dē-pondĕro

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pondĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to weigh a thing (syn. examino).

Lit.:

granum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66:

semper amatorum ponderat illa sinus,

Prop. 2, 13 (3, 8), 12:

pugnos,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156:

in unum omnia ponderata confunduntur,

Scrib. Comp. 106.—

Trop., to weigh in the mind, to ponder, consider, reflect upon (class.):

imprimis, quo quisque animo fecerit, ponderandum est,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:

momento suo unamquamque rem ponderandam,

id. Font. 6, 21:

verborum delectum aurium judicio,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

omnia voluptatibus et doloribus,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

quid quisque admiserit non ex crimine, sed ex moribus ejus... est ponderandum,

id. Sull. 25, 69:

non ex libidine aut levitate testium causas honestorum hominum ponderari,

id. ib. 28, 89:

non esse fidem ex fortunā ponderandam,

id. Part. 34, 117:

causas non ratione, sed verbis,

id. Caecil. 21, 61:

consilia eventis,

id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

dum inventa ponderant et dimetiuntur,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 27.—Hence,

pon-dĕrans, antis, P. a., in a neuter sense, weighing, weighty, heavy (post-class.):

affectu ponderantiore,

Sid. Ep. 8, 6 med. dub. (al. ponderatiore).—

pondĕrātus, a, um, P. a., weighed, pondered, well considered:

ponderatiora beneficia,

Nep. Fragm. 2 (v. also under ponderans).—Hence, adv.: pondĕrātē, with due consideration (late Lat.), Hier. in Psa. 36; pondĕrātim, Cassiod. Var. 2, 40.

to weigh, consider, reflect.

pondĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to weigh a thing (syn. examino).

Lit.:

granum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66:

semper amatorum ponderat illa sinus,

Prop. 2, 13 (3, 8), 12:

pugnos,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156:

in unum omnia ponderata confunduntur,

Scrib. Comp. 106.—

Trop., to weigh in the mind, to ponder, consider, reflect upon (class.):

imprimis, quo quisque animo fecerit, ponderandum est,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:

momento suo unamquamque rem ponderandam,

id. Font. 6, 21:

verborum delectum aurium judicio,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

omnia voluptatibus et doloribus,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

quid quisque admiserit non ex crimine, sed ex moribus ejus... est ponderandum,

id. Sull. 25, 69:

non ex libidine aut levitate testium causas honestorum hominum ponderari,

id. ib. 28, 89:

non esse fidem ex fortunā ponderandam,

id. Part. 34, 117:

causas non ratione, sed verbis,

id. Caecil. 21, 61:

consilia eventis,

id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

dum inventa ponderant et dimetiuntur,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 27.—Hence,

pon-dĕrans, antis, P. a., in a neuter sense, weighing, weighty, heavy (post-class.):

affectu ponderantiore,

Sid. Ep. 8, 6 med. dub. (al. ponderatiore).—

pondĕrātus, a, um, P. a., weighed, pondered, well considered:

ponderatiora beneficia,

Nep. Fragm. 2 (v. also under ponderans).—Hence, adv.: pondĕrātē, with due consideration (late Lat.), Hier. in Psa. 36; pondĕrātim, Cassiod. Var. 2, 40.

pondĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to weigh a thing (syn. examino).

Lit.:

granum,

Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66:

semper amatorum ponderat illa sinus,

Prop. 2, 13 (3, 8), 12:

pugnos,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156:

in unum omnia ponderata confunduntur,

Scrib. Comp. 106.—

Trop., to weigh in the mind, to ponder, consider, reflect upon (class.):

imprimis, quo quisque animo fecerit, ponderandum est,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:

momento suo unamquamque rem ponderandam,

id. Font. 6, 21:

verborum delectum aurium judicio,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

omnia voluptatibus et doloribus,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

quid quisque admiserit non ex crimine, sed ex moribus ejus... est ponderandum,

id. Sull. 25, 69:

non ex libidine aut levitate testium causas honestorum hominum ponderari,

id. ib. 28, 89:

non esse fidem ex fortunā ponderandam,

id. Part. 34, 117:

causas non ratione, sed verbis,

id. Caecil. 21, 61:

consilia eventis,

id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

dum inventa ponderant et dimetiuntur,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 27.—Hence,

pon-dĕrans, antis, P. a., in a neuter sense, weighing, weighty, heavy (post-class.):

affectu ponderantiore,

Sid. Ep. 8, 6 med. dub. (al. ponderatiore).—

pondĕrātus, a, um, P. a., weighed, pondered, well considered:

ponderatiora beneficia,

Nep. Fragm. 2 (v. also under ponderans).—Hence, adv.: pondĕrātē, with due consideration (late Lat.), Hier. in Psa. 36; pondĕrātim, Cassiod. Var. 2, 40.

astus, a, um, adj., v. astutus.

astus, ūs, m. [Curtius suggests the Sanscr. aksh = to reach, hit, and oxus, swift; and Vanicek, ascia and axinê, with the idea of sharpness; others askeô, to practise], adroitness, dexterity; hence, in malam partem, craft, cunning (as a single act, while astutia designates cunning as a habit; until the post-Aug. period found only in the abl., astu, as an adv.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll., and Prisc. p. 1012 P.):

Satin astu et fallendo callet?

