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|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">balance</b>, Ζεὺς . . τὸ τ. ἐπιρρέπει ἄλλοτε ἄλλως <span class="bibl">Thgn.157</span>; ζυγὸν ταλάντου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>823</span> (lyr.); ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>797</span>: in this sense used by Hom. only in pl., <b class="b2">pair of scales</b>, ἔχον ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνή... ἥ τε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα <span class="bibl">Il.12.433</span>; esp. of the <b class="b2">scales</b> in which Zeus weighed the fortunes of men, <b class="b3">χρύσεια πατὴρ ἐτίταινε τ</b>. <span class="bibl">8.69</span>, <span class="bibl">22.209</span>; <b class="b3">γνῶ γὰρ Διὸς ἱρὰ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">16.658</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τ. Ζεύς</b>, i.e. when he decides the issue of battle, <span class="bibl">19.223</span>; τ. βρίσας οὐκ ἰσορρόπῳ τύχῃ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>346</span>; of the <b class="b2">scales</b> of justice, δίκης κατέκειτο τάλαντα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>324</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>6.267.4 (Diotim.): so in sg., δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον <span class="bibl">B.17.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">tax paid for the use of the public scales</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span> 4.7 (Cyzicus, vi B.C.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">anything weighed</b>, </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">a definite weight, talent</b>, in Hom. always of gold, δέκα χρυσοῖς τάλαντα <span class="bibl">Il.9.122</span>; <b class="b3">δύω χρ. τ</b>. <span class="bibl">18.507</span>; <b class="b3">δέκα πάντα τ</b>. ten in all, <span class="bibl">19.247</span>, <span class="bibl">24.232</span>; <b class="b3">χρυσοῦ . . εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od.9.202</span>; χρυσοῖο τάλαντον . . τιμήεντος <span class="bibl">8.393</span>: from the order of the prizes in <span class="bibl">Il.23.262</span> sq. and other passages its weight was probably not great, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>164</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> in post-Hom. writers, the <b class="b3">τάλαντον</b> was both a <b class="b2">commercial weight</b> (differing in different systems), and also the <b class="b2">sum of money</b> represented by the corresponding weight of gold or silver; <b class="b3">τοῖσι μὲν</b> (of the subjects of Darius) <b class="b3">ἀργύριον ἀπαγινέουσι εἴρητο Βαβυλώνιον σταθμὸν τ. ἀπαγινέειν, τοῖσι δὲ χρυσίον ἀπαγινέουσι Εὐβοϊκόν· τὸ δὲ Βαβυλώνιον τ. δύναται Εὐβοΐδας</b> (<b class="b3">ὀκτὼ καὶ</b> add. Reiz) ἑβδομήκοντα μνέας <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.89</span>; <b class="b3">τ. Ἀττικόν, Αἰγιναῖον</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Poll.9.86</span>; ἐποίησε [ὁ Σόλων] σταθμὰ πρὸς τὸ νόμισμα τρεῖς καὶ ἑξήκοντα μνᾶς τὸ τ. ἀγούσας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>10.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">a</span> of money, τ. ἀργυρίου <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.5.1</span>, etc.; χίλια τ. νομίσματος <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.174</span>; <b class="b3">μνᾶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τ</b>. <span class="title">IG</span>12.220.7, cf. 92.37, al. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> of weight, <b class="b3">τὸ τ. τὸ ἐμπορικόν</b> ib.22.1013.35; used in weighing lead, ib.12.374.287, 42(1).103.131 (Epid., iv B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>9.4</span> (iii B.C.); iron, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>144.6</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPHerm.</span>p.77</span> (iii A.D.); cloth, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>120.8</span> (iii B.C.), etc.