pound (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The weight1. lībra2. in large quantities, pondo, indecl. (librae being understood)II. Value twenty shillingsIII. Enclosure • pound (subs.): I. The weight: 1. lībra: sometimes with pondo (pondus) added: a gold crown weighing a p., corona aurea libram pondo, Liv. 4, 20, med.: Varr. (l. pondus, L. L. 5, 36, 169): Plin. Weighing a p., libralis: Col. 6, 2, med.: Plin.: also, librarius, Col. 12, 53, fin.: Gell.: weighing three p.s. trilibris, Hor. S. 2, 2, 33; four p.s, quadrilibris, Pl.: half a p., selibra, Cato R. R. 84: Liv. (pondo may be added as with libra): a quarter of a p., quadrans (pondo), Col. 12, 20, med.: a p. and a half, sesquilibra, ib.: two p.s and a half, *duae librae et semisses (v. half: also, ounce). 2. in large quantities, pondo, indecl. (librae being understood): 20,000 p.s of silver, argenti pondo millia viginti, Caes. B. C. 2, 18: Cic. II. Value twenty shillings: *libra Anglica: Wyttenb. in Kr. III. Enclosure: *septum publicum (pecudibus vagis includendis).
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.
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.