verb frequentative transitive

pensĭto

2nd PP pensĭtāre · 3rd PP pensĭtāvi · 4th PP pensĭtātum · conj. 1st

to weigh; weigh out

to weigh, weigh out.

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Lit.: lanam, Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. R. 22.—Trop.: vitam aequā lance, Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44.—

by extension

To pay •

To pay (rare but class.): praedia, quae pensitant, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9: vectigalia, id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 16.—

To weigh; ponder; think over ••

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 •

To compare by examining (post-class.): philosophorum sectatores cum veteribus Pythagoricis pensitans, Gell. 1, 9, 11: incommoda cum emolumento spei, id. 1, 13, 5.

Perseus ID: n34539 Key: pensito