- θαλλός
- θαλλός, ὁ, ([etym.] θάλλω)A young shoot, young branch, Od.17.224, S.El. 422, Theoc.4.45, etc.: generally, branch, Gp.11.10.3; esp. of the olive (cf. Tim.Lex. s.v. θαλλός)
, ἐστεφανῶσθαι ἐλαίης θαλλῷ Hdt.7.19
; ἐλαίας θ. E.IT1101 (lyr.); and freq. without ἐλαίας, A.Ch.1035, S. OC474, etc.; ἱκτὴρ θ. E.Supp.10, cf. A.Ch.1035;θ. χρυσοῦς IG12.287.200
; στεφανῶσαι θαλλοῦ στεφάνῳ as a mark of distinction, Aeschin. 3.187, cf. IG22.207, 229, Phld.Ind.Sto.68, etc.;στέφανος θαλλοῦ χρυσοῦς IG22.1388.33
;στέφανος τὸ νικητήριον θαλλοῦ Pl.Lg.943c
; prov., θαλλὸν προσείοντες ἄγουσι they entice, as one does cattle, by holding out a green bough, Id.Phdr.23od;θαλλῷ προδειχθέντι ἀκολουθεῖν Luc. Herm.68
, cf. Lib.Ep.212.3.II θαλλοί, οἱ, palm-leaves, which were plaited into baskets, Gp.10.6.2.III gift (prob. at first a branch, later in other forms) given to a landlord by one whose bid for a lease was accepted, UPZ112 iii 15 (ii B.C.); repeated annually,θαλλῶν κατ' ἔτος ἄρτων ἡμιαρτ αβίου καὶ ἀλέκτορος PRyl.167.16
(i A.D.), etc.; esp. at festivals, PAmh.2.93.11 (ii A.D.); gratuity additional to wages, PCair.Preis.31.21 (ii A.D.); any gift given annually at a festival, Ps.-Callisth.1.32.
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