stătēra
stătēra, ae, f. perhaps kindred with στάθμη, a rule, a steelyard; also, a balance (syn.: libra, trutina). Lit., Vitr. 10, 8; Petr. 35; Suet. Vesp. 25; Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38; Stat. S. 4, 9, 46: auraria, a goldsmith's scales, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 20; called also aurificis, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.— Transf., of any thing of a similar shape. * The pole-bar of a chariot, Stat. S. 4, 3, 35.—* A kind of platter, so called from its resemblance to the scale of a steelyard or balance, Nep. ap. Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146.— * Trop., the value of a thing, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.
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Headword (normalized):
stătēra
Headword (normalized/stripped):
statera
Intro Text:
stătēra, ae, f. perhaps kindred with στάθμη, a rule, a steelyard; also, a balance (syn.: libra, trutina). Lit., Vitr. 10, 8; Petr. 35; Suet. Vesp. 25; Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38; Stat. S. 4, 9, 46: auraria, a goldsmith's scales, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 20; called also aurificis, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.— Transf., of any thing of a similar shape. * The pole-bar of a chariot, Stat. S. 4, 3, 35.—* A kind of platter, so called from its resemblance to the scale of a steelyard or balance, Nep. ap. Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146.— * Trop., the value of a thing, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n45266
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