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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=pondero ponderare, ponderavi, ponderatus V :: [[weigh]]; [[weigh up]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>pondĕro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[weigh]] a [[thing]] (syn. [[examino]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> pon-dĕrans, antis, P. a., in a [[neuter]] [[sense]], [[weighing]], [[weighty]], [[heavy]] (post-class.): affectu ponderantiore, Sid. Ep. 8, 6 med. dub. (al. ponderatiore).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>pondĕrō</b>,¹² āvī, ātum, āre ([[pondus]]), tr., peser : Plin. 18, 66 &#124;&#124; [fig.] mesurer, estimer, apprécier, juger : [[aliquid]] ex [[aliqua]] re Cic. [[Sulla]] 69, apprécier qqch. d’après qqch., cf. [[Sulla]] 89 ; Part. 117 ; verborum delectum aurium judicio Cic. de Or. 3, 150, déterminer le choix des mots en s’appuyant sur le jugement de l’oreille, cf. Cæc. 60 ; Pis. 98 ; Leg. 2, 43.||[fig.] mesurer, estimer, apprécier, juger : [[aliquid]] ex [[aliqua]] re Cic. [[Sulla]] 69, apprécier qqch. d’après qqch., cf. [[Sulla]] 89 ; Part. 117 ; verborum delectum aurium judicio Cic. de Or. 3, 150, déterminer le choix des mots en s’appuyant sur le jugement de l’oreille, cf. Cæc. 60 ; Pis. 98 ; Leg. 2, 43.
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{{Georges
|georg=pondero, āvi, ātum, āre ([[pondus]]), I) [[wägen]], [[abwägen]], pugnos, Plaut.: [[granum]], Plin.: amatorum [[sinus]], Prop. – II) übtr., [[geistig]] [[abwägen]] = [[erwägen]], [[beurteilen]], causas, Cic.: beneficia, Cic.: inventa ponderare et dimetiri, Quint. – m. Ang. [[womit]]? [[wonach]]? [[durch]] Abl. od. [[durch]] ex m. Abl., verborum delectum aurium quodam iudicio, Cic.: consilia eventis, Cic.: nolite brevitate orationis meae [[potius]] [[quam]] rerum ipsarum magnitudine crimina ponderare, Cic.: [[non]] [[esse]] fidem ex [[fortuna]] ponderandam, Cic.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=pondero, as, are. (''pondus''.) :: [[秤]]。[[遇秤]]。[[細想]]。[[謀]]
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