noun

stătēra

gen. stătērae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

perhaps kindred with στάθμη, a rule

a steelyard;; a balance

a steelyard; also, a balance (syn.: libra, trutina).

a goldsmith's scales •

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.—

by extension

Transf., of any thing of a similar shape. *

The pole-bar

The pole-bar of a chariot, Stat. S. 4, 3, 35.—*

A kind of platter

A kind of platter, so called from its resemblance to the scale of a steelyard or balance, Nep. ap. Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146.— *

the value figuratively

Trop., the value of a thing, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.

Perseus ID: n45266 Key: statera