τάλας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τάλαις (tálais) — Aeolic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tá.laːs/ → /ˈta.las/ → /ˈta.las/

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

Adjective

τάλᾱς • (tálās) m (feminine τάλαινᾰ, neuter τάλᾰν); first/third declension

1. miserable

Declension

First and third declension of τᾰ́λᾱς; τᾰ́λαινᾰ; τᾰ́λᾰν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τᾰ́λᾱς tắlās	τᾰ́λαινᾰ tắlaină	τᾰ́λᾰν tắlăn		τᾰ́λᾰνε tắlăne	τᾰλαίνᾱ tălaínā	τᾰ́λᾰνε tắlăne		τᾰ́λᾰνες tắlănes	τᾰ́λαιναι tắlainai	τᾰ́λᾰνᾰ tắlănă
Genitive		τᾰ́λᾰνος tắlănos	τᾰλαίνης tălaínēs	τᾰ́λᾰνος tắlănos		τᾰλᾰ́νοιν tălắnoin	τᾰλαίναιν tălaínain	τᾰλᾰ́νοιν tălắnoin		τᾰλᾰ́νων tălắnōn	τᾰλαινῶν tălainôn	τᾰλᾰ́νων tălắnōn
Dative		τᾰ́λᾰνῐ tắlănĭ	τᾰλαίνῃ tălaínēi	τᾰ́λᾰνῐ tắlănĭ		τᾰλᾰ́νοιν tălắnoin	τᾰλαίναιν tălaínain	τᾰλᾰ́νοιν tălắnoin		τᾰ́λᾰσῐ / τᾰ́λᾰσῐν tắlăsĭ(n)	τᾰλαίναις tălaínais	τᾰ́λᾰσῐ / τᾰ́λᾰσῐν tắlăsĭ(n)
Accusative		τᾰ́λᾰνᾰ tắlănă	τᾰ́λαινᾰν tắlainăn	τᾰ́λᾰν tắlăn		τᾰ́λᾰνε tắlăne	τᾰλαίνᾱ tălaínā	τᾰ́λᾰνε tắlăne		τᾰ́λᾰνᾰς tắlănăs	τᾰλαίνᾱς tălaínās	τᾰ́λᾰνᾰ tắlănă
Vocative		τᾰ́λᾰν tắlăn	τᾰ́λαινᾰ tắlaină	τᾰ́λᾰν tắlăn		τᾰ́λᾰνε tắlăne	τᾰλαίνᾱ tălaínā	τᾰ́λᾰνε tắlăne		τᾰ́λᾰνες tắlănes	τᾰ́λαιναι tắlainai	τᾰ́λᾰνᾰ tắlănă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τᾰλᾰ́νως tălắnōs				—				τᾰλᾰ́ντᾰτος tălắntătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “τάλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τάλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τάλας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τάλας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τάλας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter