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τάλας (v. sub fin.), τάλαινα, τάλαν (fem.
A.τάλαςAr.Th.1038): gen. α^νος, αίνης, ανος, also dat. “τάλαντιHippon.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 τάλανOd.18.327, etc.; “ τάλας ἐγώS.OC1338,1401, Aj.981; “ τάλαιν᾽ ἐγώA.Ch.743; “ τάλανS.Ph.1196 (lyr.): c. gen. causae, “οἲ γὼ τάλαινα συμφορᾶς κακῆςA.Pers.445, cf. 517; “τάλαιν᾽ ἐγὼ τῆς ὕβρεοςAr.Pl.1044: sts. in bad sense, “τάλανwretch! Od.19.68: but in Com., τάλαινα poor dear! as a sort of coaxing address, Ar.Lys.910,914; so “ τάλαιναId.Ec.242.
2. in Trag. also of things, sorry, wretched, “μόχθοιA.Ch.1069 (anap.); “παρακοπάId.Ag.223 (lyr.); “πάθοςId.Th.988 (lyr.); “νηδύςS.OC1263; “αὔλιονId.Ph.1088 (lyr.); συμφορά, νόσος, Id.El.1179, Tr.1084; ἔρις, φυγά, E.Hel.248 (lyr.), Ph.1710 (lyr.): Sup. τα^λάντατος, 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, , a constellation (θεός τις κατακέφαλα κείμενος) rising with Sagittarius, Cat.Cod.Astr.7.207. [τα^λα_ς A.Pr.158 (anap.), S. (v. supr.), Ar.Ach.163,1192, Pax79, Av.1494, Pl.930; Dor. also τα^λα^ς Theoc.2.4, AP9.378 (Pall.): voc. “τάλα^νThgn.512, S.Ph.1196 (lyr.), Ar.Ec.658,1005 (both anap.).]
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