talentum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “a weight; talent”), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from *telh₂-.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /taˈlen.tum/, [taˈɫɛn.tũ]

Noun

talentum n (genitive talentī); second declension

  1. A Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or half a hundredweight.
  2. A talent or sum of money; usually the Attic talent (sometimes with magnum).
  3. (New Latin) A marked natural skill or ability

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative talentum talenta
Genitive talentī talentōrum
Dative talentō talentīs
Accusative talentum talenta
Ablative talentō talentīs
Vocative talentum talenta

Derived terms
  • talentārius

Descendants

References
  • talentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • talentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • talentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • talentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • talentum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • talentum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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