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 197 Rib.:

Nisi ut astu ingenium linguā laudem et dictis lactem lenibus,

id. ib. p. 189:

nam doli non doli sunt, nisi astu colas,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30:

Sed ut astu sum adgressus ad eas!

id. Poen. 5, 4, 53; id. Trin. 4, 2, 123; id. Ep. 4, 1, 19; id. Poen. prol. 111:

astu providere,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 3:

astu rem tractare,

id. Eun. 5, 4, 2:

Consilio versare dolos ingressus et astu, Incipit haec,

Verg. A. 11, 704:

ille astu subit,

id. ib. 10, 522: aliquem astu adgredi, Tac. A. 2, 64:

astus belli,

Sil. 16, 32:

libertae,

Tac. A. 14, 2:

oratio, quae astu caret, pondero modo et inpulsu proeliatur,

Quint. 9, 1, 20.—In plur.:

astus hostium in perniciem ipsis vertebat,

Tac. A. 2, 20:

praeveniens inimicorum astus,

id. ib. 6, 44; 12, 45; Petr. 97:

Ulixes nectit pectore astus callidos,

Sen. Troad. 527:

nunc advoca astus, anime, nunc fraudes, dolos,

id. ib. 618:

ad insidiarum astus,

Gell. 11, 18, 17.

ē-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Orig., a pub. law t. t., to expend, pay out money from the public treasury, after asking the consent of the people:

pecunias ex aerario,

Cic. Vat. 12; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 71; 2, 5, 19; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14; Liv. 22, 23; 33, 47 al.; cf.:

pecuniam in classem,

Cic. Fl. 13:

in aes alienum,

id. Att. 6, 1, 21:

unde in eos sumptus, pecunia erogaretur,

Liv. 1, 20; Vulg. Marc. 5, 26.—

Transf. beyond the pub. law sphere, to pay, pay out, disburse, expend (cf.:

pendo, expendo, perpendo, pondero, solvo, luo): Tironem Curio commendes, ut ei, si quid opus erit, in sumptum eroget,

Cic. Att. 8, 5 fin.:

aliquid in pretium servi,

Dig. 25, 2, 36 fin.:

bona sua in fraudem futurae actionis,

to squander, ib. 17, 2, 68:

grandem pecuniam in Tigellinum,

to bequeath, Tac. A. 16, 17; cf.:

in Tiridatem erogavit,

Suet. Ner. 30:

odores, unguenta ad funus,

Dig. 15, 3, 7:

nihil de bonis,

ib. 24, 1, 5 fin.; cf.:

aliquid ex bonis,

ib. 26, 7, 12:

aliquid pro introitu,

ib. 32, 1, 102 fin. et saep.—

Trop., in Tertullian: aliquem, to expose to death, to destroy, kill:

tot innocentes,

Tert. Apol. 44; id. Spect. 12; id. Praescript. 2.—

To entreat, prevail on by entreaties:

precibus erogatus,

App. M. 5, p. 165.

ex-pendo, di, sum, 3, v. a., to weigh out, weigh.

Lit.

In gen. (very rare):

aliquem,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34:

ut jam expendantur, non numerentur pecuniae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97:

bacam, nucem,

Cels. 5, 19, 12.—With abl. of that against which any thing is weighed:

hunc hominem decet auro expendi,

i. e. is worth his weight in gold, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 1.— Poet.:

ibat et expenso planta morata gradu,

measured, Prop. 2, 4, 6 (16).—

In partic., to weigh out money in payment, to pay out, pay; to lay out, expend (class.;

syn.: pendo, impendo, pondero, solvo, luo): ante pedes praetoris in foro expensum est auri pondo centum,

Cic. Fl. 28, 68:

nummos nominibus certis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

usuras gravissimas,

Dig. 19, 1, 47:

viginti milia talenta in hos sumptus,

Just. 12, 11.—With abl.:

aurum auro expendetur, argentum argento exaequabitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 43. —

In the part. perf. as a neutr. subst.: expensum, i, money paid, a payment:

bene igitur ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit,

of debt and credit, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146; id. Truc. 1, 1, 54:

in codicem expensum et receptum referre,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 3:

probari debere pecuniam datam consuetis modis, expensi latione, mensae rationibus, chirographi exhibitione, etc.,

Gell. 14, 2, 7.—Esp. freq.: ferre alicui expensum or pecuniam expensam, to set down, enter, charge, reckon, account a sum as paid (opp. accipio):

quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum retulit quam Verres illi expensum tulerit... quid proderat tibi te expensum illis non tulisse?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, §§

100 and 102: haec pecunia necesse est aut data aut expensa lata aut stipulata sit,

id. Rosc. Com. 5, 14: pecunias ferre (opp. acceptas referre), Auct. B. Alex. 56, 3: homines prope quadringentos produxisse dicitur, quibus sine fenore pecunias expensas tulisset, had set down, i. e. lent, Liv. 5, 20, 6.—Rarely transf., of other things: legio, quam expensam tulit C. Caesari Pompeius, i. e. transferred, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4; for which also: expenso ferre vestem supellectilis nomine, Dig. 33, 10, 19.

