τάλαντον (root ταλ, τλῆναι): (1) scale, pl.
scales, balance, Il.
12.433; esp. fig., of the golden scales in which Zeus
balances the fates of men, Il. 8.69,
Il. 16.658, Il. 19.223.—(2) a definite
(unknown) weight, talent, χρυ_σοῖο, *i 122, Od. 4.129.