The corpus record

τᾰλαντ-ιαῖος

talantiaios

worth a talent

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Where it lives

Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
Revelation 1 · 1.01/10k

What it meant

τᾰλαντ-ιαῖος · talant-iaios — LSJ

worth a talent, costing a talent

worth a talent, οἶκος D. 27.64; κτῆσις Plb. 23.4.3; νοσήματα τ. costing a talent, prob. in fee to the physician, Alc.Com. 12.

2 worth a talent, possessed of one, to the amount of a talent

of persons, worth a talent, i.e. possessed of one, Crates Com. 32; ἔγγυοι τ. giving surety to the amount of a talent, Arist. Oec. 1350a19.

II weighing a talent, of a talent weight

weighing a talent, ξύλον Id. Cael. 311b3; λιθοβόλος τ. an engine throwing stones of a talent weight, Plb. 9.41.8 codd.; πετροβόλος τ. Ph. Bel. 85.2.

2 in which the prize is a talent

in which the prize is a talent, ἀγών CIG 2810.18 (Aphrodisias).

In the wild

ταλαντιαίους · talantiaious Aristotle, Economics 1350a (DIORISIS sentence 255)
ταλαντιαίους · talantiaious Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 121)
ταλαντιαία · talantiaia New Testament, Revelation 16.21 (DIORISIS sentence 320)

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