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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).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.Be weighted with: V. βρίθειν (or pass.) (dat.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Weigh
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