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τάλας

τάλας, τάλας τάλαινα τάλαν, wretched, unhappy (adjective)

τάλας (v. sub fin.), τάλαινα, τάλαν (fem. τάλας Ar. Th. 1038): gen. ᾰνος, αίνης, ανος, also dat. τάλαντι Hippon. 12: voc. τάλαν, masc. in Od. 18.327, 19.68, Thgn. 512, etc., fem. in Ar. Ra. 559, al. (Adv. acc. to A.D. Adv. 160.11, Hdn.Gr. 2.12, al.): Aeol. nom. τάλαις Choerob. in Theod. 1.126 H.: (*τλάω):—
  • suffering, wretched, ξεῖνε τάλαν Od. 18.327, etc.; ὦ τάλας ἐγώ S. OC 1338, 1401, Aj. 981; ὦ τάλαινʼ ἐγώ A. Ch. 743; ὦ τάλαν S. Ph. 1196 (lyr.): c. gen. causae, οἲ ʼγὼ τάλαινα συμφορᾶς κακῆς A. Pers. 445, cf. 517; τάλαινʼ ἐγὼ τῆς ὕβρεος Ar. Pl. 1044: sts. in bad sense, τάλαν wretch! Od. 19.68: but in Com., τάλαινα poor dear! as a sort of coaxing address, Ar. Lys. 910, 914; so ὦ τάλαινα Id. Ec. 242.
      • 2 in Trag. also of things, sorry, wretched, μόχθοι A. Ch. 1069 (anap.); παρακοπά Id. Ag. 223 (lyr.); πάθος Id. Th. 988 (lyr.); νηδύς S. OC 1263; αὔλιον Id. Ph. 1088 (lyr.); συμφορά, νόσος, Id. El. 1179, Tr. 1084; ἔρις, φυγά, E. Hel. 248 (lyr.), Ph. 1710 (lyr.): Sup. τᾰλάντατος, η, ον, Ar. Pl. 684, 1046, 1060, Pl. Cra. 395e.--Poet. word, used by X. Cyr. 4.6.5, Ph. 2.239, Arr. Epict. 2.16.20, Plu. Ant. 79, al., Luc. DMeretr. 10.3.
    • II Τάλας, ὁ, a constellation (θεός τις κατακέφαλα κείμενος) rising with Sagittarius, Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.207. [τᾰλᾱς A. Pr. 158 (anap.), S. (v. supr.), Ar. Ach. 163, 1192, Pax 79, Av. 1494, Pl. 930; Dor. also τᾰλᾰς Theoc. 2.4, AP 9.378 (Pall.): voc. τάλᾰν Thgn. 512, S. Ph. 1196 (lyr.), Ar. Ec. 658, 1005 (both anap.).]

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