balance (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A pair of scales1. libra2. trŭtĭnaII. Equipoise1. libra2. librāmen, librāmentum3. pondus, ĕris, n.4. compensātĭo (only fig.)III. The difference between two sums (in book-keeping) • balance (subs.): I. A pair of scales: 1. libra: in one scale of the b. he placed mental advantages, in the other, corporeal, in alteram librae lancem animi bona imposuit, in alteram corporis, Cic. Fig.: the b. of a hesitating mind, animi cunctantis libra, Claud. 2. trŭtĭna: Varr.: Vitr. Fig.: the Roman writers are weighed in the same b., Romani pensantur eadem scriptores trutina, Hor.: Cic.: v. steelyard, scales. II. Equipoise: 1. libra: a firm b. against the winds, contra flatus pervicax l., Plin. (a rare use of the word). 2. librāmen, librāmentum: round this weapon three feathers were placed as a b., huic telo ad libramen pinnae tres circumdabantur, Liv.: to weight a battering-ram with a b. of lead, arietem libramento plumbi gravari, Liv. 3. pondus, ĕris, n.: v. weight. 4. compensātĭo (only fig.): an equitable b. of privilege and duty and reward, aequabilis c. juris et officii et muneris, Cic.: v. equilibrium. III. The difference between two sums (in book-keeping): rĕlĭquum (usu. plu.): I now wish to pay the outstanding b., nunc quod reliquum restat, volo persolvere, Pl.: Camillus writes that he has received my b.s, reliqua mea Camillus scribit se recepisse, Cic.
balance (v.) Copy link Outline I. To keep in equilibriumII. To counterpoiseIII. To ascertain the difference between receipts and expenses1. consŏlĭdo, 12. dispungo, punxi, punctum, 3 • balance (v.): I. To keep in equilibrium: libro: v. to poise. II. To counterpoise: compenso, 1: to b. joy by grief, laetitiam cum doloribus c., Cic.: to b. virtues by vices, bona cum vitiis c., Hor. III. To ascertain the difference between receipts and expenses: 1. consŏlĭdo, 1: b.d accounts, rationes consolidatae, Cic. 2. dispungo, punxi, punctum, 3: to b. accounts, rationes d., Sen.: Ulp.
BALANCE Copy link • BALANCE 1. s. for weighing: trutina (τρυτάνη PROP. the hole in which the tongue of the balance plays: then general term for balance: trutinae, quae staterae dicuntur, Vitr., 10, 3, 8, 4): libra (a pair of scales): statera (mostly steel-yard; seldom pair of scales): lanx (the scale of the balance): to weigh in a balance, pendere; trutina examinare (Cic., De Or., 2, 38, 159): not to weigh in too nice a balance, non aurificis statera, sed populari trotina examinare: librare. Equality of weight, momentum par [not aequilibritas, or aequilibrium. Vid: Dict.] . The balance is destroyed, portionum aequitas turbatur: to disturb the balance of the mind, aequitatem animi turbare (Sen.): in a balance, pari momento, or suis ponderibus libratus: to maintain a balance of power, providere, ne aequa civitatum conditio turbetur: to lose one’s balance, labi. That which is wanting to make equal, or the difference, quod reliquum restat. Of a watch, libramentum. Fig., consideratio; reputatio; deliberatio; comparatio. 2. v. to keep in equilibrium, aliquid suis ponderibus librare. INTR., suis ponderibus librari (after Cic., Tusc, 5, 24, 69): librare; pendere; pensare; ponderare; trutina examinare: to balance virtues and vices against each other, perpendere vitia virtutesque: to balance every word, unumquodque verbum statera examinare (Varr., Non., 455, 21; Cic., De Or., 2, 38, 159). To balance an account, rationes consolidare (Cic.). To balance or make equal, adaequare aliquid cum aliquo.