English → Latin
“ponder” in Latin
contemplorto observe, note or notice; to gaze at or regard; to contemplatecōnsīderōto examine, look at or inspect, survey; to consider, reflect, contemplate, meditateexpendōto weigh; to pay out; to judgeperpendōto weigh or examine carefully or exactly, ponder, consider
The English word ponder itself goes back to Latin pendō, through ponderāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ponder
contemplari animo, or animo et cogitatione: considerare secum in animo: contemplari: considerare; (The words are found in this connection and order.) contemplari et considerare: referre animum ad aliquid (to turn one’s mind to): lustrare animo or ratione animoque (as it were, to review with the mind): circumspicere mente (to examine thoroughly): expendere, perpendere (to weigh). To ponder as accurately and carefully as possible, aliquid quam maxime intentis oculis, ut aiunt, acerrime contemplari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ponder?
- The usual Latin words for “ponder” are contemplor, cōnsīderō, expendō; also perpendō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.