From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Talent \Tal"ent\, noun [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr. ? a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a talent; akin to ? to bear, endure, ?, L. tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure. See {Thole}, verb (used with an object), {Tolerate}.]
1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 min[ae] or 6,000 drachm[ae]. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was [pounds]243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents. --Jowett (Thucid.).
2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93? lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from [pounds]340 to [pounds]396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.]
They rather counseled you to your talent than to your profit. --Chaucer.
4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (--Matt. xxv. 14-30).
He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes. --Dryden.
His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular. --Macaulay.
Syn: Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See {Genius}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: natural qualities or talents [syn: {endowment}, {gift}, {natural endowment}]
2: a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "talent": Geist, Muse, ability, ableness, acuity, acuteness, adequacy, adroitness, afflatus, aptitude, aptness, art, artistic skill, artistry, arty-craftiness, bent, braininess, brightness, brilliance, bump, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity, child prodigy, clear thinking, cleverness, competence, craft, creative thought, creativity, daemon, daimonion, demon, dexterity, divine afflatus, dower, dowry, efficacy, efficiency, endowment, equipment, esprit, expertise, facility, faculty, fire of genius, fitness, flair, forte, genius, gift, gifted child, gifted person, giftedness, gifts, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, instinct, intellectual genius, intellectual prodigy, keen-wittedness, keenness, knack, long suit, makings, man of parts, mental alertness, mental genius, mental giant, mercurial mind, metier, native cleverness, natural, natural endowment, natural gift, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nose, nous, parts, penchant, potential, power, powers, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, prodigy, proficiency, propensity, qualification, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness, quickness, ready wit, savvy, set, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, skill, smartness, smarts, soul, speciality, spirit, sprightly wit, strength, strong flair, strong point, sufficiency, susceptibility, talents, tendency, the goods, the stuff, turn, virtu, what it takes
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Talent, OR (city, FIPS 72500) Location: 42.24013 N, 122.78096 W Population (1990): 3274 (1438 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97540
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Talent, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon Population (2000): 5589 Housing Units (2000): 2420 Land area (2000): 1.260615 sq. miles (3.264977 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.260615 sq. miles (3.264977 sq. km) FIPS code: 72500 Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41 Location: 42.239985 N, 122.782100 W ZIP Codes (1990): 97540 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Talent, OR Talent
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Talent of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex. 38:25, 26), and was equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular mass, as the Hebrew name _kikkar_ denotes. A talent of gold was double the weight of a talent of silver (2 Sam. 12:30). Parable of the talents (Matt. 18:24; 25:15).
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