ταλάντωσις
From LSJ
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ,
A weighing, Antipho Soph.42.
2 (from Pass.) ebb and flow, tidal motion, Arist.Mete.354a11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1065] ἡ, das Wägen, übh. das Hin- u. Herbewegen, pass. das Schwanken. Bei Antipho nach Poll. 9, 53 = βάρος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τᾰλάντωσις: ἡ, στάθμησις, ζύγισις, Ἀντιφῶν παρὰ Πολυδ. Θ΄, 53. 2) (ἐκ τοῦ παθ.) τὸ κινεῖσθαι ἐδῶ καὶ ἐκεῖ, τὸ ταλαντεύεσθαι, Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 2. 1, 9.
