pensum

pēnsum, ī, n.: that which is weighed out or assigned for a day's spinning; a day's work; task, 8.412; a web, 9.476. (pendō)

pensum, i, v. pendo, P. a. B.

pēnsum, ī, n. (pendo), I) die den Sklavinnen als Tagesarbeit zugewogene Wolle, die Wollarbeit, Tagesarbeit, das Pensum, pensa mollia, Verg.: pensa partiri inter virgines, Iustin.: pensa tractare, Ambros.: pensa resolvere, Verg.: lanificium, in quo properant omnium mulierum pensa, Plin.: v. den Parzen, pensum mortale resolvere, den sterblichen Faden auflösen, unsterblich machen, Calp.: bonos viros luctu adfici, malos re familiari incolumi frui, neque mensum neque pensum fatorum lanificum (der Parzen) duco, Fronto de nep. amiss. 2. p. 233, 12 N. – II) übtr., die Aufgabe, die man sich selbst (als Schriftsteller usw.) gestellt hat od. die einem gestellt ist, Cic. u. Liv.: pensum absolvere, Varro.

pensum [CL], ~a 1 a portion of wool given to be spun or woven. b spinning, spinner’s work. c thread. d thread of life, fate. e (in gl.) spindle. a ~um, lanae opus GlC P 289; decuit te volvere pensa / et vacuare colum Vinsauf PN 523.  b sed subtracta sibi vincens amor omnia Christi / excutit accessu, lubrica pensa manu Gosc. Edith 69; mea bella viri, mea pensa puelle / ‥ meditantur J. Exon. BT II 343.  c protendor ceu serica pensa / in gracilem porrecta panum seu stamina pepli Aldh. Aen. 100 (Creatura) 59; navicula ‥ intercurrens, pannum habebit in medio sui, spola vestitum, que ~o seu glomere materiam operi ministraturo operietur Neckam NR II 171; panus ‥ spola vestiatur; spola ‥ ~o [gl.: file, filer, de fil, de cel fil; v. l. filo] ad modum glomeris cooperiatur [v. l. vestiatur] Id. Ut 107.  d obiit ‥ ingentia, si ~a parcarum evolvere ‥ potuisset, facturus W. Malm. GR IV 333.  e hoc ~um, i. fusellum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 445; ~o [gl.: fusil, spinle] Neckam Ut. 107. 2 weight, weighed amount. b standard unit of weight, wey (of wool); c (of cheese); d (of bacon); e (of tallow); f (of salt); g (of glass). ciatos habens ~um solidorum vj Gl. Leid. 32. 6; †709 (12c) adquisivit pretio donando ~um libre auri purissimi CS 124.  b c1166 xxij ~a lane cum saccis, et ‥ mm et cc vellera cum saccis (KR Misc.) EHR XXVIII 221; 1300 due ~e lane faciunt saccum, ~a vero continet xxvj libras magnas, quarum quelibet continet vij libras parvas et quelibet parva libra ponderat xxv sterlingos Cant. Cath. Pri. 154.  c 832 (13c) reddit xl ~as casei et agnos et lanam absque caseo CS 402; c1030 quamdiu ‥ eam tenuerint ‥ dent ‥ de subjectis pascuis j ~am caseorum MonA I 456 (= FormA xxi); de manerio M. redditur ‥ una consuetudo id est xxviij ~ae caseorum DB I 14va; dedit quandam decimam de terra ‥ ad usum pauperum, et unum ~um casei de sua wicha, et decimam vellerum et agnorum Chr. Abingd. II 146; 1190 pro locanda j navi ad deferend’ d bacones et xl ~as caseorum qui missi fuerunt in Normandiam ad munienda castella sua, lix s. Pipe 206; 1287 iiijxxxvj casei qui fecerunt ij ~as Rec. Elton 12; 1308 pro ij ~is duri casei, xvj s.; et de stauro vjxxxvij caseos qui fecerunt viij ~as duri casei Ib. 134; 13‥ ~a casei secundum pondus regis continet xxvj libras magnas. et quelibet magna libra continet vij parvas libras. et quelibet parva libra continet xxv s. sterlingorum. ~a casei secundum pondus Lanfranci continet xxxij libras magnas Eng. Weights 31.  d 1287 pro ij ~is et dimidia baconis, xxv s. Rec. Elton 12; 1308 pro x ~is baconis, c s. Ib. 134.  e 1173 pro iij ~is sepi, xviij s. Pipe 188.  f c1180 Rodulfus Willelmi regis magister et summus camerarius ‥ dedit et concessit ‥ in Herufflueth et Luere duas ~as salis quoque anno Act. Hen. II II 190.  g 1296 centum libre albi vitri per majorem centenam valent viij s.‥ major centena vitri continet xxiiij ~as vitri ‥ quelibet ~a vitri continet quinque parvas libras; et memorandum quod de una ~a vitri ‥ potest fieri una fenestra vitrea de longitudine ij pedum et dimidii et latitudine j pedis Eng. Weights 31–2 (= Lit. Cant. III 384-5). 3 act of weighing to ascertain the quality or standard of payment in coin. b (ad ~um, ad ~am) by weight, up to weight, specifying payment in weighed money as dist. from payment by tale (ad numerum, ad taliam) or payment in assayed money (ad arsuram, albus), also dist. from payment ‘by the scale’ (ad scalam) and payment in kind. c (magnum ~um, parvum ~um) distinguishing payment in marks according to two different standards. d (ad ~as in gl.). 12‥ [24 pounds of pence] de xxij in ora cum incensione et ~a (Reg. S. Aug) VCH Kent III 203.  b TRE et post valuit xl libras. modo similiter xl libras, tamen reddit libras ad arsuram et ~um, quae valent lxv libras DB I 16rb; TRE valebat xxv libras et post xx libras. modo xxx libras ad numerum et tamen reddit ad ~um et arsuram xxx libras DB I 30vb; TRE valebat lx libras et post xl libras. modo lx libras et tamen reddit de firma c libras ad ~am. sed non potest pati DB I 38rb; TRE xxv libras ad ~um et arsuram; quando rex recepit xx libras simili modo et nunc xx libras ad ~um, et tamen reddit de firma xxvj libras ad ~um et c d. DB I 39va; totum valet ‥ modo xij libras ad ~um et xxx solidos de gersuma et iij sextarios mellis cum eadem consuetudine et habet dimidium in longo et dimidium in lato et xiij denarios et j obolum de gelto DB II 111; postea dones ei inter panem et caseum denarios novem ad ~am (Jud. Dei 14. 10) GAS 426; 1130 Osbertus ‥ de nova firma de N. et D. de dimidio anno. in thesauro x li. et vij s. et ij d. ad pens’ Pipe 7; rati sunt tractu temporis de facile posse fieri ut moneta tunc fortis a suo statu decideret ‥ unde coacti sunt constituere ut firma maneriorum non solum ad scalam sed ad ~um solveretur Dial. Scac. I 7B.  c c1166 Robertus advocatus de Betun’, c marcas ad magnum ~um per plegium domini regis super terram suam (KR Misc.) EHR XXVIII 221; xx marcas ad magnum ~um et x marcas ad parvum ~um Ib. XXVIII 223; vjes xx marcas argenti ad magnum ~um et per taliam Ib.; c marcas ad parvum ~um et facient magnum ~um Ib. XXVIII 224.  d ad ~as, to nyttum GlC 5; 10‥ ad ~as, to nyttum WW. 4 payment. b a day’s wages. c (fig.) cost, sacrifice. regulae tenemus hortamentum ‥ aliquid nobis augendum divinae servituti ad solitum ~um [AS: gafule] nostrae servitutis RegulC 35; 1162 debet v accipitres et v girfalcones pro seipso, et pro N. de S. ij accipitres ad ~um Pipe 17; c1168 possidet ecclesiam Bettesfordie per annualem ~am [v. l. pecuniam] Ch. Chester 175; quicquid de debitis redditibus vel annuis ~is ‥ habere poterat, totum ‥ in sumptus pauperum ‥ dedit Canon. G. Sempr. f. 42; nec tamen rex hoc pro gratuito reputant, dicens hoc tanquam ~um sibi debitum persolvi M. Par. Abbr. 343; annuum ~um pro victu conventus augmentavit Meaux III 229.  b ~um, vel diarium, dægwine Ælf. Gl. 152.  c c1346 hostibus immensis offert se non sine ~is Pol. Poems I 30. 5 pan of scale or balance. pacificabuntur ‥ nationes regni, et leonem ad stateram provocabunt; locata sede ad ~as studebit, sed palmas in Albaniam extendet M. Par. Maj. I 214; ~a Libre oblique pendebunt donec Aries recurva cornua supponat Ib. 215; ponatur ‥ homo in una ~a ‥ et inveniet quod eque ponderabit G. Roman. 331.

