The corpus record

ἡμιτάλαντον

emitalanton · τό

a half-talent

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Where it lives

Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

ἡμι-τάλαντον · hēmi-talanton — LSJ

a half-talent, two talents and a half

a half-talent, as a weight, χρυσοῦ Il. 23.751, cf. IG 1(2).371.6; πένθʼ ἡμιτάλαντα Is. 7.44; τρίτον ἡμιτάλαντον two talents and a half, ἔνατον ἡ.,= 8 1/2, Hdt. 1.50, 51, cf. Poll. 9.54, EM 744.25.

In the wild

ἡμιτάλαντον · hēmitalanton Herodotus, Histories 1.50.2 (DIORISIS sentence 326)
ἡμιτάλαντον · hēmitalanton Herodotus, Histories 1.50.3 (DIORISIS sentence 328)
ἡμιτάλαντον · hēmitalanton Herodotus, Histories 1.50.3 (DIORISIS sentence 329)
ἡμιτάλαντον · hēmitalanton Herodotus, Histories 1.51.2 (DIORISIS sentence 331)
ἡμιτάλαντον · hēmitalanton Iliad 23.751
ἡμιτάλαντον · hēmitalanton Iliad 23.796

Where it came from

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