much-enduring, miserable, Soph.
talanteuvw
ta±lanteuvw , f. sw , to weigh or measure out, Anth.
talantiai`o"
ta±lantiai`o" , a, on , worth a talent, Dem. From tavlanton
tavlanton
tavlanton , tov, ( * tlavw ) a balance, Theogn ., Ar. :—in pl. a pair of scales, Il., etc.
II.
anything weighed,
1.
a definite weight, a talent,
in
Hom.
of gold; but the weight of the Homeric talent is unknown.
2.
in later times the
tavlanton
was both
a weight
and
a sum of money
represented by that weight of silver:—the Attic talent weighed about 57.75 lbs. avoird., and its value in our money was about 200
l.
There was, of course, no such
coin
as a talent. For purposes of coinage, a talent of silver was coined into 6000 drachmae.
talantou`co"
ta±lant-ou`co" , on , ( e[cw ) holding the balance: metaph ., [Arh" t . who turns the scale in battle, Aesch.
talaov"
ta±laov" , hv, ovn, ( * tlavw ) = tlhvmwn , Ar.
talapeivrio"
ta±la±-peivrio" , on, ( * tlavw, pei`ra ) subject to many trials, much-suffering, of Ulysses, Od.:—hence, vagrant, vagabond, Anth.
talapenqhv"
ta±la±-penqhv" , ev", ( * tlavw, pevnqo" ) patient in woe, Od.
talarivsko"
ta±la±rivsko" , oJ , Dim. of sq. , quasillus, Theocr ., Anth.
tavlaro", TA vLA ROS
TA vL ØAROS »ta±1/4, oJ , a basket, Lat. qualus , Od.; plekto;" tavl . a basket of wicker-work, in which new-made cheeses were placed so as to let the whey run off, Hom.
tavla"
tavla<Eth>" , tavlaina (also tavla" ) , tavlan (like mevla" ): gen. a±no", aivnh", ano" : voc. , tavla" or -an , v. infra: (* tlavw ):— suffering, wretched, Lat. miser , Od., Trag. ; w\ tavla" ejgwv Soph .; w\ tavlainÆ ejgwv Aesch. ; w\ tavlan Soph .; —c. gen. causae, tavlainÆ ejgw; th`" u{brew" wretched that I am for this insolence, Ar. :—in bad sense, tavlan wretch! Od.— Comp. ta±lavntero", a, on : Sup. ta±lavntato", h, on , Ar. »ta±la<Eth>" ; Dor. also ta±la±" : voc. tavla±n.1/4
talasiva
ta±la±siva , hJ , wool-spinning, Xen ., etc. Hence talavsio"