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ἡμιτάλαντον

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Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down

Sophocles, Electra, 119-120
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Full diacritics: ἡμιτάλαντον Medium diacritics: ἡμιτάλαντον Low diacritics: ημιτάλαντον Capitals: ΗΜΙΤΑΛΑΝΤΟΝ
Transliteration A: hēmitálanton Transliteration B: hēmitalanton Transliteration C: imitalanton Beta Code: h(mita/lanton

English (LSJ)

[τᾰ], τό,

   A a halftalent, as a weight, χρυσοῦ Il.23.751, cf. IG12.371.6; πένθ' ἡμιτάλαντα Is.7.44; τρίτον ἡμιτάλαντον two talents and a half, ἔνατον ἡ.,= 8 1/2, Hdt.1.50,51, cf. Poll.9.54, EM744.25.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1170] τό, ein halbes Talent, als Gewicht, χρυσοῦ, Il. 23, 751. 796. Oft bei Her., ἕβδομον ἡμιτάλαντον, siebentehalb Talente, 1, 50; so τέταρτον, ἔννατον,, 3½, 8½, a. a. O. u. 1, 51; – πέντε ἡμιτάλαντα Is. 7, 44.