The headword is a masculine noun in the nominative singular; cf. tau 39, tau 129 (gloss), tau 138 (gloss); see Cunliffe p. 372, and generally LSJ s.v.
[1] The glossing substantives (the first a diminutive) are the same form as the headword; see generally LSJ s.vv. The headword is similarly glossed in Photius' Lexicon, Etymologicum Magnum 744.56 (Kallierges), Lexica Segueriana 381.8, and the Synagoge. See also Hesychius s.v. ἐν ταλάροισι ; ps.-Zonaras 718.23; Apollonius Sophistes, Lexicon Homericum 148.31-2; the scholia (= scholia vetera) to Homer, Odyssey 4.125 (web address 1), where the headword occurs in the accusative singular, τάλαρον ; and Cunliffe, p. 372.
[2] From a dedication of tools for weaving and spinning, by three Samian sisters to Athena: Greek Anthology 6.39.6 (attributed, doubtfully, to Archias); Gow and Page, Garland of Philip, vol. I, pp. 404-5.
[3] This additional lemma is in the same form, but a diminutive, of the headword (e.g. Latin quasillus, diminutive of qualum); see LSJ s.v.
[4] From a dedication of three sisters to Pallas (sc. Athena): Greek Anthology 6.173.3 (attributed to Antipater of Sidon); see Gow and Page, Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, p. 13.
[5] From a dedication to a war-horse: Greek Anthology 7.208.3-4 (attributed to Anyte); see Gow and Page, Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, p. 37. In her critical apparatus, Adler notes that ms A transmits μελανδέου , rimmed with black. Also (so Adler), the Suda editio princeps and the Greek Anthology transmit ταλαυρίνου (bearing a bull's-hide shield, tough, battle-ready), an epithet of Ares; cf. tau 47. (This probably explains why the quotation is included in the present entry, i.e. as one deemed to contain a cognate of the headword.) Also, mss GM read ξέσ' , while ms V transmits ζέσ' , and ms F omits the word with a lacuna (Adler). Finally, ms V reads ἀργέαν and mss GM transmit ἀργυρέαν (silver), evidently an error.