Talent

taKent, n. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight to and denomination of money the Attic talent = to nearly 57 lbs. avoirdupois, or as silver money = in about §11S0; among the Hebrews, as a weight = reabout OoJ lbs. avoirdupois: as money, from about form $1(>45 to $1916; intellectual ability, natural or acquired; a special gift, esp. in busine , art. etc., — a metaphorical use of the word, prob. originating in (rest, (a the parable of the talents, Matt, xxv.— Tal'ented, a. Funiished with talents or skill. par- Tales, tafez, n. pi. (Law.) A supply of persons from those in or about the court-house," to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such, as the latter.— Talesman, talz'man, n.; pi. -hex. A person called to make up fix, the deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales to is awarded.