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 • (tắlăros) 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 tắlăros	τὼ τᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ tălắrō	οἱ τᾰ́λᾰροι hoi tắlăroi
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰλᾰ́ρου toû tălắrou	τοῖν τᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn tălắroin	τῶν τᾰλᾰ́ρων tôn tălắrōn
Dative	τῷ τᾰλᾰ́ρῳ tôi tălắrōi	τοῖν τᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn tălắroin	τοῖς τᾰλᾰ́ροις toîs tălắrois
Accusative	τὸν τᾰ́λᾰρον tòn tắlăron	τὼ τᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ tălắrō	τοὺς τᾰλᾰ́ρους toùs tălắrous
Vocative	τᾰ́λᾰρε tắlăre	τᾰλᾰ́ρω tălắrō	τᾰ́λᾰροι tắlăroi
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