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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for July 20, 1999
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talion [n. TAL-ee-un]
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If the punishment for an offense is exactly the same as the offense,
then it is a talion, and it is talionic punishment. Example: "For
the crime of murder, the talion is death."
In Latin, talio was retaliation, which is another word from the same
root. The idea was that retaliation should be measured out to exactly
balance the offense, as in the expression "an eye for an eye, and a
tooth for a tooth."
The ancient root was tele-, which had meanings related to lifting,
supporting, and weighing, with derivatives relating to measuring and
money.
>From the same ancient root, we also have these words:
toll: fee paid for passage or service; extent of loss or damage
tolerate: to allow; to endure
talent: marked innate ability, specific weight of gold or silver
tola: the weight of one silver Indian rupee
extoll: to praise highly ("lift up")
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