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tālĕa, ae, f., a slender staff, a rod, stick, stake, bar (syn.: virga, stipes).

  1. I. In gen.: taleae pedem longae ferreis hamis infixis totae in terram infodiebantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 73: ferreae, iron rods, used as money by the Britons, id. ib. 5, 12; Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. In agricult.,
      1. 1. A cutting, set, layer for planting, Cato, R. R. 45; Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; Col. 4, 31, 2; 4, 33, 4; Pall. Mart. 10, 11; Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 61.
      2. * 2. Transf., a scion, twig, sprig, Ser. Samm. 12, 167.
    2. B. In archit., a small beam used for binding together the joints of a wall, Vitr. 1, 5.

* tălentārĭus, a, um, adj. [talentum], of or belonging to a talent (in weight): balistae, throwing stones of a talent in weight, Sisenn. ap. Non. 555, 27.

tălentum, 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.,

  1. 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.
  2. II. A sum of money, likewise varying in amount.
        1. 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.
        2. b. Another talent of eighty minæ, Liv. 38, 38.
        3. c. The Egyptian talent, Varr. ap. Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52.

tālĕŏla, ae, f. dim. [talea], a small slip, shoot, or set for planting, Col. 3, 17, 1; 12, 33, 1; 12, 48, 2.