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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/
Noun
ἡμῐτᾰ́λᾰντον • (hēmitálanton) n (genitive ἡμῐτᾰλᾰ́ντου); second declension
- half-talent, a measure of weight
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