σταθμάω

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ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod

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Transliteration A: stathmáō Transliteration B: stathmaō Transliteration C: stathmao Beta Code: staqma/w

English (LSJ)

Ion. σταθμ-έω Hdt.2.150 (Med.), Hp.Nat.Puer.30 (Pass.): —

   A measure by rule (στάθμη) , πλέθρου σταθμήσας μῆκος εἰς εὐγωνίαν (sc. τὴν σκηνήν) E.Ion 1137; σ. τὸ ὕδωρ measure or weigh it, Ath.2.43b; certify as containing full measure, PTeb.5.86 (ii B.C.):—Pass., to be measured or weighed, σταθμεόμενα Hp. l.c., cf. LXX3 Ki.6.23: fut. Med. in pass. sense, ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται Ar.Ra.797: pf. Pass., ἐπὶ τρισὶν ἐστάθμηται Δελτωτὸν πλευρῇσιν Arat.234.    II more freq. in Med. σταθμάομαι, Ion. σταθμόομαι (q.v.), measure, σταθμᾶτο . . ἄλσος πατρί Pi.O.10(11).45; τὰς τράφας (i.e. τάφρους) ὀρύξει . . ὅπου ἂν σταθμήσωνται οἱ νεωποῖαι SIG963.28 (Amorgos, iv B.C.); calculate, estimate distance or size, without actual measurement, Hdt.2.150; σ. ὅκως ἐξελεύσεται . . Id.9.37; μετρεῖν ἢ σ. Pl.Lg.643c; σταθμήσασθαι τοὺς ἀστερίσκους Call.Iamb.1.119.    2 metaph., measure, estimate, τινι by some criterion, σ. ταῖς χάρισι Pl.Grg. 465d; [ταύτῃ τῇ στάθμῃ] Luc.Hist.Conscr.63: abs., conjecture, S.OT 1111.    3 attach weight to a thing, take it into account, τούτων τι σ. ὧν ὅδε λέγει Pl.Ly.205a; εἴ τι δεῖ σταθμᾶσθαι τοῦτο Thphr. HP9.4.9.