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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=lanx lancis N F :: plate; (piece of vaiselle)<br />lanx lanx lancis N M :: [[plate]], [[dish]]; [[pan of a pair of scales]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lanx</b>: lancis, f. cf. [[λέκος]], [[λεκάνη]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[plate]], [[platter]], [[charger]], [[dish]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[patina]], [[patella]], [[magis]], [[scutula]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: in lancibus, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 45: in filicatis lancibus, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13: [[pomum]] de caelata sumere [[lance]], Ov. P. 3, 5, 20: cumulantque oneratis lancibus aras, Verg. A. 8, 284: [[inter]] [[lances]] mensasque nitentes, Hor. S. 2, 2, 4: rotundae [[lances]], id. ib. 2, 4, 41: qui [[furtum]] quaerere velit, [[nudus]] quaerat, [[linteo]] [[cinctus]], lancem habens, etc., Gai. Inst. 3, 192 sqq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Gell. 11, 18, 9; 16, 10, 8: sic implet leves scutulas, cavasque [[lances]], Mart. 11, 32, 18; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 86: [[squilla]] distendat pectore lancem, Juv. 5, 80.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., the [[scale]] of a [[balance]] (cf.: [[libra]], [[statera]], [[trutina]]): [[necesse]] est lancem in [[libra]] ponderibus impositis deprimi, Cic. Ac. 2, 12, 38: [[Critolaus]] cum in alteram lancem animi bona imponat, in alteram corporis et externa, etc., id. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 91; cf.: [[Juppiter]] [[ipse]] duas aequato [[examine]] [[lances]] Sustinet, Verg. A. 12, 725: cum in altera [[lance]] [[Claudius]] et [[Nero]] starent, in altera, etc., Suet. Vesp. 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: vitam aequa [[lance]] pensitare, to [[weigh]] or [[consider]] [[impartially]], Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44: aequa [[lance]] examinare, Ambros. Ep. 41, 22: paripendere [[lance]] cunctos, Arn. 6, 2: aequa [[lance]] servari, i. e. in [[like]] [[manner]], Dig. 42, 1, 20.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>lanx</b>,¹¹ [[cis]], f.,<br /><b>1</b> plat, écuelle : Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13 ; Virg. En. 8, 284 ; Hor. S. 2, 2, 4 &#124;&#124; [[per]] lancem liciumque, v. [[licium]]<br /><b>2</b> bassin ou plateau d’une balance : Cic. Ac. 2, 38 ; Tusc. 5, 51 ; Fin. 5, 91 ; Virg. En. 12, 725 &#124;&#124; [fig.] balance : Plin. 7, 44.||[[per]] lancem liciumque, v. [[licium]]<br /><b>2</b> bassin ou plateau d’une balance : Cic. Ac. 2, 38 ; Tusc. 5, 51 ; Fin. 5, 91 ; Virg. En. 12, 725||[fig.] balance : Plin. 7, 44.
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{{Georges
|georg=lanx, lancis, f. (viell. zu griech. [[λέκος]], [[λεκάνη]]), I) [[Schüssel]], [[Schale]], Plaut., Cic. u.a.: altilium [[lanx]], Lucil. fr.: [[furtum]] per lancem liciumque concipere, [[wegen]] eines Diebstahls förmliche [[Haussuchung]] [[vornehmen]], Gell. 11, 18, 9: [[ebenso]] [[quaestio]] furtorum cum lance et licio, Gell. 16, 10, 8; vgl. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 117, 2. – II) übtr.: 1) [[Wagschale]], Cic. u.a.: im Bilde, vitam aequā lance pensitare, Plin. 7, 44: [[non]] extranei [[dictum]] et filii [[parricidium]] aequā lance pensare, Ambros. in psalm. 118. serm. 7. § 23: servitutem et libertatem aequā lance pendĕre, Ambros. exhort. virgin. 1. § 3: aequā omnes lance examinare, Ambros. epist. 41, 22: pari pendĕre lance cunctos, Arnob. 6, 2: u. so paribus momentis potestatem voluntatis aequā lance perpendĕre, Augustin. ep. 186, 34 (vgl. aequa lancis [[perpensio]], ibid. § 36): aequā lance trutinari, Cod. Iust. 5, 27, 10: aequā lance servari, [[auf]] gleiche [[Weise]], Modestin. dig. 42, 1, 20: [[ebenso]] aequā lance [[odium]] mulieris et [[amor]] viri adversum se certabant, Heges. 1, 36, 2: iustum geminā suspendĕre lance ancipitis librae, Pers. 4, 10. – 2) = [[δίσκος]] (Gloss. II, 278, 53), die [[Scheibe]], Amm. 20, 3. § 1 u. 8 Gardth. (v. der [[Sonnenscheibe]]).
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