</span> | |Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">balance</b>, Ζεὺς . . τὸ τ. ἐπιρρέπει ἄλλοτε ἄλλως <span class="bibl">Thgn.157</span>; ζυγὸν ταλάντου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>823</span> (lyr.); ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>797</span>: in this sense used by Hom. only in pl., <b class="b2">pair of scales</b>, ἔχον ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνή... ἥ τε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα <span class="bibl">Il.12.433</span>; esp. of the <b class="b2">scales</b> in which Zeus weighed the fortunes of men, <b class="b3">χρύσεια πατὴρ ἐτίταινε τ</b>. <span class="bibl">8.69</span>, <span class="bibl">22.209</span>; <b class="b3">γνῶ γὰρ Διὸς ἱρὰ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">16.658</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τ. Ζεύς</b>, i.e. when he decides the issue of battle, <span class="bibl">19.223</span>; τ. βρίσας οὐκ ἰσορρόπῳ τύχῃ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>346</span>; of the <b class="b2">scales</b> of justice, δίκης κατέκειτο τάλαντα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>324</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>6.267.4 (Diotim.): so in sg., δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον <span class="bibl">B.17.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">tax paid for the use of the public scales</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span> 4.7 (Cyzicus, vi B.C.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">anything weighed</b>, </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">a definite weight, talent</b>, in Hom. always of gold, δέκα χρυσοῖς τάλαντα <span class="bibl">Il.9.122</span>; <b class="b3">δύω χρ. τ</b>. <span class="bibl">18.507</span>; <b class="b3">δέκα πάντα τ</b>. ten in all, <span class="bibl">19.247</span>, <span class="bibl">24.232</span>; <b class="b3">χρυσοῦ . . εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od.9.202</span>; χρυσοῖο τάλαντον . . τιμήεντος <span class="bibl">8.393</span>: from the order of the prizes in <span class="bibl">Il.23.262</span> sq. and other passages its weight was probably not great, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>164</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> in post-Hom. writers, the <b class="b3">τάλαντον</b> was both a <b class="b2">commercial weight</b> (differing in different systems), and also the <b class="b2">sum of money</b> represented by the corresponding weight of gold or silver; <b class="b3">τοῖσι μὲν</b> (of the subjects of Darius) <b class="b3">ἀργύριον ἀπαγινέουσι εἴρητο Βαβυλώνιον σταθμὸν τ. ἀπαγινέειν, τοῖσι δὲ χρυσίον ἀπαγινέουσι Εὐβοϊκόν· τὸ δὲ Βαβυλώνιον τ. δύναται Εὐβοΐδας</b> (<b class="b3">ὀκτὼ καὶ</b> add. Reiz) ἑβδομήκοντα μνέας <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.89</span>; <b class="b3">τ. Ἀττικόν, Αἰγιναῖον</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Poll.9.86</span>; ἐποίησε [ὁ Σόλων] σταθμὰ πρὸς τὸ νόμισμα τρεῖς καὶ ἑξήκοντα μνᾶς τὸ τ. ἀγούσας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>10.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">a</span> of money, τ. ἀργυρίου <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.5.1</span>, etc.; χίλια τ. νομίσματος <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.174</span>; <b class="b3">μνᾶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τ</b>. <span class="title">IG</span>12.220.7, cf. 92.37, al. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> of weight, <b class="b3">τὸ τ. τὸ ἐμπορικόν</b> ib.22.1013.35; used in weighing lead, ib.12.374.287, 42(1).103.131 (Epid., iv B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>9.4</span> (iii B.C.); iron, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>144.6</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPHerm.</span>p.77</span> (iii A.D.); cloth, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>120.8</span> (iii B.C.), etc.</span> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-1064.png Seite 1064]] τό, 1) die <b class="b2">Waage</b>, im plur. auch die Waagschaalen; χρύσεια πατὴρ τίταινε τάλαντα, Il. 8, 69. 22, 209, wie γνῶ γὰρ Διὸς ἱρὰ τάλαντα, 16, 658; ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τάλαντα [[Ζεύς]], 19, 223, vgl. 12, 433, ὥςτε τάλαντα γυνὴ [[χερνῆτις]] [[ἀληθής]], ἥτε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ [[εἴριον]] ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα; also immer im plur., wie Aesch. τάλαντα βρίσας οὐκ ἰσοῤῥόπῳ τύχῃ, Pers. 338, der auch den sing. hat, ζυγὸν ταλάντου, Suppl. 803; Ar. Ran. 796; sp. D., τάλαντα δίκης, Diotim. 2 (VI, 267); τύχης σφαλεροῖσι ταλάντοις, Agath. prooem. – 2) das Gewogene, u. zwar – a) ein bestimmtes Gewicht; bei Hom. stets vom Golde, [[ἕκαστος]] χρυσοῖο [[τάλαντον]] ἐνείκατε τιμήεντος, Od. 8, 393, sonst im plur., χρυσοῦ δὲ στήσας [[δέκα]] πάντα τάλαντα, Il. 19, 247. 24, 232 u. öfter, Od. 4, 129; χρύσεια τάλαντα, Theocr. 