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pondus
pondus
See also: pondes
English
Noun
pondus
- An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, perhaps equal to 3 cloves.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 208:
- The pondus of wool at Alton Barnes and Stert is three cloves or 21 pounds.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 208:
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From pendō (“to weigh; suspend, hang; pay”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpon.dus/, [ˈpɔn.dʊs]
Noun
pondus n (genitive ponderis); third declension
- weight
- weight of a pound
- heaviness, weight of a body
- load, burden
- quantity, number, multitude
- consequence, importance
- (of character) firmness, constancy
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pondus | pondera |
| genitive | ponderis | ponderum |
| dative | ponderī | ponderibus |
| accusative | pondus | pondera |
| ablative | pondere | ponderibus |
| vocative | pondus | pondera |
Synonyms
- (firmness, constancy): cōnstantia, firmitās, firmitūdō
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Descendants
References
- pondus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pondus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PONDUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pondus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- gravity: nutus et pondus or simply nutus (ῥοπή)
- gravity: nutus et pondus or simply nutus (ῥοπή)
- pondus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers