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τάλαντον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τάλαντον ταλάντου

Structure: ταλαντ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: Tla/w

Sense

  1. balance, scale, tax paid for use of public scales

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐζημίωσε τὸ ἔθνοσ ἀργυρίου ταλάντοισ ἑκατὸν καὶ χρυσίου ταλάντῳ ἑνί. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:34)
  • καὶ γὰρ ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται ‐ τί δέ; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Episode 1:8)
  • ἀλλ’ ἔγωγ’ Ὀπούντιοσ οὐκ ἂν γενοίμην ἐπὶ ταλάντῳ χρυσίου. (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 4:25)
  • ἤνθει γὰρ ἔτι δόξα τῆσ Σικυωνίασ μούσησ καὶ χρηστογραφίασ, ὡσ μόνησ ἀδιάφθορον ἐχούσησ τὸ καλόν, ὥστε καὶ Ἀπελλῆν ἐκεῖνον ἤδη θαυμαζόμενον ἀφικέσθαι καὶ συγγενέσθαι τοῖσ ἀνδράσιν ἐπὶ ταλάντῳ, τῆσ δόξησ μᾶλλον ἢ τῆσ τέχνησ δεόμενον μεταλαβεῖν. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 13 1:1)
  • ἦν οὐδὲν ὅμοιοσ τῷ πατρὶ τοὺσ τρόπουσ ’ καὶ γὰρ ζῶντοσ ἔτι περὶ τὴν οἰκίαν περιθεὶσ ἐπάλξεισ ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἐζημιώθη ταλάντῳ· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1:1)

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