8, 53; auch ἀργυρίου τάλαντα, Her. 7, 28; – später in Griechenland ein wirkliches Handelsgewicht, 53 Pfund 22 Loth 2 Quentchen, in Alexandria aber 125 Pfund betragend. So kommt es zuerst bei Her. 2, 180. 6, 97 vor. – b) eine bestimmte, jenem Gewicht ursprünglich entsprechende Geldsumme, deren Werth zu verschiedenen Zeiten u. in den verschiedenen griechischen Staaten verschieden war; das attische Talent, das gebräuchlichste, welches gewöhnlich gemeint ist. wenn keine bes. Bestimmung dabei steht, betrug 60 Minen, 1375 Thlr.; vgl. über die andern Boeckh Ath. Staatsh. I p. 15 ff.; Ar. u. in Prosa überall. – c) das Zugewogene, Zugetheilte, vom Schicksal Verhängte, vgl. Jac. A. P. p. 945. | |||
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English (LSJ)
τό,
A balance, Ζεὺς . . τὸ τ. ἐπιρρέπει ἄλλοτε ἄλλως Thgn.157; ζυγὸν ταλάντου A.Supp.823 (lyr.); ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται Ar.Ra.797: in this sense used by Hom. only in pl., pair of scales, ἔχον ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνή... ἥ τε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα Il.12.433; esp. of the scales in which Zeus weighed the fortunes of men, χρύσεια πατὴρ ἐτίταινε τ. 8.69, 22.209; γνῶ γὰρ Διὸς ἱρὰ τ. 16.658; ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τ. Ζεύς, i.e. when he decides the issue of battle, 19.223; τ. βρίσας οὐκ ἰσορρόπῳ τύχῃ A.Pers.346; of the scales of justice, δίκης κατέκειτο τάλαντα h.Merc.324, cf. AP6.267.4 (Diotim.): so in sg., δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον B.17.25. 2 tax paid for the use of the public scales, SIG 4.7 (Cyzicus, vi B.C.). II anything weighed, 1 a definite weight, talent, in Hom. always of gold, δέκα χρυσοῖς τάλαντα Il.9.122; δύω χρ. τ. 18.507; δέκα πάντα τ. ten in all, 19.247, 24.232; χρυσοῦ . . εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τ. Od.9.202; χρυσοῖο τάλαντον . . τιμήεντος 8.393: from the order of the prizes in Il.23.262 sq. and other passages its weight was probably not great, cf. Arist.Fr.164. 2 in post-Hom. writers, the τάλαντον was both a commercial weight (differing in different systems), and also the sum of money represented by the corresponding weight of gold or silver; τοῖσι μὲν (of the subjects of Darius) ἀργύριον ἀπαγινέουσι εἴρητο Βαβυλώνιον σταθμὸν τ. ἀπαγινέειν, τοῖσι δὲ χρυσίον ἀπαγινέουσι Εὐβοϊκόν· τὸ δὲ Βαβυλώνιον τ. δύναται Εὐβοΐδας (ὀκτὼ καὶ add. Reiz) ἑβδομήκοντα μνέας Hdt.3.89; τ. Ἀττικόν, Αἰγιναῖον, etc., Poll.9.86; ἐποίησε [ὁ Σόλων] σταθμὰ πρὸς τὸ νόμισμα τρεῖς καὶ ἑξήκοντα μνᾶς τὸ τ. ἀγούσας Arist.Ath.10.2. a of money, τ. ἀργυρίου Hdt.7.28, cf. X.HG3.5.1, etc.; χίλια τ. νομίσματος Aeschin.2.174; μνᾶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τ. IG12.220.7, cf. 92.37, al. b of weight, τὸ τ. τὸ ἐμπορικόν ib.22.1013.35; used in weighing lead, ib.12.374.287, 42(1).103.131 (Epid., iv B.C.), PMich.Zen.9.4 (iii B.C.); iron, PCair.Zen.144.6 (iii B.C.), CPHerm.p.77 (iii A.D.); cloth, PMich.Zen.120.8 (iii B.C.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1064] τό, 1) die Waage, im plur. auch die Waagschaalen; χρύσεια πατὴρ τίταινε τάλαντα, Il. 8, 69. 22, 209, wie γνῶ γὰρ Διὸς ἱρὰ τάλαντα, 16, 658; ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τάλαντα Ζεύς, 19, 223, vgl. 12, 433, ὥςτε τάλαντα γυνὴ χερνῆτις ἀληθής, ἥτε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα; also immer im plur., wie Aesch. τάλαντα βρίσας οὐκ ἰσοῤῥόπῳ τύχῃ, Pers. 338, der auch den sing. hat, ζυγὸν ταλάντου, Suppl. 803; Ar. Ran. 796; sp. D., τάλαντα δίκης, Diotim. 2 (VI, 267); τύχης σφαλεροῖσι ταλάντοις, Agath. prooem. – 2) das Gewogene, u. zwar – a) ein bestimmtes Gewicht; bei Hom. stets vom Golde, ἕκαστος χρυσοῖο τάλαντον ἐνείκατε τιμήεντος, Od. 8, 393, sonst im plur., χρυσοῦ δὲ στήσας δέκα πάντα τάλαντα, Il. 19, 247. 24, 232 u. öfter, Od. 4, 129; χρύσεια τάλαντα, Theocr. 8, 53; auch ἀργυρίου τάλαντα, Her. 7, 28; – später in Griechenland ein wirkliches Handelsgewicht, 53 Pfund 22 Loth 2 Quentchen, in Alexandria aber 125 Pfund betragend. So kommt es zuerst bei Her. 2, 180. 6, 97 vor. – b) eine bestimmte, jenem Gewicht ursprünglich entsprechende Geldsumme, deren Werth zu verschiedenen Zeiten u. in den verschiedenen griechischen Staaten verschieden war; das attische Talent, das gebräuchlichste, welches gewöhnlich gemeint ist. wenn keine bes. Bestimmung dabei steht, betrug 60 Minen, 1375 Thlr.; vgl. über die andern Boeckh Ath. Staatsh. I p. 15 ff.; Ar. u. in Prosa überall. – c) das Zugewogene, Zugetheilte, vom Schicksal Verhängte, vgl. Jac. A. P. p. 945.
