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1 talus
tālus, i, m. [from tax-lus; root tak-, tvak-; cf. Gr. tassô, whence taxus; cf. taxillus], the ankle, ankle-bone; of animals, the pastern-bone, knuckle-bone (syn. calx).I.Lit., Ov. M. 4, 343; Cels. 8, 1 fin.; 8, 7 fin.; 8, 22; Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 253; Ov. M. 8, 808:II.talum expellere,
to dislocate, Mart. 8, 75, 3:extorsisse,
Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 1.—Transf.A.The heel:B.purpura ad talos demissa,
Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Hor. S. 1, 2, 29 and 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 11:talos a vertice pulcher ad imos,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 4:summaque vix talos contigit unda meos,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 6:nudus,
Juv. 7, 16.— Poet.: securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo, whether it stands or falls, i. e. whether it succeeds or fails, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176; cf.: tibi recto vivere talo Ars dedit, i. e. to act well, conduct one ' s self well, Pers. 5, 104.—A die (orig. made from the knuckle-bones of certain animals) of an oblong shape, rounded at the ends, and marked only on the other four sides (cf. alea);while the tesserae were cubes, and marked on all six sides. Four tali were used in playing, but only three tesserae: ad pilam se aut ad talos se aut ad tesseras conferunt,
Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; id. Sen. 16, 58; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75; 2, 3, 79; id. Capt. 1, 1, 5; Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; id. Fin. 3, 16, 54; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 1, 4, 18; id. S. 2, 3, 171; 2, 7, 17; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 253 sq. -
2 tālus
tālus ī, m [TEC-], an ankle, ankle-bone, pasternbone, knuckle-bone: taloque tenus vestigia tinguit, O.: prodibant tubere tali, O.— The heel: ad talos demissa purpura: talos a vertice pulcher ad imos, H.: Securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo, i. e. succeeds or fails, H.— A die (often made of bone; it had rounded ends, and four sides marked successively 1, 3, 6, 4): ad talos se aut ad tesseras conferunt: talos nucesque Ferre sinu laxo, H.* * *ankle, ankle/pastern bone; sheep knucklebone (marked far dice); dice game (pl.)
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