English → Latin
“weigh” in Latin
soleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit ofpendōto weigh, weigh out; to pay; to consider, ponderpēnsōto ponder, consider; to weigh, counterbalance; to pay for, purchaseponderōto weigh; to ponder, reflect on, weigh upexāminōto weigh or consider; to examineexpendōto weigh; to pay out; to judgeperpendōto weigh or examine carefully or exactly, ponder, considerpēnsitōto weigh (out); to think over, ponder, consider; to pay (out)cōnsīderōto examine, look at or inspect, survey; to consider, reflect, contemplate, meditatesēcumwith him-/her-/itself or themselves
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
weigh
(sometimes written WAY)(sometimes written WAY), s., To get under weigh, navem solvere, or simply solvere; more rarely, vela in altum dare (Liv.), or vela dare ventis (poetical): to be under weigh, navis solvit; a terra provehi.
weigh v.
PROP., pendere (general term): pensare (to weigh carefully or exactly): ponderare (to try the weigh of anything): examinare (to bring to the scales). To weigh anything by a certain weight, ad certum pondus examinare aliquid.
Figuratively, To balance, examine, pendere aliquid ex re: pensare, ponderare aliquid re and ex re: perpendere ad aliquid (to weigh exactly). To weigh virtues and vices exactly against each other, perpendere vitia virtutesque: to weigh every word in a balance, unumquodque verbum statera examinare (Varr., ap. Non., 455, 21; ☞ Cic., De Or., 2, 38, 159): to weigh words, pondera verborum examinare; (carefully), esse verborum pensitatorem subtilissimum (Gell., 17, 1).
To ponder, expendere: perpendere: pensitare: ponderare: examinare (to consider the reasons for and against): considerare, especially with cum animo, in animo, or secum (to debate in one’s own mind): reputare (to bethink one’s self, consider; especially with secum animo or cum animo): agitare mente, animo, in mente, or cum animo: volutare secum, animo, in animo: volvere animo or secum: versare secum in animo (to turn over or revolve in one’s mind, to meditate upon): ☞ volutare, volvere, etc., never thus used by Cic., frequently by Liv., and Sall.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for weigh?
- The usual Latin words for “weigh” are soleō, pendō, pēnsō; also ponderō, exāminō, expendō. 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.