A.like ἰσόρροπος, counterpoising, compensating for, “τινός” D.1.10; ἄγειν . . λύπης ἀ. ἄχθος to balance the counterpoising weight of sorrow, S.El.120 (lyr.); Θεανοῖ . . ἀ. balancing her, weighing as much as . ., Antiph.26.24; “κτῆμα πόνοις ἀ.” Max. Tyr.6.6; “ῥώμη πρὸς κίνδυνον ἀ.” Pl.Def.412a. Adv. ἀντιρρόπως, πράττειν τινί so as to balance his power, X.HG5.1.36: also neut. pl. as Adv., “ψυχὰς δ᾽ ἀντίρροπα θέντες” as a counterpoise, IG1.442.
2. like ἀντίζυγος, equivalent to, c. dat., X.Oec.3.15.