weigh
weigh
v. trans.
Weigh in the scales: Ar. and P. ἱστά̆ναι.
Weigh one set of pleasures against another: P. ἡδέα πρὸς ἡδέα ἱστάναι (Plat. Prot. 356b).
Let him repeat another sentence and weigh it against mine: Ar. ἀλλʼ ἕτερον εἰπάτω τι κἀντιστησάτω (Ran. 1389).
Casting eyes on two and weighing them in his hands: V. δισσούς γʼ ἀθρήσας κἀπῐβαστάσας χεροῖν (Eur. Cycl. 379).
Generally, measure: P. and V. μετρεῖν, σταθμᾶσθαι, συμμετρεῖσθαι; see measure.
Examine: P. and V. ἐξετάζειν, σκοπεῖν, διασκοπεῖν ; see examine.
Ponder on: P. and V. ἐνθῡμεῖσθαι (acc.), λογίζεσθαι (acc.); see under ponder.
Compare: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, ἀ̆πεικάζειν, ἀντῐτῐθέναι; see compare.
V. intrans. Have a certain weight: P. ἔχειν σταθμόν.To weigh forty talents: P. ἔχειν τεσσαράκοντα τάλαντα σταθμόν (Thuc. 2.13).Weigh a mina: P. ἄγειν μνᾶν (Dem. 617).Have weight, influence: P. and V. ῥοπὴν ἔχειν, δύνᾰμιν ἔχειν (Eur. Phoen. 440).When they have seen that all else has weighed less with you than the law: P. πάντα τἄλλα παρʼ ὑμῖν ἑορακότες ἀσθενέστερα τοῦ νόμου γεγενημένα.Weigh down, v. trans.; P. βαρύνειν, V. κᾰταρρέπειν, βρί̄θειν (Aesch. Pers. 346).Be weighed down: P. and V. ῥέπειν, βρί̄θειν (or pass.) (also Plat. Phaedrus, 247b, but rare P.).Met., oppress: P. and V. πιέζειν ; see oppress, trouble.
Weigh upon, trouble the mind, met.: P. and V. ἐνθύ̄μιος εἶναι (dat.); see trouble.Be weighted with: V. βρί̄θειν (or pass.) (dat.).
v. trans.
Weigh in the scales: Ar. and P. ἱστά̆ναι.
Weigh one set of pleasures against another: P. ἡδέα πρὸς ἡδέα ἱστάναι (Plat. Prot. 356b).
Let him repeat another sentence and weigh it against mine: Ar. ἀλλʼ ἕτερον εἰπάτω τι κἀντιστησάτω (Ran. 1389).
Casting eyes on two and weighing them in his hands: V. δισσούς γʼ ἀθρήσας κἀπῐβαστάσας χεροῖν (Eur. Cycl. 379).
Generally, measure: P. and V. μετρεῖν, σταθμᾶσθαι, συμμετρεῖσθαι; see measure.
Examine: P. and V. ἐξετάζειν, σκοπεῖν, διασκοπεῖν ; see examine.
Ponder on: P. and V. ἐνθῡμεῖσθαι (acc.), λογίζεσθαι (acc.); see under ponder.
Compare: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, ἀ̆πεικάζειν, ἀντῐτῐθέναι; see compare.
V. intrans. Have a certain weight: P. ἔχειν σταθμόν.To weigh forty talents: P. ἔχειν τεσσαράκοντα τάλαντα σταθμόν (Thuc. 2.13).Weigh a mina: P. ἄγειν μνᾶν (Dem. 617).Have weight, influence: P. and V. ῥοπὴν ἔχειν, δύνᾰμιν ἔχειν (Eur. Phoen. 440).When they have seen that all else has weighed less with you than the law: P. πάντα τἄλλα παρʼ ὑμῖν ἑορακότες ἀσθενέστερα τοῦ νόμου γεγενημένα.Weigh down, v. trans.; P. βαρύνειν, V. κᾰταρρέπειν, βρί̄θειν (Aesch. Pers. 346).Be weighed down: P. and V. ῥέπειν, βρί̄θειν (or pass.) (also Plat. Phaedrus, 247b, but rare P.).Met., oppress: P. and V. πιέζειν ; see oppress, trouble.
Weigh upon, trouble the mind, met.: P. and V. ἐνθύ̄μιος εἶναι (dat.); see trouble.Be weighted with: V. βρί̄θειν (or pass.) (dat.).
WEIGH
(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.
(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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
cogito
to consider thoroughly, ponder, weigh, reflect upon, think
disputo
to weigh, examine, investigate, treat, discuss, explain
pendo
to suspend, weigh, weigh out; pay; value (w gen)
expendo
to weigh out, weigh
penso
to weigh, weigh out
examino
to weigh
to meditate, think over, study, deliberate, weigh, prepare
pondero
to weigh
to consider thoroughly, ponder, weigh, reflect upon, think
disputo
to weigh, examine, investigate, treat, discuss, explain
pendo
to suspend, weigh, weigh out; pay; value (w gen)
expendo
to weigh out, weigh
penso
to weigh, weigh out
examino
to weigh
appearing fewer than 50 times
commentorto meditate, think over, study, deliberate, weigh, prepare
pondero
to weigh