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<b class="b2">Pair of scales</b>: Ar. and V. [[τάλαντον]], τό, [[σταθμός]], ὁ, P. [[ζυγός]] τό, Ar. and P. [[τρυτάνη]], ἡ; see [[scale]].

<b class="b2">Tongue of the balance</b>: Ar. and P. [[τρυτάνη]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Lie in the balance</b>: Met., V. ἐν ῥοπῇ κεῖσθαι, P. κινδυνεύεσθαι.

<b class="b2">Equilibrium</b>: P. [[ἰσορροπία]], ἡ, τὸ ἀντίπαλον.

<b class="b2">Surplus</b>: P. τὸ περιόν, [[περιουσία]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Is the balance of trade so much in our favour?</b> τοσοῦτον αὐτῶν πλεονεκτοῦμεν κατὰ τὴν ἐμπορίαν; (Plat., ''Euth.'' 15A).

<b class="b2">Come, strike a balance</b>: V. φέρʼ ἀντίθες γάρ (Eur., ''Heracl.'' 153).

<b class="b2">Weigh in the balance</b>: P. ἐν ζυγῷ ἱστάναι.

'''v. trans.'''

<b class="b2">Weigh</b>: Ar. and P. ἱστάναι.

Met., <b class="b2">put one thing as a set off against another</b>: P. and V. ἀντιτιθέναι (acc. <b class="b2">and</b> gen.), V. ἀντισηκοῦν (dat. or gen.), P. ἀντιτάσσεσθαι (mid.) (acc. <b class="b2">and</b> πρὸς, acc.); see [[counterbalance]].

<b class="b2">Balance in the mind, examine</b>: P. and V. σκοπεῖν; see [[examine]].

<b class="b2">Balance accounts</b>: P. διαλογίζεσθαι.

<b class="b2">Make equal</b>: P. ἀντίπαλον καθιστάναι; see [[counterbalance]].

V. intrans. P. εἰς ἀντίπαλα καθίστασθαι.

<b class="b2">If the accounts balance</b>: P. ἂν καθαραὶ ὦσιν αἱ ψῆφοι (Dem. 303).
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