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|Definition=ὁ, ([[θάλλω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[young shoot]], [[young branch]], Od.17.224, S.''El.'' 422, Theoc.4.45, etc.: generally, [[branch]], Gp.11.10.3; especially of the olive (cf. Tim.''Lex.'' [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[θαλλός]]), ἐστεφανῶσθαι ἐλαίης θαλλῷ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.19; <b class="b3">ἐλαίας θ.</b> E.''IT''1101 (lyr.); and freq. without [[ἐλαίας]], A.''Ch.''1035, S. ''OC''474, etc.; <b class="b3">ἱκτὴρ θ.</b> E.''Supp.''10, cf. A.''Ch.''1035; θ. χρυσοῦς ''IG''12.287.200; <b class="b3">στεφανῶσαι θαλλοῦ στεφάνῳ</b> as a mark of distinction, Aeschin. 3.187, cf. ''IG''22.207, 229, Phld.''Ind.Sto.''68, etc.; στέφανος θαλλοῦ χρυσοῦς ''IG''22.1388.33; στέφανος τὸ νικητήριον θαλλοῦ Pl.''Lg.''943c; [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">θαλλὸν προσείοντες ἄγουσι</b> they entice, as one does cattle, by holding out [[a green bough]], Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''23od; θαλλῷ προδειχθέντι ἀκολουθεῖν Luc. ''Herm.''68, cf. Lib.''Ep.''212.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[θαλλοί]], οἱ, [[palm-leaves]], which were plaited into baskets, ''Gp.''10.6.2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[gift]] (prob. at first a branch, later in other forms) given to a landlord by one whose bid for a lease was accepted, ''UPZ''112 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.