pondero Latin · revision 33029

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la pendō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɔn.dɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpɔn.de.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ponderō''' (present infinitive ponderāre, perfect active ponderāvī, supine ponderātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pondus|-ō|t1=weight]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) That noun comes from [[m|la|pendō|t=to hang; to weigh]],^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*pend-e/o-|t=to hang, weigh]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Plautus' ''Amphitruo'' a speaker groans that the other is weighing his fists.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to weigh, as Pliny the Elder a grain or Propertius' mistress her lovers' purses, and to weigh out money, as in Fronto.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to weigh in the mind, appraise, consider: Cicero says the choice of words must be weighed by the judgement of the ear.^(OLD 2012) The TLL finds it in verse in Plautus, Propertius and Phaedrus, and in prose from Cicero on.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it weigh, consider, ponder.^(Stelten 1995) English ''ponder'' (mid-14th century) first meant to estimate the worth of, from Old French and Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of weighing fists.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of weighing words.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''ponder''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|weigh]]; to weigh out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To weigh in the mind, [[m|en|ponder]], consider, appraise.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[depondero]]

+ * [[ponderabilis]]

+ * [[ponderātiō]]

+ * [[ponderator]]

+ * [[praeponderō]]

+ * [[repondero]]

+ * [[ponderārium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pondus]]

+ * [[pendo|alt=pendō]]

+ * [[en|ponder]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}