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  • 1 Weigh

    v. trans.
    Weigh in the scales: Ar. and P. ἱστάναι.
    Weigh one set of pleasures against another: P. ἡδέα πρὸς ἡδέα ἱστάναι (Plat., Prot. 356B).
    Let him repeat another sentence and weigh it against mine: Ar. ἀλλʼ ἕτερον εἰπάτω τι κἀντιστησάτω (Ran. 1389).
    Casting eyes on two and weighing them in his hands: V. δισσούς γʼ ἀθρήσας κἀπιβαστάσας χεροῖν (Eur., Cycl. 379).
    Generally, measure: P. and V. μετρεῖν, σταθμᾶσθαι, συμμετρεῖσθαι; see Measure.
    Examine: P. and V. ἐξετάζειν, σκοπεῖν, διασκοπεῖν; see Examine.
    Ponder on: P. and V. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι (acc.), λογίζεσθαι (acc.); see under Ponder.
    Compare: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, ἀπεικάζειν, ἀντιτιθέναι; see Compare.
    V. intrans.
    Have a certain weight: P. ἔχειν σταθμόν.
    To weigh forty talents: P. ἔχειν τεσσαράκοντα τάλαντα σταθμόν (Thuc. 2, 13).
    Weigh a mina: P. ἄγειν μνᾶν (Dem. 617).
    Have weight, influence: P. and V. ῥοπὴν ἔχειν, δύναμιν ἔχειν (Eur., Phoen. 440).
    When they have seen that all else has weighed less with you than the law: P. πάντα τἄλλα παρʼ ὑμῖν ἑορακότες ἀσθενέστερα τοῦ νόμου γεγενημένα.
    Weigh down, v. trans.; P. βαρύνειν, V. καταρρέπειν, βρίθειν (Æsch., Pers. 346).
    Be weighed down: P. and V. ῥέπειν, βρίθειν (or pass.) (also Plat., Phaedrus, 247B, but rare P.).
    met., oppress: P. and V. πιέζειν; see Oppress, Trouble.
    Weigh upon, trouble the mind, met.: P. and V. ἐνθύμιος εἶναι (dat.); see Trouble.
    Be weighted with: V. βρίθειν (or pass.) (dat.).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Weigh

  • 2 scale

    I [skeil] noun
    1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) κλίμακα
    2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) κλίμακα,σκάλα
    3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) κλίμακα
    4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) κλίμακα
    5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) κλίμακα
    II [skeil] verb
    (to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) σκαρφαλώνω
    III [skeil] noun
    (any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) λέπι,φολίδα

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  • 3 Scale

    subs.
    Ar. λεπίς, ἡ (used of fish scales in Hdt.).
    In a scale, in order: P. and V. ἐφεξῆς.
    Of a balance: Ar. and P. πλάστιγξ, ἡ.
    Pair of scales: Ar. and V. τάλαντον, τό, σταθμός, ὁ, P. ζυγόν, τό, Ar. and P. τρυτάνη, ἡ.
    Turn of the scale, met.: P. and V. ῥοπή, ἡ.
    It is right to put our devotion in the past in the scale against our present sin, if after all it has been a sin: P. δίκαιον ἡμῶν τῆς νῦν ἁμαρτίας, εἰ ἄρα ἡμάρτηται, ἀντιθεῖναι τὴν τότε προθυμίαν (Thuc. 3, 56).
    When you throw money into one side of the scale it at once carries with it and weighs down the judgment to its own side: P. ὅταν ἐπὶ θάτερα ὥσπερ εἰς τρυτάνην ἀργύριον προσενέγκῃς οἴχεται φέρον καὶ καθείλκυκε τὸν λογισμὸν ἐφʼ αὑτό (Dem. 60).
    That he may not strengthen either party by throwing his weight into the scale: P. ὅπως μηδετέρους προσθέμενος ἰσχυροτέρους ποιήσῃ (Thuc. 8, 87).
    You throw in a weight too small to turn the scale in favour of your friends: V. σμικρὸν τὸ σὸν σήκωμα προστίθης φίλοις (Eur., Her. 690).
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    v. trans.
    Weigh: Ar. and P. ἱστάναι; see Weigh.
    Scale down: see Reduce.
    Climb: P. and V. ὑπερβαίνειν, ἐπιβαίνειν (gen.), ἐπεμβαίνειν, (dat. or ἐπί acc.) (Plat.), Ar. ἐπαναβαίνειν, ἐπι (acc.).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Scale

  • 4 weigh

    [wei] 1. verb
    1) (to find the heaviness of (something) by placing it on a scale: He weighed himself on the bathroom scales; You must have your luggage weighed at the airport.) ζυγίζω
    2) (to be equal to in heaviness: This parcel weighs one kilo; How much / What does this box weigh?) ζυγίζω, έχω βάρος...
    3) (to be a heavy burden to: She was weighed down with two large suitcases.) με βαραίνει
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    2. verb
    1) (to attach, or add, a weight or weights to: The plane is weighted at the nose so that it balances correctly in flight.) προσθέτω βάρος
    2) (to hold down by attaching weights: They weighted the balloon to prevent it from flying away.) βαραίνω, προσθέτω βάρος
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    - weightlessness
    - weighty
    - weightily
    - weightiness
    - weighing-machine
    - weightlifting
    - weigh anchor
    - weigh in
    - weigh out
    - weigh up

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  • 5 Balance

    subs.
    Pair of scales: Ar. and V. τάλαντον, τό, σταθμός, ὁ, P. ζυγός τό, Ar. and P. τρυτάνη, ἡ; see Scale.
    Tongue of the balance: Ar. and P. τρυτάνη, ἡ.
    Lie in the balance: met., V. ἐν ῥοπῇ κεῖσθαι, P. κινδυνεύεσθαι.
    Equilibrium: P. ἰσορροπία, ἡ, τὸ ἀντίπαλον.
    Surplus: P. τὸ περιόν, περιουσία, ἡ.
    Is the balance of trade so much in our favour? τοσοῦτον αὐτῶν πλεονεκτοῦμεν κατὰ τὴν ἐμπορίαν; (Plat., Euth. 15A).
    Come, strike a balance: V. φέρʼ ἀντίθες γάρ (Eur., Heracl. 153).
    Weigh in the balance: P. ἐν ζυγῷ ἱστάναι.
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    v. trans.
    Weigh: Ar. and P. ἱστάναι.
    met., put one thing as a set off against another: P. and V. ἀντιτιθέναι (acc. and gen.), V. ἀντισηκοῦν (dat. or gen.), P. ἀντιτάσσεσθαι (mid.) (acc. and πρὸς, acc.); see Counterbalance.
    Balance in the mind, examine: P. and V. σκοπεῖν; see Examine.
    Balance accounts: P. διαλογίζεσθαι.
    Make equal: P. ἀντίπαλον καθιστάναι; see Counterbalance.
    V. intrans. P. εἰς ἀντίπαλα καθίστασθαι.
    If the accounts balance: P. ἂν καθαραὶ ὦσιν αἱ ψῆφοι (Dem. 303).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Balance

  • 6 metric

    ['metrik]
    adjective (of the metre or metric system: Are these scales metric?) μετρικός

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