POUND Copy link • POUND 1. s. In weight, libra; libra pondo (☞ as in this sense is very rare, and ought not to be employed in writing Latin: libra is usually omitted; e.g., corona aurea libram pondo (sc. valens), a golden crown of a pound weight; patera ex quinque auri (libris) pondo (offive pounds weight). To weigh a pound, libram pondo valere: weighing a pound, of a pound weight, libralis; librarius: half a pound, selibra; selibra pondo: a pound weight; i. e., that which is used in weighing, pondus librale: a twelve-pounder, *tormentum bellicum globes singulos duodecim librarum mittens. In money, *libra (Anglicana). A pen, fold for beasts that trespass or stray, *locus, septum publicum, quo capta pecora custodiae traduntur. 2. v. To beat as with a pestle, tundere aliquid in pila (inpollinem, in farinam); comminuere, conterere, obterere aliquid. To shut up in a pound, *capta pecora custodiae tradere, septo publico includere.