penso — Lewis & Short
penso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.pendo,
I to weigh or weigh out carefully (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 19, 68, conpensandum is the correct reading. Neither is it found in Plaut., Ter., Lucr., or Cæs.; syn.: pendo, expendo).
I Lit.:
aurum,Liv. 38, 24; Sil. 4, 153; Col. 12, 51, 2:
C. Gracchi caput auro pensatum,paid for with its weight in gold, Flor. 3, 15, 6:
odores ac purpurae et auro pensanda,worth their weight in gold, Sen. Ep. 73, 5.—Prov.:
pensare aliquem eādem trutinā,to weigh one in the same balance, judge one by the same standard, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 29.—
II Transf.
A To counterbalance with any thing, to compensate, recompense, repay, make good, requite; for the usual compensare:
exiguā turis impensā tanta beneficia pensaturi,Curt. 8, 5, 10:
beneficia beneficiis,Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 3; Suet. Aug. 25:
praematuram mortem immortali nominis sui memoriā,Vell. 2, 88, 3:
vulnera et sanguis aviditate praedae,Tac. H. 3, 26 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 74; id. A. 2, 26: vicem alicujus, to supply the place of a thing, to compensate for a thing, Plin. 31, 8, 44, § 97;
transmarinae res quādam vice pensatae,Liv. 26, 37:
iter,to shorten the way, Luc. 9, 685.—
B To pay, repay, punish with any thing:
nece pudorem,Ov. H. 2, 143:
omnia uno ictu,Sen. Oedip. 936:
nefarium concubitum voluntariā morte,Val. Max. 1, 8, 3.—
2 To purchase with any thing:
vitam auro,Sil. 2, 35:
victoriam damno militis,Vell. 2, 115, 4.—
C To exchange for any thing:
palatia caelo,Calp. Ecl. 4, 141:
laetitiam moerore,Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 132.—
D To allay, quench:
sitim,Calp. Ecl. 5, 111.—
E To weigh, ponder, examine, consider:
ex factis, non ex dictis, amicos pensare,Liv. 34, 49:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,id. 22, 51, 3; Curt. 3, 6, 3; 8, 2, 14; 7, 33, 2:
singula animi consulta,id. 7, 8, 1:
stat pensata diu belli sententia,Sil. 7, 223.