pound (v.) Copy link Outline I. To pulverize by beating1. tĕro, trīvi, tum, 32. pinso, ui, pistum, 33. tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum and tūsum, 3II. To shut up stray cattle • pound (v.): I. To pulverize by beating: 1. tĕro, trīvi, tum, 3: to p. with mortar and pestle, mortario pistilloque t., Plin. 33, 8, 41. Also, contero, 3 (intens.): Col. 2. pinso, ui, pistum, 3: to p. wheat (in a mortar), triticum p., Cato R. R. 14: Plin. 3. tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum and tūsum, 3: to reduce to a fine powder by p.ing, in pollinem t., Plin. 19, 5, 29: to p. in a mortar, in pila t., id. 13, 22, 43: Col. Also comp. contundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3: Cato: Col. II. To shut up stray cattle: inclūdo, 3: v. to shut up.