counterbalance

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

make amends for: P. and V. ἀκεῖσθαι, ἰᾶσθαι (acc.), ἐξιᾶσθαι (acc.).

be equivalent to: P. ἀντίρροπος εἶναι (gen.), P. and V. ἀντίσταθμος εἶναι (V. gen., P. dat.) (Plato), V. ἀντιρρέπειν (absol.); see balance.

I consider their disadvantages counterbalance our numbers: P. τὰς τούτων ἀπορίας ἀντιπάλους ἡγοῦμαι τῷ ἡμετέρῳ πλήθει (Thuc. 4, 10).

some god ruins you to counterbalance your former happiness: V. ἀντισηκώσας δέ σε φθείρει θεῶν τις τῆς πάροιθ' εὐπραξίας (Euripides, Hecuba 57).