Balance

Calque of Latin Libra.

the Balance

1. (astronomy, astrology) The constellation and zodiacal sign Libra.
   • 1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 20:

     Libra, or the Balance holdeth in the Navel, the Reins, and the lower parts of the Womb.

   • 1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations: Part III, London: Rivingtons, page 7:

     The Balance shows redemption’s need;
     The Scorpion wounds He must endure;
     The Archer tells His coming sure;
     The Goat, His death in sacrifice[.]

   • 1882, Robert Brown, On a German Astronomico-astrological Manuscript, and on the Origin of the Signs of the Zodiac, London: J.B. Nichols and Sons, page 9:

     The Balance, we have been told, "marks the equality of the days and nights at the equinoxes." Possibly; but the Balance is just the one sign not truly archaic, and I think we shall find that quite another class of reasons operated in the selection of objects.

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɑ̃s/

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Balance f

1. Libra (constellation)
2. (astrology) Libra (star sign)

• bancale

Borrowed from French balance.

• IPA^(key): /baˈlɑ̃ːs/

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Balance f (genitive Balance, plural Balancen)

1. balance

   Synonyms: Ausgeglichenheit, Ausgewogenheit, Gleichgewicht

• Balanceakt
• balancieren

• “Balance” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Balance” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Balance” in Duden online
• Balance on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de