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lībrĭpens , pendis, m. libra-pendo.
I. One who weighed or counted out the pay to soldiers, a paymaster, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43: impubes libripens esse non potest, Ael. ap. Prisc. 892 P.—
II. One who held the balance, as if to weigh out money, at nominal sales: “adhibitis non minus quam V. testibus civibus Romanis puberibus, item libripende,” Gai. Inst. 1, § 113; Ulp. Fragm. 19, 3; cf. Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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