Trutina, næ, f. g. pen. cor. Vitru. A weighing balance: the hole where the tong of the balance goeth. Trutina, per translationem ponitur pro iudicio.Cic. Non artisicis statera, sed quadam populari trutina examinantur. Iudgement.Castigare examen in trutina aliena. Persius. To correct his iudgement by the aduise of an other.Pensari eadem trutina Horar.To bee weighed by the same halaunce: to be examined by the same iudgement.Suspendere in trutina. In. To put in a ballance: to cramine.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
trŭtĭna, ae, f. [truta/nh], a balance, pair of scales (cf.: lanx, statera). I.Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, 183 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 180, 32: ex trutinis quae staterae dicuntur, Vitr. 10, 8.—II.Trop.: ad ea probanda quae non aurificis staterā, sed quādam populari trutinā examinantur, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159: Romani pensantur eādem Scriptores trutinā, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 30; id. S. 1, 3, 72: aliā parte in trutinā suspendit Homerum, Juv. 6, 437: examenve inprobum in illā castiges trutinā, Pers. 1, 7.
