.6.20.21, M.Ant.4.20; [ἡδοναὶ] περὶ τὸ σῶμα κ. Plu.2.705a; “πρός τι” Arist.Mete.340b9; “εἴς τι” D.S.20.2, Hierocl.in CA19p.462M., Porph.Sent.37: abs., Thphr.Ign.50; τὰ καταλήγοντα limits of a district, Plu.Fab.6, Arist.11; “πόλεως” J.BJ3.7.34: in sg., τὸ κ. τοῦ πελάγους extremity, Plb.5.59.5, cf. Poll.2.71, 177.
2. esp. in Metric and Rhetoric, of feet, verses, or periods, “κρητικοῦ εἰς σύμφωνον -λήγοντος” A.D.Pron.50.17; “εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ὄνομα” Demetr.Eloc. 154, cf. 4, Hermog.Id.1.6.
II. trans., close, finish, “ναυμαχία εἰς ἢν Θουκυδίδης κατέληξε τὴν πραγματείαν” D.S.14.84.