Ἀντίρροπον

equivalent to

Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

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[Meaning] counter-balancing.¹
"For the destruction of Pacorus and of the force with him was equivalent to the ruin of Crassus and those about him".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀντίρροπον· ἰσόρροπον. τῇ τε γὰρ Κράσσου καὶ τῶν ἀμφ' αὐτὸν φθορᾷ ἀντίρροπον γενέσθαι τὴν Πακόρου καὶ τῆς ξὺν αὐτῷ δυνάμεως ἀπώλειαν.