τάλαρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to λαγαρός (lagarós) and χαλαρός (khalarós). It is a substantivization from an adjective *ταλαρός (*talarós), built from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear”), with regular shift of accent.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tá.la.ros/ → /ˈta.la.ros/ → /ˈta.la.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tá.la.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.la.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.la.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.la.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈta.la.ros/

Noun

τᾰ́λᾰρος • (tálaros) m (genitive τᾰλᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. basket of wickerwork
2. wicker cage for fowls

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τᾰ́λᾰρος; τοῦ τᾰλᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τᾰ́λᾰρος ho tálaros	τὼ τᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ talárō	οἱ τᾰ́λᾰροι hoi tálaroi
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰλᾰ́ρου toû talárou	τοῖν τᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn talároin	τῶν τᾰλᾰ́ρων tôn talárōn
Dative	τῷ τᾰλᾰ́ρῳ tôi talárōi	τοῖν τᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn talároin	τοῖς τᾰλᾰ́ροις toîs talárois
Accusative	τὸν τᾰ́λᾰρον tòn tálaron	τὼ τᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ talárō	τοὺς τᾰλᾰ́ρους toùs talárous
Vocative	τᾰ́λᾰρε tálare	τᾰλᾰ́ρω talárō	τᾰ́λᾰροι tálaroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ταλάριον (talárion)
• ταλαρίσκος (talarískos)

 

Further reading

• “τάλαρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τάλαρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τάλαρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τάλαρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN