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                    "description": "pondus (noun N) : pendo\n* A weight.\n* Lit.\n* In gen., a weight used in a scale, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: pondera ab Gallis allata iniqua,Liv. 5, 48 fin.: utuntur taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro numo,Caes. B. G. 5, 12; Dig. 19, 1, 32: pondera publica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 246 Müll.\n* Trop.\n* Transf.\n* In abstr.\n* Heaviness, weight of a body: moveri gravitate et pondere,Cic. Fat. 11, 24; 10, 22; 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: magni ponderis saxa,Caes. B. G. 2, 29; 7, 22: emere aliquid pondere,by weight,Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 29; 35, 17, 57, § 197; Tac. A. 6, 26; cf.: in his quae pondere constant,Dig. 18, 1, 35 med.; Gai. Inst. 2, 196: id, quod pondere continetur,Dig. 30, 1, 47.\n* In concr.\n* A heavy body, a weight, mass, load, burden: in terram feruntur omnia suo nutu pondera,Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: grande auri pondus,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45; so, innumerabile pondus auri,id. Sest. 43, 93: magnum argenti pondus expositum,Caes. B. C. 3, 96: aeris magnum pondus,id. ib. 3, 103; Stat. Th. 6, 648: immania pondera baltei,Verg. A. 10, 496: Spartani pondera disci,Mart. 14, 164, 1.—Poet., of the fruit of the womb, Ov. M. 9, 684; id. Am. 2, 14, 14; Prop. 4, 1, 96 (5, 1, 100); Mart. 14, 151; of the privy parts,Cat. 63, 5; Stat. S. 3, 4, 77.\n* A quantity, number, multitude (anteclass. and very rare): magnum pondus omnium artificum, Varr. ap. Non. 466, 5.\n* Weight, consequence, importance, consideration, influence, authority, etc. (class.; cf. momentum): persona non qualiscumque testimonii pondus habet,Cic. Top. 19, 73: grave ipsius conscientiae pondus est,id. N. D. 3, 35, 85; cf.: (honestas) aut sola expetenda est ... aut certe omni pondere gravior habenda quam reliqua omnia,id. Off. 3, 8, 35: id est maximi momenti et ponderis,id. Vatin. 4, 9: qui pondus habent,id. Att. 11, 6, 1: habet vim in ingenio  et pondus in vitā, id. de Or. 2, 74, 302: magnum pondus accessit ad tollendum dubitationem, judicium et consilium tuum,id. Fam. 11, 29, 1: ut is intellegat, hanc meam commendationem magnum apud te pondus habuisse,id. ib. 13, 25; cf.: ut is intellegat meas apud te litteras maximum pondus habuisse,id. Fam. 12, 27; 13, 35, 2: tuae litterae maximi sunt apud me ponderis,id. ib. 2, 19, 2: ejus filius eodem est apud me pondere, quo fuit ille,id. Att. 10, 1. 1.—Of style: omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum,Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72: fabula sine pondere et arte,Hor. A. P. 320; cf.: nugis addere pondus,id. Ep. 1, 19, 42.\n* Oppressive weight, burden (poet. for onus): curarum,Luc. 9, 951; Stat. Th. 4, 39: rerum,Ov. Tr. 2, 237; Mart. 6, 64, 14: tauri ruentis In Venerem tolerare pondus,Hor. C. 2, 5, 4: amara senectae Pondera,Ov. M. 9, 438: Constantius, insolentiae pondera gravius librans,Amm. 14, 5, 1.\n* Weight of character, i. e. firmness, constancy (poet.): nulla diu femina pondus habet,Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 22: nostri reverentia ponderis obstat,Stat. Th. 1, 289: hilaris, tamen cum pondere, virtus,id. S. 2, 3, 65; cf. id. ib. 5, 3, 246."
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