The corpus record

τάλαρος

talaros · ὁ

basket, baskets, basket

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

basket, baskets, basket

basket, ἀργύρεος τ., of a work-basket, Od. 4.125; ὑπόκυκλος ib. 131; πλεκτοὶ τ. baskets of wicker-work, in which new-made cheeses were placed so as to let the whey run off, Od. 9.247, cf. Ar. Ra. 560, AP 9.567 (Antip.), IG 3.1309, Gal. 6.491; basket for fruit, Il. 18.568, Hes. Sc. 293; for flowers, Mosch. 2.34, 61, Paus. 8.31.2.

2 wicker cage

wicker cage for fowls: hence metaph., Μουσέων τ., of the Museum, Timo 12.

In the wild

ταλάρους · talarous Shield of Heracles 291–295
ταλάρους · talarous Shield of Heracles 296
ταλάροισι · talaroisi Iliad 18.568
τάλαρον · talaron Odyssey 4.125
τάλαρόν · talaron Odyssey 4.131
ταλάροισιν · talaroisin Odyssey 9.247

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τάλαρος (scan pp. 1496-1497; entry #5949).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τάλαρος (scan p. 1820; entry #5534).

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