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per-pendo , pendi, pensum, 3, v. a.,
I.to weigh carefully or exactly.
I. Lit. (very rare): “in librili pendere,Gell. 20, 1, 34.—
II. Trop., to weigh carefully, examine; to ponder, consider (class.; syn.: delibero, expendo, reputo): “aliquid acri judicio,Lucr. 2, 1042: “diligentissime perpendens momenta officiorum,Cic. Mur. 2, 3: “aliquid ad disciplinae praecepta,id. ib. 36, 77: “hoc non arte aliquā perpenditur,id. de Or. 3, 37, 151: “judicare et perpendere, quantum quisque possit,Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 6, 23: quid in amicitiā fieri oportet quae totā veritate perpenditur, which is considered or esteemed altogether according to its truth, Cic. Lael. 26, 97: “singulorum vires,Just. 29, 3, 6: “perpendendum erit praetori, cui potius subveniat,Dig. 4, 4, 13: “ut ante perpensum et exploratum habeamus, an, etc.,Col. 3, 3: “homo judicii perpensi,Arn. 2, 52: “deliberatio perpensa,Amm. 22, 9.—Hence, per-pensē , adv., with deliberation, deliberately (post-class.); comp., Amm. 26, 5, 13; 25, 10, 15.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • null, 6.23
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 2.3
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.37
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.1042
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 26
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 20.1.34
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.3
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