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A.) To weigh mentally, to ponder, estimate, consider, judge, decide (class.):

equidem cum colligo argumenta causarum, non tam ea numerare soleo quam expendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 76 fin.; cf.:

in dissensione civili... expendendos cives non numerandos puto,

id. Rep. 6, 1:

omnia expendet ac seliget,

id. Or. 15, 47:

vos in privatis minimarum rerum judiciis testem diligenter expenditis,

id. Fl. 5, 12:

singula animo suo,

Ov. Am. 3, 5, 34:

haec arte aliqua,

Cic. Brut. 50, 186; cf.:

verba arte,

Tac. A. 13, 3:

omnes casus,

Verg. A. 12, 21:

belli consilia,

Tac. H. 1, 87:

causam meritis,

to decide, Ov. M. 13, 150 et saep.:

quae contemplantes expendere oportebit, quid quisque habeat sui,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

Hannibalem,

Juv. 10, 147:

quid conveniat nobis,

id. 10, 347.—

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay a penalty, suffer a punishment ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): poenas Jovi expendisse (shortly after, in prose, poenas pendens), Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; cf.:

infanda per orbem Supplicia et scelerum poenas expendimus omnes,

Verg. A. 11, 258:

dignas poenas pro talibus ausis,

Sil. 13, 698:

poenas capite,

Tac. A. 12, 19:

dura supplicia,

Sil. 6, 588.—Hence, to pay for, expiate:

scelus,

Verg. A. 2, 229:

dignum pretium Poeno,

Sil. 7, 713.—

(Cf. I. B. 2.) Ipsam facilitati suae expensum ferre debere, i. e. have to ascribe to, Dig. 36, 4, 3:

creditores suae negligentiae expensum ferre debeant,

ib. 42, 8, 24.—

* expense, adv., largely, very much (late Lat.), Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 13.

pensĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [penso], to weigh, weigh out.

Lit.:

lanam,

Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. R. 22.— Trop.:

vitam aequā lance,

Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44.—

Transf.

To pay (rare but class.):

praedia, quae pensitant,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

vectigalia,

id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 16.—

To weigh, ponder, think over, consider (not in Cic. or Cæs.;

syn.: penso, expendo, pondero): rem,

Liv. 4, 41:

virtutes,

Gell. 1, 4, 1:

aliquid morosissime,

Suet. Aug. 16; id. Caes. 30; Tac. A. 12, 17:

malui omnia a te pensitari quam electa laudari,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 6; 4, 15, 8; 7, 9, 3:

de aliquā re,

Gell. 2, 27, 3.—With a relative-clause:

Tiberius saepe apud se pensitato, an, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 52:

diu pensitares, quem potissimum eligeres,

Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 9.—

To compare by examining (post-class.):

philosophorum sectatores cum veteribus Pythagoricis pensitans,

Gell. 1, 9, 11:

incommoda cum emolumento spei,

id. 1, 13, 5.

prae-pondĕro, āre, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to be of greater weight, to preponderate, incline (post-Aug.; cf. propendeo).

Lit.:

ne, portionum aequitate turbatā, mundus praeponderet,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 10, 3:

quotiens in alterum latus praeponderans declinarat sarcina,

App. M. 7, 17.—

Trop.

To be of more weight or influence, to have the preference:

aliquis reum me defendit, sed uxorem meam violavit... in comparatione beneficii praeponderavit injuria,

Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1:

quamvis injuriae praeponderent,

id. Ep. 81, 4:

honestas praeponderat,

Gell. 1, 3, 25:

exsul,

Stat. Th. 8, 615.—

To turn the scale, give a decision, incline:

in humaniorem partem,

Sen. Clem. 1, 2, 2:

si neutro litis condicio praeponderet,

decides neither one way nor the other, Quint. 7, 2, 39:

quo praeponderet alea fati,

Luc. 6, 603. —

Absol., to show preference, to act with partiality:

inter duos liberos pari desperatione languentes, da bonum patrem, non praeponderabit,

Quint. Decl. 8, 9; cf.:

neutrum, si in neutram partem praeponderet,

inclines, Varr. L. L. 10, § 5 Müll.—

Act., to outweigh (class.):

qui omnia metiuntur emolumentis et commodis, neque ea volunt praeponderari honestate,

to be surpassed, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18.