Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χιλιοτάλαντος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χιλιοτάλαντος χιλιοτάλαντον

Structure: χιλιοταλαντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ta/lanton

Sense

  1. weighing or worth a thousand talents

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὅλαι μὲν πόλεισ αὐτῶν εἰσι καὶ νῆσοι καὶ ἤπειροι, καὶ ναοὶ χιλιοτάλαντοι καὶ δήμων ἀποικισμοὶ μυρίανδροι, τροπαίοισ δὲ παντοδαποῖσ ἀναστέφονται καὶ λαφύροισ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 7 1:5)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅλαι μὲν πόλεισ αὐτῶν εἰσι καὶ νῆσοι καὶ ἤπειροι, καὶ ναοὶ χιλιοτάλαντοι καὶ δήμων ἀποικισμοὶ μυρίανδροι, τροπαίοισ δὲ παντοδαποῖσ ἀναστέφονται καὶ λαφύροισ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 7 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. weighing or worth a thousand talents

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

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