weight (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. pondus, ĕris, n. (the most gen. term, w. in a balance, heaviness, and fig. burden, influence)2. grăvĭtas (heaviness)3. lībrāmentum (a w. to counterpoise something at the other end of a crane or the like)4. mōmentum (w. to turn the scale, w. in balance; mostly fig.)5. auctōrĭtas (influence) • weight (subs.): 1. pondus, ĕris, n. (the most gen. term, w. in a balance, heaviness, and fig. burden, influence): unfair w.s brought by the Gauls, pondera ab Gallis allata iniqua, Liv. 5, 48: the atom moves by heaviness and w., atomus movetur gravitate et pondere, Cic. Fat. 11, 24: all w.s fall to the earth by their own gravitation, in tellurem feruntur omnia nutu suo pondera, id. Rep. 6, 17: w. of cares, p. curarum, Luc. 9, 951. w. of testimony, p. testimonii, Cic. Top. 19, 73: my introduction had great w. with you, mea commendatio magnum apud te pondus habuit, id. Fam. 13, 25. 2. grăvĭtas (heaviness): the first beginnings of things must needs move by their w., necesse est gravitate sua ferri primordia rerum, Lucr. 2, 83: the w. of sentences, sententiarum g., Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72. 3. lībrāmentum (a w. to counterpoise something at the other end of a crane or the like): a heavy leaden w., grave l. plumbi, Liv. 24, 34. 4. mōmentum (w. to turn the scale, w. in balance; mostly fig.): the stars by their very shape keep their w.s in balance, astra forma ipsa figuraque sua momenta sustentant, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117: by the smallest w.s the greatest turnings of the scale are produced, minimis momentis maximae inclinationes fiunt, Cic. Phil. 5, 10, 26: to balance every thing according to its proper w., unamquamque rem momento suo ponderare, id. Font. 6, 21. 5. auctōrĭtas (influence): he has w., reputation, and an army, auctoritatem, nomen, exercitum habet, id. Phil. 11. 10, 26: words of laws somewhat more ancient, so as to have more w., legum verba paulo antiquiora, quo plus auctoritatis habeant, id. Leg. 2, 7, 18. Phr.: matters of w., res graves, dignae: v. weighty: to have great w., multum valere, posse: to attach great w. to a thing: rem magni pendere, aestimare: Ter.: Cic.: a pound w., libra pondo (lit. a pound by w.): the army decreed to the dictator a golden crown of a pound w., exercitus dictatori coronam auream libram pondo decrevit, Liv. 3, 29.
WEIGHT Copy link • WEIGHTMeasure or relation of heaviness; also heaviness itself; (a) PROP., pondus. Roman weight, Romana pondera, nominative plur., (Vid: Liv., 38, 38, quite at the end, talentum ne minus pondo octoginta Romanis ponderibus pendat; i. e., not less than eighty pounds in Roman weight): all things fall to the ground by their own weight, omnia pondere suo in terram feruntur: of great weight, gravis (opposed to levis); grandi pondere: a pound in weight, libram pondo (sc. valens; Vid: Liv., 3, 29): a thousand pounds’ weight of gold, mille (sc. libras) pondo auri (Liv., 5, 48, quite at the end): of the weight of a silver denarius, ad pondus argentei denarii pensum. (b) Figuratively. Importance, pondus: momentum (that which turns the scale, ῥοπή): auctoritas (authority, influence): vis: gravitas (power, force). Weight of words, pondus verborum (Vid: Quint., 10, 1, 97): a man of great weight, homo in quo summa auctoritas est et amplitudo (as a statesman); homo gravis (to whom much is usually assigned): words without weight, verba sine pondere: to have weight, gravem esse (of things and persons); aliquo numero atque honore esse (to stand in good repute; of persons): the thing has weight, res habet gravitatem: to have weight with anyone, pondus or aliquid ponderis habere apud aliquem (of things); aliquo loco et numero esse apud aliquem, numerum obtinere apud aliquem (of persons): to have great weight with anyone, magnum pondus habere, or maximi ponderis esse apud aliquem (of things); multum auctoritate valere or posse apud aliquem (of persons): to have no weight, nullius ponderis esse; ponderis nihil habere (of things); tenui or nulla auctoritate esse (of persons): to attach weight to anything, vim tribuere alicui rei: to give weight to a thing, alicui rei pondus afferre: weight of argument, vis; momentum; [Vid: COGENCY]. A body of a certain weight; (a) by which one weighs other bodies, pondus (general term; especially that which is placed in a scale): sacoma, -atis, neuter (σήκωμα, τό, weight hung on the other side of the balance or beam): aequipondium (so far as it forms a counterpoise to a heavy body). A false weight, pondera iniqua (Vid: Liv., 5, 48, quite at the end; to use such, adhibere): a stamped weight, pondus publice probatum (after Modestinus, Dig., 48, 10, 32, No. 1): to put weights in the scale, pondera in libram imponere: to buy or sell by weight, pondere emere or vendere: to give by weight, ad sacoma appendere: to weigh out, give or take anything by the weight of a silver denarius, aliquid ad pondus argentei denarii pendere (e.g., a medicine, etc.); to deliver anything by weight, ad sacoma pondus alicujus rei praestare (Vid: Vitr., 9, praef., §9 and 10). That which one hangs on to anything; perhaps libramentum plumbi (with Liv., 24, 34).