Talent

(talent.) [From Gr. tal ant on, literally, a thing weighed.] (Antiq.) A Grecian weight, of different amounts, but usually about half a hundred.-Also, a sum of money, the true value of which cannot well be ascertained; but it is known that it was different among different nations. Among the Hebrews, there was both a T. of gold and a T. of silver; the former was worth about $28,375; the latter, $1,980. The Athic T., that most commonly used by the Greeks, is supposed to have been worth about $990. The greater T. of the Romans was worth about$496; and the le , $300, or as some say $375. Their great T. was equivalent to $5,625. [s. 876]