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tălentum , i (
I.gen. plur. talentum, Cic. Rab. Post. 8, 21; Liv. 30, 16, 12 et saep.; “rarely talentorum,Suet. Caes. 54), n. τάλαντον, a thing weighed, a weight; hence, a talent, i. e.,
I. A Grecian weight, varying in different states, usually about half a hundred-weight (very rare): “auri eborisque talenta,Verg. A. 11, 333: “thynni,Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44: “turis,id. 12, 17, 40, § 80.—
II. A sum of money, likewise varying in amount.
a. The Attic talent, which is most usually meant, contained sixty minæ, i. e. £243 15s. sterling ($1182.19 in American gold): “cum legati ab Alexandro quinquaginta ei talenta attulissent, quae erat pecunia temporibus illis, Athenis praesertim, maxima,Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: “decem milia talantum,id. Rab. Post. 8, 21; Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 114; 4, 2, 10; id. Truc. 5, 60; Varr. ap. Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 136: “argenti,Verg. A. 5, 112; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 34; id. S. 2, 3, 226; 2, 7, 89 al.; cf. Rhem. Fan. Pond. 37 sq.; Fest. p. 359.—Sometimes called also magnum, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10, 6; Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 71; id. Most. 3, 1, 110; id. Cist. 2, 3, 19.—
b. Another talent of eighty minæ, Liv. 38, 38.—
c. The Egyptian talent, Varr. ap. Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52.
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    • Cicero, For Rabirius Postumus, 8.21
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 2.3
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.3
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.333
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.112
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.226
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 3.1
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 54
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.44
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 16.12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 38
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.32
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 11.10.6
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