sacoma

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sācōma, ătis, n., = σήκωμα,

a counterpoise , a weight precisely balancing something in the opposite scale : pendet ex altera parte aequo pondere phelli sacoma saburrale, Vitr. 9, 8, 8.—Hence, ad sacoma appendĕre, precisely , exactly , Vitr. 9, praef. § 9.