ισοσταθμίζω

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Greek Monolingual

1. κάνω δύο πράγματα να έχουν το ίδιο βάρος, τά φέρνω σε ισορροπία μεταξύ τους, ισοζυγίζω
2. (αμτβ.) ισοσταθμώ.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἰσόσταθμος. Η λ. μαρτυρείται από το 1825 στον Φ. Φουρναράκη].