weigh Copy link Outline I. To ascertain weight; of the person1. pendo, pĕpendi, pensum, 32. expendo, di, nsum, 33. perpendo (to w. thoroughly)4. penso, 15. pensĭto, 1 (freq. of penso)6. pondĕro, 17. exāmĭno, 1 (to discriminate nicely by the balance)8. trŭtĭnor, 1II. To w., w. down; of the thing1. pendo (strictly of weight of metal, of money, etc.)2. grăvo, 1 (to load, w. down)3. dēgrăvo, 14. prĕmo, pressi, pressum, 35. dēprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 36. opprĭmo • weigh: I. To ascertain weight; of the person: 1. pendo, pĕpendi, pensum, 3: she w.s and balances the herbs, pensas examinat herbas, Ov. M. 14, 270: do you w. this matter by its real, not its nominal weight, vos eam rem suo non nominis pondere penditote, Cic. Verr. 4. 1, 1. 2. expendo, di, nsum, 3: w. Hannibal, how many pounds will you find? expende Hannibalem, quot libras invenies? Juv. 10, 147: a hundred pounds of gold was w.'d out, expensum est auri pondo centum, Cic. Flacc. 28, 68: I am not wont to count so much as to w. arguments, argumenta non tam numerare soleo quam expendere, id. de Or. 2, 76, 309. 3. perpendo (to w. thoroughly): most diligently w.ing the importance of different duties, diligentissime perpendens momenta officiorum, id. Mur. 2, 3. 4. penso, 1: to w. gold, aurum pensare, Liv. 38, 24: a resolution long w.'d, diu pensata sententia, Sil. 7, 223. 5. pensĭto, 1 (freq. of penso): to w. in equal balance, pensitare aequa lance, Plin. 7, 7, 5: to w. a matter, p. rem, Liv. 4, 41. 6. pondĕro, 1: he w.s his fists, pugnos ponderat, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 156: we must w. the motives from which each man has acted, quo quisque animo fecerit ponderandum est, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49. 7. exāmĭno, 1 (to discriminate nicely by the balance): pieces of iron w.'d carefully to a certain weight, taleae ferreae ad certum pondus examinatae, Caes. B. G. 5, 12: to w. all things by their verbal, not their real value, omnia verborum momentis non rerum ponderibus examinare, Cic. Rep. 3, 8, 12. 8. trŭtĭnor, 1: they w. (balance) words, trutinantur verba, Pers. 3, 82. For other fig. uses of weigh v. to ponder, to consider. II. To w., w. down; of the thing: 1. pendo (strictly of weight of metal, of money, etc.): let not a talent w. less than eighty pound by Roman weights, talentum ne minus pondo octoginta Romanis ponderibus pendat, Liv. 38, 38. 2. grăvo, 1 (to load, w. down): to w. down with burdens, gravare sarcinis, Tac. A. 1, 20: evils w. the heavier the more they are known, mala magis hoc quo sunt cognitiora gravant, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 28. 3. dēgrăvo, 1: let the vine w. down the elm, vitis degravet ulmum, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 35: though skilful swimmers, fatigue and wounds w. them down, peritos nandi lassitudo et vulnera degravant, Liv. 4, 33, ad fin. 4. prĕmo, pressi, pressum, 3: Greece w.'d down by spoils, Graecia exuviis pressa, Prop. 4, 1, 114. 5. dēprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: the force of the wind w.s down the cloud, vis venti nubem deprimit, Lucr. 6, 432. 6. opprĭmo: w.'d down by the heavy burden of their arms, gravi onere armorum oppressi, Caes. B. G. 4, 24: v. to press, to oppress.
WEIGH Copy link • WEIGH 1. (sometimes written WAY), s., To get under weigh, navem solvere, or simply solvere; more rarely, vela in altum dare (Liv.), or vela dare ventis (poetical): to be under weigh, navis solvit; a terra provehi. 2. v. PROP., pendere (general term): pensare (to weigh carefully or exactly): ponderare (to try the weigh of anything): examinare (to bring to the scales). To weigh anything by a certain weight, ad certum pondus examinare aliquid. Figuratively, To balance, examine, pendere aliquid ex re: pensare, ponderare aliquid re and ex re: perpendere ad aliquid (to weigh exactly). To weigh virtues and vices exactly against each other, perpendere vitia virtutesque: to weigh every word in a balance, unumquodque verbum statera examinare (Varr., ap. Non., 455, 21; ☞ Cic., De Or., 2, 38, 159): to weigh words, pondera verborum examinare; (carefully), esse verborum pensitatorem subtilissimum (Gell., 17, 1). To ponder, expendere: perpendere: pensitare: ponderare: examinare (to consider the reasons for and against): considerare, especially with cum animo, in animo, or secum (to debate in one’s own mind): reputare (to bethink one’s self, consider; especially with secum animo or cum animo): agitare mente, animo, in mente, or cum animo: volutare secum, animo, in animo: volvere animo or secum: versare secum in animo (to turn over or revolve in one’s mind, to meditate upon): ☞ volutare, volvere, etc., never thus used by Cic., frequently by Liv., and Sall.