τᾰλαντ-εύω (talanteuo)

What it meant

τᾰλαντ-εύω · talant-euō — LSJ

balance, sway to and fro, let, hover, sway backwards and forwards, ebb and flow

balance, sway to and fro, τ. τι ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς let it hover before them, Hld. 8.17; τ. τὰ καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἡ μοῖρα Id. 10.9:—Pass., sway backwards and forwards, ebb and flow, διὰ τὸ ταλαντεύεσθαι [τὴν θάλατταν] δεῦρο κἀκεῖσε Arist. Mete. 354a8; τῆς μάχης δεῦρο κἀκεῖσε ταλαντευομένης D.S. 11.22, cf. 16.4; ῥέπει καὶ τ. πρὸς τοὐναντίον Plu. QConv. 2.682e.

2 weigh out, measure out

weigh out, measure out, ὕδασι (i.e. by the κλεψύδρα) ἠελίοιο ταλαντεύουσι κελεύθους AP 9.782 (Paul.Sil.); Τιτὰν νύκτα ταλαντεύει καὶ φάος App.Anth. 4.74 (Synesius); τούτων σὺ τὴν αἵρεσιν τ. Alciphr. 1.8:—Pass., τὸ ζῆν οὐδʼ ὑπὸ τούτοις ταλαντεύεται ib. 25.

II oscillate

intr., oscillate, ἐπὶ θάτερα Arist. IA 708b14.

2 weigh down the balance

intr., weigh down the balance, τῇ μὲν ἐταλάντευε τὸ ἔλεος, τῇ δʼ ἀντέβριθεν ὁ νόμος Ph. 2.170.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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