Ionnis, I found καί άρχή καί τέλος νούς on the website of a high IQ society. That is all there is. That is the entire context. My best translation is " and begins and ends with the mind." καί αρχή καί τέλος νούς is my best transliteration from ancient Greek to modern Greek.

Tom, you should post more info (the whole context/paragraph), we cannot easily help you, the question you are asking does not make any sense xD

Thanks. That is helpful. But I think I made a mistake. I think the original was καί ἀρχή τέλος καί νοῦς Does this mean the same as και αρχή και τέλος νους? What is the best translation of the original?

Your answer was helpful but I think I was wrong. What I was trying to translate was: καί ἀρχή τέλος καί νοῦς. I did not realize that there were that many ancients in ancient Greek. Does this mean the same thing as και αρχή και τέλος νους? What is the best translation from the ancient Greek.

Hi Tom. Something is not right here. In ancient Greek there were different kinds of accents, like οξεία (′), βαρεία (‵) και περισπωμένη(~) So, I'm not sure exactly how that phrase was written in ancient Greek, but in contemporary Greek it should be "και αρχή και τέλος νους" There's a case in contemporary Greek where a word with a lot of syllables can have two accents, e.g. "το αυτοκίνητο" can become "το αυτοκίνητό μου" -- but maybe someone else can explain the grammar here. :)