stătēra, ae, f. [perhaps kindred with στάθμη, a rule], a steelyard; also, a balance (syn.: libra, trutina).
I 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.—
B Transf., of any thing of a similar shape. *
1 The pole-bar of a chariot, Stat. S. 4, 3, 35.—*
2 A kind of platter , so called from its resemblance to the scale of a steelyard or balance, Nep. ap. Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146.— *
II Trop., the value of a thing, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.