ἡμιτάλαντον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) +‎ τάλαντον (tálanton, “talent”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.tá.lan.ton/ → /i.miˈta.lan.ton/ → /i.miˈta.lan.don/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.tá.lan.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.miˈta.lan.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.miˈta.lan.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.miˈta.lan.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.miˈta.lan.don/

Noun

ἡμῐτᾰ́λᾰντον • (hēmitálanton) n (genitive ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντου); second declension

1. half-talent, a measure of weight

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἡμῐτᾰ́λᾰντον; τοῦ ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡμῐτᾰ́λᾰντον tò hēmitálanton	τὼ ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντω tṑ hēmitalántō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐτᾰ́λᾰντᾰ tà hēmitálanta
Genitive	τοῦ ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντου toû hēmitalántou	τοῖν ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντοιν toîn hēmitalántoin	τῶν ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντων tôn hēmitalántōn
Dative	τῷ ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντῳ tôi hēmitalántōi	τοῖν ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντοιν toîn hēmitalántoin	τοῖς ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντοις toîs hēmitalántois
Accusative	τὸ ἡμῐτᾰ́λᾰντον tò hēmitálanton	τὼ ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντω tṑ hēmitalántō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐτᾰ́λᾰντᾰ tà hēmitálanta
Vocative	ἡμῐτᾰ́λᾰντον hēmitálanton	ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντω hēmitalántō	ἡμῐτᾰ́λᾰντᾰ hēmitálanta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἡμιτάλαντον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἡμιτάλαντον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἡμιτάλαντον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἡμιτάλαντον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἡμιτάλαντον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963