θαλλός
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (θάλλω)
A young shoot, young branch, Od.17.224, S.El. 422, Theoc.4.45, etc.: generally, branch, Gp.11.10.3; esp. of the olive (cf. Tim.Lex. s.v. θαλλός), ἐστεφανῶσθαι ἐλαίης θαλλῷ Hdt.7.19; ἐλαίας θ. E.IT1101 (lyr.); and freq. without ἐλαίας, A.Ch.1035, S. OC474, etc.; ἱκτὴρ θ. E.Supp.10, cf. A.Ch.1035; θ. χρυσοῦς IG12.287.200; στεφανῶσαι θαλλοῦ στεφάνῳ as a mark of distinction, Aeschin. 3.187, cf. IG22.207, 229, Phld.Ind.Sto.68, etc.; στέφανος θαλλοῦ χρυσοῦς IG22.1388.33; στέφανος τὸ νικητήριον θαλλοῦ Pl.Lg.943c; prov., θαλλὸν προσείοντες ἄγουσι they entice, as one does cattle, by holding out a green bough, Id.Phdr.23od; θαλλῷ προδειχθέντι ἀκολουθεῖν Luc. Herm.68, cf. Lib.Ep.212.3. II θαλλοί, οἱ, palm-leaves, which were plaited into baskets, Gp.10.6.2. III gift (prob. at first a branch, later in other forms) given to a landlord by one whose bid for a lease was accepted, UPZ112 iii 15 (ii B.C.); repeated annually, θαλλῶν κατ' ἔτος ἄρτων ἡμιαρταβίου καὶ ἀλέκτορος PRyl.167.16 (i A.D.), etc.; esp. at festivals, PAmh.2.93.11 (ii A.D.); gratuity additional to wages, PCair.Preis.31.21 (ii A.D.); any gift given annually at a festival, Ps.-Callisth.1.32.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1184] ὁ, junger Zweig, Schößling, Sprößling; Od. 17, 224; Aesch. Ch. 1031; βλαστεῖν θαλλόν Soph. El. 414; Ant. 1187; bes. ἐλαίας, der Oelzweig, O. C. 475, den die Schutzflehenden in den Händen hielten; ἱκτήρ Eur. suppl. 10; ἱερὸν γλαυκᾶς ἐλαίας θ. I. T 1101; θαλλὸν ἤ τινα καρπὸν προσείοντες, d. i. anlocken, wie eine Ziege durch ein vorgehaltenes Reis, Plat. Phaedr. 230 d; Oelzweig als Siegeszeichen, στέφανον δὲ τὸ νικητήριον εἶναι ἑκάστοις θαλλοῦ Legg. XII, 943 c; vgl. Aesch. 3, 187 u. Ath. VII, 276 b XII, 535 c; Pol. 3, 52, 3 sagt θαλλοὶ καὶ στέφανοι σχεδὸν πᾶσι τοῖς βαρβάροις εἰσὶ συνθῆκαι φιλίας.
