ἀτάλαντος [ἀ-2 + τάλαντον.] 1 Equal to, a match for. With dat.: ἀ. Ἄρηϊ Il. 2.627. Cf. Il. 2.169, 407, 636, 651, Il. 5.576, Il. 7.47 = Il. 11.200, Il. 7.166 = Il. 8.264 = Il. 17.259, Il. 8.215, Il. 10.137, Il. 13.295 = 328, 500, 528, Il. 15.302, Il. 16.784, Il. 17.72, 536. With a form in -φιν: θεόφιν Il. 7.366, Il. 14.318, Il. 17.477: Od. 3.110, 409.– 2 Like, resembling. With dat.: νυκτί Il. 12.463. Cf. Il. 13.795.
μῆτις ἡ. Dat. μήτι Il. 23.315, 316, 318 : Od. 13.299. 1 Skill, address Il. 23.313, 315, 316, 318. 2 Skill in counsel or device, astuteness, shrewdness : ὄφρα σε μ. ἐξάγαγʼ ἐξ ἄντροιο Od. 20.20. Cf. Il. 2.169, 407, 636, Il. 7.47 = Il. 11.200, Il. 10.137 : Od. 2.279, Od. 3.120, Od. 13.299, Od. 23.125. 3 Contrivance, scheming : διὰ μῆτιν Ἀθήνης Il. 10.497. 4 Counsel, concerting of measures : ὑφαίνειν μῆτιν Il. 7.324 = Il. 9.93. Cf. Od. 4.678, Od. 9.422, Od. 13.303, 386, Od. 19.326. 5 A course of action, scheme, plan : ὄφρʼ ἄλλην φράζωνται μῆτιν ἀμείνω Il. 9.423. Cf. Il. 10.19, Il. 14.107, Il. 15.509, Il. 17.634, 712 : Od. 4.739, Od. 9.414, Od. 10.193, Od. 19.158. 6 What one proposes to effect, one's intention or purpose, what one has in one's mind : ἥν τινα μῆτιν κέκευθεν Od. 3.18. Cf. Il. 7.447. 7 The faculty of deliberation or weighing in the mind : λεπτὴ μῆτίς [ἐστιν] Il. 10.226, Il. 23.590.