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1 lībrāmentum
lībrāmentum ī, n [libro], a weight, load: plumbi, L.— A means of balancing: tormentorum, strap, Ta.— A geometrical plane, surface.* * *weight, counterpoise -
2 aequipondium
aequĭpondĭum, i, n. [aequus-pon dus], an equal weight, a counterpoise, Vitr. 10, 8. -
3 examino
exāmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [examen].* I. II.(acc. to examen, II.).A.Lit.1.Act., to weigh (class.):* 2. B.(aër) tamquam paribus examinatus ponderibus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; cf.: ad certum pondus, * Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 4.—Trop., act., to weigh, ponder, consider, examine, try, test (class.):non aurificis statera, sed quadam populari trutina examinari,
Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; cf.:omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus,
id. Rep. 3, 8; so,aliquid suis ponderibus,
id. Planc. 32 fin.:diligenter verborum omnium pondera,
id. Or. 8, 26; Quint. 10, 3, 5:emendate loquendi regulam,
id. 1, 5, 1;juncturam syllabarum longarum et brevium aurium mensura,
Gell. 16, 18, 3:(Parrhasius) examinasse subtilius lineas traditur (shortly after: circumscripsit omnia),
Quint. 12, 10, 4 Spald.: male verum examinat omnis Corruptus judex, * Hor. S. 2, 2, 8; cf.of judicial examination,
Quint. 12, 3, 6; Dig. 30, 58; 33, 7, 12, § 43. —Hence, exāmĭnātus, a, um, P. a., tried, i. e. careful, thoughtful (late Lat.):examinatissima diligentia,
Aug. Conf. 7, 6. — Adv.: exāmĭnātē, carefully, considerately:credere,
Tert. Praescr. 33.— Comp.:examinatius deliberare,
Amm. 25, 7. -
4 libra
lībra, ae, f. [cf. litra; root cli-, clino], the Roman pound, of twelve ounces:II.as erat libra pondus,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 169 Müll.:coronam auream libram pondo ex publica pecunia in Capitolio Iovi donum posuit,
Liv. 4, 20:mulli binas libras ponderis raro exsuperant,
Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:expende Hannibalem, quot libras in duce summo invenies?
Juv. 10, 147:neque argenti in convivio plus pondo quam libras centum inlaturos,
Gell. 2, 24, 2:dipondii pondo duas erant libras,
Gai. Inst. 1, 122.—Transf.A.A measure for liquids:B.frumenti denos modios et totidem olei libras,
Suet. Caes. 38.—1.. A balance, pair of scales:2.cum in alteram librae lancem animi bona imponebat, in alteram corporis, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 91.—A water-poise, plummet-level, level, line:3.sin autem locus... pari libra cum aequore maris est,
Col. 8, 17, 4: libratur [p. 1061] autem dioptris aut libris aquariis aut chorobate, Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—Hence, ad libram: alteram navem pluribus aggressus navibus in quibus ad libram fecerat turres, of equal height or of equal weight, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 1.—Counterpoise, balance:4.contra flatus quoque pervicax libra Bononiensibus calamis,
Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161: aes et libra, v. aes.—The constellation Libra, The Balance, Verg. G. 1, 208; Ov. F. 4, 386; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221:5.felix aequato genitus sub pondere Librae,
Manil. 4, 545.—Trop., a balance ( poet.), Pers. 4, 10:animi cunctantis libra,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 75. -
5 sacoma
sācōma, ătis, n., = sêkôma, a counterpoise, a weight precisely balancing something in the opposite scale:pendet ex altera parte aequo pondere phelli sacoma saburrale,
Vitr. 9, 8, 8.—Hence, ad sacoma appendĕre, precisely, exactly, Vitr. 9, praef. § 9. -
6 sacomarium
sācōmārĭus, a, um, adj. [sacoma], serving for a counterpoise, used for a weight in a balance:A.cucurbitae,
Hier. in Jon. 4, 6.—Hence, substt.sācōmārĭus, ii, m., one who makes counterpoises or weights in gen.;B.called also PONDERARIVS,
Inscr. Orell. 4274.— -
7 sacomarius
sācōmārĭus, a, um, adj. [sacoma], serving for a counterpoise, used for a weight in a balance:A.cucurbitae,
Hier. in Jon. 4, 6.—Hence, substt.sācōmārĭus, ii, m., one who makes counterpoises or weights in gen.;B.called also PONDERARIVS,
Inscr. Orell. 4274.—
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