Στάθμια καὶ σταθμά

weights and measures

Translated by William Hutton21 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

21 words

['Weights' and 'measures'] are used differently in speech. [sc. The former] are the things put on the pans of a scale.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στάθμια καὶ σταθμά· διχῶς λέγονται. εἰσὶ δὲ τὰ ἐμβαλλόμενα ταῖς πλάστιγξι τοῦ ζυγοῦ.

Betacode

*sta/qmia kai\ staqma/: dixw=s le/gontai. ei)si\ de\ ta\ e)mballo/mena tai=s pla/stigci tou= zugou=.

The point of the entry is obscured in English translation; the headword phrase consists of two words that differ only by a single iota in Greek. Adler cites a scholion to Gregory of Nazianzus (61 Piccolomini). Contrast Pollux 4.173, who seems to equate the two terms.

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