noun · neutersecond declension
pēnsum
pēnsum n (genitive pēnsī)
Classical[ˈpẽː.sũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛn.sum]
Meaning
- allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day)
lūmen ad exiguum famulae data pēnsa trahēbant
By a dim light the handmaids were spinning their given allotments of wool.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.743 - work quota, a day’s work
- task, job, duty, assignment, engagement
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pēnsum | pēnsa |
| genitive | pēnsī | pēnsōrum |
| dative | pēnsō | pēnsīs |
| accusative | pēnsum | pēnsa |
| ablative | pēnsō | pēnsīs |
| vocative | pēnsum | pēnsa |
pensum, i, v. pendo, P. a. B.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pēnsum ī, n
P. n. of pendo, wool weighed out to a slave for a day's spinning, allotment of wool : nocturna carpentes pensa puellae, V.: famulasque ad lumina longo Exercet penso, V.: pensa manu ducunt, Iu.—Fig., a charge, duty, office : meae diligentiae: nominis familiaeque, L. — Weight, consideration, scruple, importance (only gen. of price): nihil pensi neque moderati habere, i. e. practise no reverence or self-control , S.: neque id quibus modis adsequeretur, quicquam pensi habebat, i. e. had no scruple , S.: sed illis nec quid dicerent, quicquam umquam pensi fuisse, they never cared at all , L.: quibus si quicquam pensi umquam fuisset, non, etc., had they ever had regard for anything , S.
Origins
Neuter of past participle of pendō.
Descendants
- Frenchpensum
- GermanPensum
- PortuguesePenso
- Spanishpienso
- Spanishpénsum
- Catalanpes
- Frenchpoids
- Italianpeso
- Occitanpes
- Portuguesepeso
In English words that came into English from pēnsum
- pensumpēnsum