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|lshtext=<b>stătēra</b>: ae, f. [[perhaps]] [[kindred]] [[with]] [[στάθμη]]>, a [[rule]],<br /><b>I</b> a steelyard; also, a [[balance]] (syn.: [[libra]], [[trutina]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Vitr. 10, 8; Petr. 35; Suet. Vesp. 25; Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38; Stat. S. 4, 9, 46: auraria, a [[goldsmith]]'s scales, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 20; called also aurificis, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of [[any]] [[thing]] of a [[similar]] [[shape]]. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[pole]]-[[bar]] of a [[chariot]], Stat. S. 4, 3, 35.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[kind]] of [[platter]], so called from its [[resemblance]] to the [[scale]] of a steelyard or [[balance]], Nep. ap. Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146.— *<br /><b>II</b> Trop., the [[value]] of a [[thing]], Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.