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1 ῥοπή
-ῆς + ἡ N 1 0-1-1-1-4=7 Jos 13,22; Is 40,15; Prv 16,11; 3 Mc 5,49; Wis 11,22turnof the scale, poise (of the balance), weight Prv 16,11; small additional weight, makeweight, casting weight Wis 11,22; weight, decisive influence Sir 1,22; turn of events, decisive moment, crisis Jos 13,22; moment Wis 18,12Cf. DORIVAL 1994, 427; LARCHER 1985 688. 1011; MOATTI-FINE 1996 170; TOV 1978, 55 -
2 σήκωμα
A a weight in the balance, standard weight, IG22.1013.8, Hyp.Fr. 271 (ap.Poll.4.172); σμικρὸν τὸ σὸν σ. προστίθης slight is the weight that you throw into the scale, E.Heracl. 690; σ. μολίβδινα leaden weights or counterpoises, Plb.8.5.9; τὸ κατόπιν σ. τῆς προβολῆς, of the spear, Id.18.29.3; makeweight, Id.18.24.5.b a standard measure, [ κρότωνος] PCair.Zen.670.7 (iii B.C.);σ. σιτηροῦ ἡμεδίμνου SIG2508
(Delos, i B.C.); jar or measure of wine, POxy.1720.5 (iv A.D.), 1896.19 (vi A.D.), PLond.ined. 2115 (vi A.D.).II = σηκός 11, sacred enclosure, E.El. 1274, IG3.1979.
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