weight
Ἰδών τι κρυπτὸν (χρηστὸν) μηδὲν ἐκφάνῃς ὅλως → Aliquid vidisti occultum (pulchrum)? Nihil elimina → Siehst du Verborgnes (was Gutes), offenbare dich nicht ganz
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. σταθμός, ὁ (Euripides, Bacchae 811).
giving a vast weight of gold: V. μυρίον γε δοὺς χρυσοῦ σταθμόν (Euripides, Bacchae 811).
worth its weight in silver, adj.: V. ἰσάργυρος.
weights and measures: V. μέτρα… καὶ μέρη σταθμῶν (Euripides, Phoenissae 541; cp. Ar. Aves 1040-1041).
leaden weight, subs.: P. and V. μολυβδίς, ἡ (Sophocles, Fragment).
heaviness: P. βαρύτης, ἡ, V. βάρος, τό.
burden: P. and V. ἄχθος, τό, Ar. and V. βάρος, τό, V. βρῖθος, τό.
dignity: P. and V. ὄγκος, ὁ; see dignity.
importance: P. and V. ῥοπή, ἡ.
have weight, influence: P. and V. ῥοπὴν ἔχειν, δύναμιν ἔχειν; see weigh, v.
of persons: P. and V. δύναμαι, δύνασθαι, ἰσχύειν, V. βρίθειν.
the same words coming from obscure speakers have not the same weight as when they come from men of note: V. λόγος γὰρ ἔκ τ' ἀδοξούντων ἰὼν κἀκ τῶν δοκούντων αὑτὸς οὐ ταὐτὸν σθένει (Euripides, Hecuba 294).
gifted with more weight of prowess than of sense: V. μείζον' ὄγκον δορὸς ἔχοντες ἢ φρενῶν (Euripides, Troades 1158).
