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Headword:
*pla/stigc
Adler number: pi,1695
Translated headword: scale, disk, horse-collar
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the counterpoise of a balance.[1]
And the part fitted on the balance, on which the beams are placed.[2]
"Along with the supervisors of the scales he restored the money to the Persians."[3]
Greek Original:*pla/stigc: tou= zugou= to\ a)nti/rropon. kai\ to\ kathrthme/non tou= zugou= me/ros, w(=| e)penti/qentai ta\ zuga/. a(/ma toi=s tw=n plasti/ggwn e)pista/tais a)pokate/sthse toi=s *pe/rsais ta\ xrh/mata.
Notes:
For another application of this word, see
pi 1696.
[1] Same or similar gloss in other lexica; references at
Photius pi916 Theodoridis.
[2] From a scholion on
Aristophanes,
Frogs 1378 (where the dual of the headword occurs).
[3]
Menander Protector 6.1. Blockley (fr. 11 FHG), overlapping with the quotation at
alpha 3339.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 8 September 2012@23:08:59.
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