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pondĕrābĭlis, e, adj. [pondero], that can be weighed, ponderable (post-class.): corpora, Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 4.
Hence, adv.: pondĕrābĭlĭter, ponderably, Aug. Spec. 20.

‡ pondĕrāle, is, n. [pondus], the public scales, Inscr. Rein. cl. 7, n. 15; v. ponderarium.

pondĕrans, antis, Part. and P. a., from pondero.

‡ pondĕrārĭum, ii, n. [pondero], the place where public weights are kept and things are weighed, the public scales, Inscr. Orell. 144 and 4344.

pondĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [pondus], a weighing, poising (post-Aug.); plur., Vitr. 10, 3, 7: aequā ponderatione confici, Theod. Prisc. 1, 13; Vulg. Ecclus, 6, 15.

pondĕrātor, ōris, m. [pondero], a weigher (post-class.): De ponderatoribus, Cod. Th. 7, 12; Cod. Just. 71, 10: ponderator spirituum Dominus, Vulg. Prov. 16, 2; cf.: ponderator, σταθμιστὴς ἢ ζυγοστάτης, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

‡ pondĕrātūra, ae, f. [pondero], a weighing: σταθμός, ponderatura, Gloss. Gr. Lat.

pondĕrātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from pondero.

* pondĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [pondus], weight: hominis (or nominis), Att. ap. Non. 156, 6.

pondĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pondus], to weigh a thing (syn. examino).

  1. I. Lit.: granum, Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66: semper amatorum ponderat illa sinus, Prop. 2, 13 (3, 8), 12: pugnos, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156: in unum omnia ponderata confunduntur, Scrib. Comp. 106.
  2. II. Trop., to weigh in the mind, to ponder, consider, reflect upon (class.): imprimis, quo quisque animo fecerit, ponderandum est, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49: momento suo unamquamque rem ponderandam, id. Font. 6, 21: verborum delectum aurium judicio, id. de Or. 3, 37, 150: omnia voluptatibus et doloribus, id. Leg. 1, 13, 39: quid quisque admiserit non ex crimine, sed ex moribus ejus … est ponderandum, id. Sull. 25, 69: non ex libidine aut levitate testium causas honestorum hominum ponderari, id. ib. 28, 89: non esse fidem ex fortunā ponderandam, id. Part. 34, 117: causas non ratione, sed verbis, id. Caecil. 21, 61: consilia eventis, id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: dum inventa ponderant et dimetiuntur, Quint. 8 prooem. § 27.
    Hence,
    1. A. pon-dĕrans, antis, P. a., in a neuter sense, weighing, weighty, heavy (post-class.): affectu ponderantiore, Sid. Ep. 8, 6 med. dub. (al. ponderatiore).
    2. B. pondĕrātus, a, um, P. a., weighed, pondered, well considered: ponderatiora beneficia, Nep. Fragm. 2 (v. also under ponderans).
      Hence, adv.: pondĕrātē, with due consideration (late Lat.), Hier. in Psa. 36; pondĕrātim, Cassiod. Var. 2, 40.

pondĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [pondus], of great weight, weighty, heavy, ponderous.

  1. I. Lit.: compedes, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 64: frumentum, Varr. R. R. 1, 52 fin.: verbera, Val. Max. 1, 8 fin.
    Comp.:     lana ponderosior, Varr. R. R. 2, 11; Plin. 21, 17, 67, § 107.
    Sup.: ponderosissimi lapides, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138.
  2. II. Trop.: ponderosa epistola, weighty, significant, Cic. Att. 2, 11, 1: vox, weighty, imposing, Val. Max. 6, 4, 1 ext.