στάθμα

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κοινὸν τύχη, γνώμη δὲ τῶν κεκτημένων → good luck is anyone's, judgment belongs only to those who possess it

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English (Slater)

στάθμα (-ας, -ᾳ, -αν.)
   a finishing line met. καίπερ ἐφαμερίαν οὐκ εἰδότες οὐδὲ μετὰ νύκτας ἄμμε πότμος ἅντιν' ἔγραψε δραμεῖν ποτὶ στάθμαν (N. 6.7)
   b measuring line met. στάθμας δέ τινος (τινες coni. Sheppard) ἑλκόμενοι περισσᾶς ἐνέπαξαν ἕλκος ὀδυναρὸν ἑᾷ πρόσθε καρδίᾳ (P. 2.90)
   c rule met. πόλιν Ὑλλίδος στάθμας Ἱέρων ἐν νόμοις ἔκτισσε (P. 1.62) Ὕλλου τε καὶ Αἰγιμιοῦ · τῶν μὲν ὑπὸ στάθμᾳ νέμονται (I. 9.4) τῶν νῦν δὲ καὶ Θρασύβουλος πατρῴαν μάλιστα πρὸς στάθμαν ἔβα (to the standard of what is due to a father, Gildersleeve) (P. 6.45)