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ἀτάλαντος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀτάλαντος ἀτάλαντη ἀτάλαντον

Structure: ἀταλαντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: 계사 a , ta/lanton

Sense

  1. equal in weight, equivalent, equal to

Examples

  • "ἡ δὲ τῶν ἱστουργούντων ᾠδὴ αἴλινοσ, ὡσ Ἐπίχαρμοσ ἐν Ἀταλάνταισ ἱστορεῖ, ἡ δὲ τῶν ταλασιουργῶν ἰούλοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 10 1:3)
  • φοίνικα δὲ τὸν καρπὸν καὶ Ἑλλάνικοσ κέκληκεν ἐν τῇ εἰσ Ἄμμωνοσ Ἀναβάσει, εἰ γνήσιον τὸ σύγγραμμα, καὶ Φόρμοσ ὁ κωμικὸσ ἐν Ἀταλάνταισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 66 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. equal in weight

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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