lanx

lanx , lancis, f.: a broad dish or plate; a charger, platter, 8.284; pl., lancēs, the basins of weighing scales; scales, 12.725.

lanx, lancis, f. [cf. λέκος, λεκάνη], a plate, platter, charger, dish (class.; cf.: patina, patella, magis, scutula).

• I In gen.: in lancibus, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 45 (324): in filicatis lancibus, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13: pomum de caelata sumere lance, Ov. P. 3, 5, 20: cumulantque oneratis lancibus aras, Verg. A. 8, 284: inter lances mensasque nitentes, Hor. S. 2, 2, 4: rotundae lances, id. ib. 2, 4, 41: qui furtum quaerere velit, nudus quaerat, linteo cinctus, lancem habens, etc., Gai. Inst. 3, 192 sqq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Gell. 11, 18, 9; 16, 10, 8: sic implet leves scutulas, cavasque lances, Mart. 11, 32, 18; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 86: squilla distendat pectore lancem, Juv. 5, 80.—
• II In partic., the scale of a balance (cf.: libra, statera, trutina): necesse est lancem in libra ponderibus impositis deprimi, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 12, 38: Critolaus cum in alteram lancem animi bona imponat, in alteram corporis et externa, etc., id. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 91; cf.: Juppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances Sustinet, Verg. A. 12, 725: cum in altera lance Claudius et Nero starent, in altera, etc., Suet. Vesp. 25.—
• • B Trop.: vitam aequa lance pensitare, to weigh or consider impartially, Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44: aequa lance examinare, Ambros. Ep. 41, 22: paripendere lance cunctos, Arn. 6, 2: aequa lance servari, i. e. in like manner, Dig. 42, 1, 20.

lanx, lancis, f. (viell. zu griech. λέκος, λεκάνη), I) Schüssel, Schale, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: altilium lanx, Lucil. fr.: furtum per lancem liciumque concipere, wegen eines Diebstahls förmliche Haussuchung vornehmen, Gell. 11, 18, 9: ebenso quaestio furtorum cum lance et licio, Gell. 16, 10, 8; vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 117, 2. – II) übtr.: 1) Wagschale, Cic. u.a.: im Bilde, vitam aequā lance pensitare, Plin. 7, 44: non extranei dictum et filii parricidium aequā lance pensare, Ambros. in psalm. 118. serm. 7. § 23: servitutem et libertatem aequā lance pendĕre, Ambros. exhort. virgin. 1. § 3: aequā omnes lance examinare, Ambros. epist. 41, 22: pari pendĕre lance cunctos, Arnob. 6, 2: u. so paribus momentis potestatem voluntatis aequā lance perpendĕre, Augustin. ep. 186, 34 (vgl. aequa lancis perpensio, ibid. § 36): aequā lance trutinari, Cod. Iust. 5, 27, 10: aequā lance servari, auf gleiche Weise, Modestin. dig. 42, 1, 20: ebenso aequā lance odium mulieris et amor viri adversum se certabant, Heges. 1, 36, 2: iustum geminā suspendĕre lance ancipitis librae, Pers. 4, 10. – 2) = δίσκος (Gloss. II, 278, 53), die Scheibe, Amm. 20, 3. § 1 u. 8 Gardth. (v. der Sonnenscheibe).

