θαλλός
τὸ κατὰ τὴν τῆς αὑτοῦ ψυχῆς ἐπίταξιν τὰ γιγνόμενα γίγνεσθαι, μάλιστα μὲν ἅπαντα, εἰ δὲ μή, τά γε ἀνθρώπινα → the desire that, if possible, everything,—or failing that, all that is humanly possible—should happen in accordance with the demands of one's own heart
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.
