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pensio

pensio · f

A weight

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Where it lives

Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 1 · 2.1/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
De Bello Africo 1 · 0.77/10k
Epigrammata 4 · 0.71/10k
Letters to Atticus 6 · 0.49/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Ab urbe condita 12 · 0.23/10k
De Beneficiis 1 · 0.22/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

pensĭo — Lewis & Short

pensĭo, ōnis, f.pendo; lit., a weighing, weighing out; hence,

I A weight (only in Vitr.), Vitr. 10, 16; 10, 8.—

II Transf., a paying, payment, a term of payment (class.; cf.: stipendium, pretium): pendere poenas solvere significat, ab eo, quod aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant: unde etiam pensiones dictae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 208 Müll.: nihil debetur ei, nisi ex tertiā pensione, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1: prima, id. Fam. 6, 18, 5: altera tributi, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32. —Transf., sarcastically: etenim ista tua minime avara conjux, nimium debet diu populo Romano tertiam pensionem, i. e. her third marriage (after your death), Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—

B In partic.

1 A tax, impost (post-class.), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39: vectigalium, id. Epit. 9.—

2 Rent of a house or land (post-Aug.): aedium pensio annua, Suet. Ner. 44; Juv. 9, 63; Dig. 33, 7, 18.—

3 Interest of money (post-class.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—

4 Compensation: jacturae, Petr. 136, 2.

In the wild

pensio Cicero, Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 51
pensionibus Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.38.9.9
pensionibus Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.36.4.7
pensionibus Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.38.38.13
pensionem Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.8.p2
pensionibusque Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.38.11.8

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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