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ταλαντοῦχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταλαντοῦχος ταλαντοῦχον

Structure: ταλαντουχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. holding the balance, who turns the scale

Examples

  • ὁ χρυσαμοιβὸσ δ’ Ἄρησ σωμάτων καὶ ταλαντοῦχοσ ἐν μάχῃ δορὸσ πυρωθὲν ἐξ Ἰλίου φίλοισι πέμπει βαρὺ ψῆγμα δυσδάκρυτον ἀν‐ τήνοροσ σποδοῦ γεμί‐ ζων λέβητασ εὐθέτουσ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, strophe 3 1:1)

Similar forms

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

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