lanx [CL], lanca, lancia [? LL; v. TLL] 1 a plate, platter, dish; b (for use in religious ceremony; esp. in Christian context, paten). c ? shovel, peel. a effuso rubuerunt sanguine lances [cf. Matth. xiv 11] Aldh. VirgV 446; GAS 530 (v. Epicureus 1b); hec ~x, ~cis, i. discus latus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 317; fabam tunicatam ‥ non nisi de paraside fraxinea ‥ vel ~ce tornatili limpidiore, ad oris hiatum presento J. Godard Ep. 222; hec ~x, ~cis, hec parapsis escuele Gl. AN Glasg. f. 20rc; 1388 viij ~cias precii vj s. viij d. IMisc 332/46; lanix, A. a sherde WW; 1499 pro novis ~ciis coquinariis et scutellulis, v s. Cant. Coll. Ox. II 227.  b ~ces, vasa quibus sacrificentur GlC L 13; nitidam super ardua lancis / invenit oblatam in formam remeasse priorem Mir. Nin. 446 (cf. ib. 428: in disco).  c 1283 in ~cis, clavis ferreis ad torallia et cribra et in aliis rebus emendandis in bracino, iij s. j d. ob. (Compotus bracini) Dom. S. Paul. 167. 2 a pan or scale of balance, (pl. also) pair of scales, balance. b (sg. denoting complete apparatus) scales, balance. c (par ~is) pair of scales. a argenti ‥ libella, / uncia ‥ quam pensat lancibus Aldh. VirgV 206; GlH E 406 (v. examen 3a); 10‥ justa ~ce, mid þa efnan helurblede; ‥ ~ces, wægscala WW; qui ponderant aliquid in ~cibus [edd. adds: et] non permittunt ~cem descendentem tantum descendere quantum ‥ T. Chobham Praed. 214; libra librans trutina pensum pondusque statera / lanx simul examen erit equilibris in istis Garl. Syn. 1588B; 1326 gestans in manibus †lanes [l. lances] equo appendebat libamine Lit. Cant. III 402.  b tunc pari lance limpida / Librae torpebat trutina (Aldh.) Carm. Aldh. 1. 81; ~x, heolar GlC L 36; auri / ter centum libras aequa sub lance probatas Wulf. Swith. II 6; †709 (12c) pensum librae auri purissimi quod aequa ~ce trutinatum ponderatumque praecipuum reddidit talentum CS 124; dicitur quoque ~x pro libra ‥ et tunc inde venit hec lancea, ~e, quod equa ~ce sit Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 317.  c 1460 pro uno pari ~cis ad ponderandum pulveres pro bumbardis ExchScot VII 33. 3 (fig.) balance, or pan of balance; b (spec. w. ref. to justice, equity). arsis et thesis ‥ quibus temporum ~cibus trutinantur Aldh. PR 116 p. 160; Rob. Angl. (I) Alg. 96n (v. diminutivus 2d); appensa est ecclesia ‥ in ~ce una, et caritas ‥ se appendit in ~ce altera J. Ford Serm. 13. 8; sedule discretionis ~x penset ipsum usum J. Godard Ep. 234; collis opperiens trementi placeret, / cum examinatrix lanx sancta probabit J. Howd. Cant. 135; lance suam reputat quisque tenere necem Gower VC I 1246.  b p675 supremum ‥ examen, quando singulis quibusque ‥ dispar retributio aequissimis judicii ~cibus trutinabitur Aldh. Ep. 4 p. 486; 930 alta media infima justa invictae fortitudinis ~ce treutinata gubernat CS 669; cum ‥ vigorabili tui potentatus ~ce largissima regnorum ‥ sinuamina prudentissimo aequitatis disponantur libramine ‥ Byrht. HR 3 p. 6; eis [sc. Anglis] equitatis ~ce suffragari despiciebant Ord. Vit. IV 3 p. 171; 1406 cartarum ‥ virtute manifesta ‥ equa justicie ~cea ad plenum investigata Melrose 528 p. 529; ut eorum et mors et vita ~ce justicie pensari deberet Mir. Hen. VI II 40 p. 108. 4 (abl. w. adj., in fig. use indicating manner of action): a (var.). b (aequa ~ce, pari ~ce, or sim.) in a balanced manner, equally, equitably, impartially, indifferently. a tuos tamen bona ~ce constructos legimus fastos (Cellanus) Ep. Aldh. 3 (9) p. 498; ut [Dominus] ‥ spiritus singulorum quid in occulto cogitent certa ~ce discernat Bede Prov. 986; rationem rei quam petebantur diligenti ~ce pensantes W. Malm. GP I 49 p. 83.  b omnia quae displicuerunt Deo et quae placuerunt aequali saltem ~ce [v. l. lanice] pendebantur, si non gratiora fuissent displicentia Gildas EB 21 (cf. G. Mon. XII 6); semispera ‥ id est dimidia pars poli supra aut infra terram aequis ~cibus librata Aldh. Met. 10 p. 95; censuum successum bifarie primitus ministros suos dividere aequali ~ce imperavit Asser Alf. 99; aliquamdiu varium se prestitit equali ~ce vitiorum atque virtutum W. Malm. GR IV 312; omnia lance pari male ponderat, omnia turbat, / omnia confundit plebs mala L. Durh. Dial. I 67; se semper spei metusque medius ‥ equa ~ce libravit Map NC II 17 f. 28v. 5 a measure (in general). b (w. gen. indicating length of time measured out or allotted) measure, span, space. a ~ce, mensura Gl. Leid. 41. 20.  b unius ambo sub lance diei / decedunt mundo [cf. Wulf. Swith. I 1477] Bede CuthbV 653; hunc inibique novem servant in lance dierum, / quaerentes medicum Ib. 589; 982 ut ‥ post vitae suae ~cem cuicunque sibi placuerit ‥ derelinquat CD 633.