pēnsum, (11) ī, n. (pensus), ¶ 1 le poids de laine que lʼesclave devait filer par jour : carpentes pensa puellæ Virg. G. 1, 390, les jeunes filles en étirant la laine [pesée pour leur tâche], cf. G. 4, 348 || [dʼoù] tâche quotidienne [de la fileuse] : pensum facere Pl. Merc. 397, = filer la laine chaque jour, cf. Virg. En. 8, 412 ; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 24 || [poét., en parl. des Parques] : Sen. Herc. fur. 181 ¶ 2 [fig.] tâche, fonction, devoir : Cic. de Or. 3, 119 ; Verr. 2, 3, 109 || pensi esse, habere, v. pensus.

pensum , i. n.
限之紡工。限之課。本分。— absolvere 報竣工。

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pēnsum ī, n

• P. n. of pendo, wool weighed out to a slave for a day's spinning, allotment of wool: nocturna carpentes pensa puellae, V.: famulasque ad lumina longo Exercet penso, V.: pensa manu ducunt, Iu.—Fig., a charge, duty, office: meae diligentiae: nominis familiaeque, L.—Weight, consideration, scruple, importance(only gen.of price): nihil pensi neque moderati habere, i. e. practise no reverence or self-control, S.: neque id quibus modis adsequeretur, quicquam pensi habebat, i. e. had no scruple, S.: sed illis nec quid dicerent, quicquam umquam pensi fuisse, they never cared at all, L.: quibus si quicquam pensi umquam fuisset, non, etc., had they ever had regard for anything, S.

Pensum

(from pendo) That which is weighed out as a task, especially of a portion of wool given to female slaves to spin (Iustin. i. 3).