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<b class="b2">Weigh in the scales</b>: Ar. and P. ἱστάναι.

<b class="b2">Weigh one set of pleasures against another</b>: P. ἡδέα πρὸς ἡδέα ἱστάναι (Plat., ''Prot.'' 356B).

<b class="b2">Let him repeat another sentence and weigh it against mine</b>: Ar. ἀλλʼ ἕτερον εἰπάτω τι κἀντιστησάτω (''Ran.'' 1389).

<b class="b2">Casting eyes on two and weighing them in his hands</b>: V. δισσούς γʼ ἀθρήσας κἀπιβαστάσας χεροῖν (Eur., ''Cycl.'' 379).

<b class="b2">Generally, measure</b>: P. and V. μετρεῖν, σταθμᾶσθαι, συμμετρεῖσθαι; see [[measure]].

<b class="b2">Examine</b>: P. and V. ἐξετάζειν, σκοπεῖν, διασκοπεῖν; see [[examine]].

<b class="b2">Ponder on</b>: P. and V. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι (acc.), λογίζεσθαι (acc.); see under [[ponder]].

<b class="b2">Compare</b>: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, ἀπεικάζειν, ἀντιτιθέναι; see [[compare]].  

V. intrans. <b class="b2">Have a certain weight</b>: P. ἔχειν [[σταθμόν]].

<b class="b2">To weigh forty talents</b>: P. ἔχειν [[τεσσαράκοντα]] τάλαντα [[σταθμόν]] (Thuc. 2, 13).

<b class="b2">Weigh a mina</b>: P. [[ἄγω|ἄγειν]] μνᾶν (Dem. 617).

<b class="b2">Have weight, influence</b>: P. and V. ῥοπὴν ἔχειν, δύναμιν ἔχειν (Eur., ''Phoen.'' 440).

<b class="b2">When they have seen that all else has weighed less with you than the law</b>: P. πάντα τἄλλα παρʼ ὑμῖν ἑορακότες ἀσθενέστερα τοῦ νόμου γεγενημένα.

<b class="b2">Weigh down</b>, v. trans.; P. βαρύνειν, V. καταρρέπειν, βρίθειν (Aesch., ''Pers.'' 346).

<b class="b2">Be weighed down</b>: P. and V. ῥέπειν, βρίθειν (or pass.) (also Plat., <b class="b2">Phaedrus</b>, 247B, but rare P.).

Met., <b class="b2">oppress</b>: P. and V. πιέζειν; see [[oppress]], [[trouble]].

<b class="b2">Weigh upon, trouble the mind</b>, met.: P. and V. [[ἐνθύμιος]] εἶναι (dat.); see [[trouble]].

<b class="b2">Be weighted with</b>: V. βρίθειν (or pass.) (dat.).