lanx, (11) cis, f. , ¶ 1 plat, écuelle : Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13 ; Virg. En. 8, 284 ; Hor. S. 2, 2, 4 || per lancem liciumque, v. licium ¶ 2 bassin ou plateau dʼune balance : Cic. Ac. 2, 38 ; Tusc. 5, 51 ; Fin. 5, 91 ; Virg. En. 12, 725 || [fig.] balance : Plin. 7, 44.

lanx , cis. f.
闊平底碟。天平盤。Aequa lance 公平然。

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lanx lancis, f

• 3 LAC-, a plate, platter, charger, dish: in filicatis lancibus: caelata, O.: oneratae lances, V.: rotundae, H.: squilla distendat pectore lancem, Iu.—Of a balance, a scale: cum in alteram lancem animi bona inponat, in alteram, etc.: duas aequato examine lances Sustinet, V.

LANX

LANX

1. A general term, including various forms of dishes different in shape and use, but, as far as can be gathered, a large dish. It should have been originally flat, according to Corssen's view that it is connected with plancus, planus, πλάξ,: but it was also deep (cava, Mart. 11.31) and, so far, like the catinus. The epithet panda applied to it in Virgil (Georg. 2.194) probably has the same meaning. In Hor. Sat. 2.4, 40, it is round and large enough to hold a wild boar; but it is square or quadrangular in Ulp. Dig. 34, 2, 19. Ovid (Ov. Pont. 3.5, 50) describes it as embossed (caelata) and holding fruit, but most frequently we find it used for bringing meat or fish to the table (Hor. l. c.; Juven. 5.80; Plaut. Curc. 323). It is used for incense (Ov. Pont. 4.8, 40; Prop. 2.13, 23). Its use in sacrifices, both for the exta and for incense, may be seen from Verg. G. 2.194, 394; Aen. 8.284, 13.215; Ov. l. c. All passages which give any indication of its material tend to prove that the lanx was always of metal; for the rich, of silver (Hor. Sat. 2.4, 40; Plin. Nat.33.145, where lances are mentioned weighing from 100 to 500 pounds, and requiring a special officina to make them). In Cicero, Cic. Att. 6.1, 13, the lanx embossed in filigree work (filicata) is opposed to vasa fictilia; but that it was made, if always of metal, sometimes of cheaper metal than silver, is implied by its rustic use in Verg. Georg. l. c. The following lines from Ovid (Ov. Pont. 4.8, 39, 40) are instructive both as to size and relative cost:-- Nec quae de parva dis pauper libat acerraTura minus, grandi quam data lance, valent: and it is noticeable that Pliny (l. c.), speaking of very costly silver plate, uses the word lanx, but in 35.163, when he speaks of pottery made at an extravagant price, he uses the word patina. (Marquardt, Privatl. 654; CATINUS)

2. The metal dishes of the balance [LIBRA] were called lances, and sometimes the word lanx (== libra bilanx) was used to express the balance: so Suet. Vesp. 25; Verg. A. 12.725, &c. (Becker-Göll, Gallus, 2.367.)

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Lanx

(1) Originally a large dish, probably flat. The name is thus generally applied to all sorts of plates and platters, of various forms and sizes. It was probably always of metal, often silver (Marquardt, Privatleben, 654).

(2) The metal dishes of the Roman balance (libra) also received the name lances; and the balance itself is sometimes called libra bilanx. See lancula.