pound
pound
subs.
Of weight: use P. μνᾶ.
Weighing a pound, adj.: use P. μνααῖος (Xen.).
As a sum of money: use Ar. and P. μνᾶ, ἡ (about £4), τά̆λαντον, τό (about £240).
For smaller sums make up by using: Ar. and P. δραχμή, ἡ (about nine pence).
subs.
Of weight: use P. μνᾶ.
Weighing a pound, adj.: use P. μνααῖος (Xen.).
As a sum of money: use Ar. and P. μνᾶ, ἡ (about £4), τά̆λαντον, τό (about £240).
For smaller sums make up by using: Ar. and P. δραχμή, ἡ (about nine pence).
pound
v. trans.
Ar. and P. τρί̄βειν.
Bruise: P. and V. τρί̄βειν, συντρί̄βειν (Eur. Cycl.).
Pound to a jelly, thrash: P. and V. συντρί̄βειν (Eur. Cycl.), συγκόπτειν (Eur. Cycl.).
v. trans.
Ar. and P. τρί̄βειν.
Bruise: P. and V. τρί̄βειν, συντρί̄βειν (Eur. Cycl.).
Pound to a jelly, thrash: P. and V. συντρί̄βειν (Eur. Cycl.), συγκόπτειν (Eur. Cycl.).
POUND
s. In weight libra; libra pondo (☞ as in this sense is very rare and ought not to be employed in writing Latin: libra is usually omitted; e.g. corona aurea libram pondo (sc. valens) a golden crown of a pound weight; patera ex quinque auri (libris) pondo (offive pounds weight). To weigh a pound libram pondo valere: weighing a pound of a pound weight libralis; librarius: half a pound selibra; selibra pondo: a pound weight; i.e. that which is used in weighing pondus librale: a twelve-pounder *tormentum bellicum globes singulos duodecim librarum mittens.
In money *libra (Anglicana).
A pen fold for beasts that trespass or stray *locus septum publicum quo capta pecora custodiae traduntur.
s. In weight libra; libra pondo (☞ as in this sense is very rare and ought not to be employed in writing Latin: libra is usually omitted; e.g. corona aurea libram pondo (sc. valens) a golden crown of a pound weight; patera ex quinque auri (libris) pondo (offive pounds weight). To weigh a pound libram pondo valere: weighing a pound of a pound weight libralis; librarius: half a pound selibra; selibra pondo: a pound weight; i.e. that which is used in weighing pondus librale: a twelve-pounder *tormentum bellicum globes singulos duodecim librarum mittens.
In money *libra (Anglicana).
A pen fold for beasts that trespass or stray *locus septum publicum quo capta pecora custodiae traduntur.
v. To beat as with a pestle tundere aliquid in pila (inpollinem in farinam); comminuere conterere obterere aliquid.
To shut up in a pound *capta pecora custodiae tradere septo publico includere.
To shut up in a pound *capta pecora custodiae tradere septo publico includere.
pound (subs.):
I. The weight:
1. lībra: sometimes with pondo (pondus) added: a gold crown weighing a p., corona aurea libram pondo, Liv. 4, 20, med.: Varr. (l. pondus, L. L. 5, 36, 169): Plin. Weighing a p., libralis: Col. 6, 2, med.: Plin.: also, librarius, Col. 12, 53, fin.: Gell.: weighing three p.s. trilibris, Hor. S. 2, 2, 33; four p.s, quadrilibris, Pl.: half a p., selibra, Cato R. R. 84: Liv. (pondo may be added as with libra): a quarter of a p., quadrans (pondo), Col. 12, 20, med.: a p. and a half, sesquilibra, ib.: two p.s and a half, *duae librae et semisses (v.HALF : also, OUNCE ).
2. in large quantities, pondo, indecl. (librae being understood): 20,000 p.s of silver, argenti pondo millia viginti, Caes. B. C. 2, 18: Cic.
II Value twenty shillings: *libra Anglica: Wyttenb. in Kr.
III. Enclosure: *septum publicum (pecudibus vagis includendis).
I. The weight:
1. lībra: sometimes with pondo (pondus) added: a gold crown weighing a p., corona aurea libram pondo, Liv. 4, 20, med.: Varr. (l. pondus, L. L. 5, 36, 169): Plin. Weighing a p., libralis: Col. 6, 2, med.: Plin.: also, librarius, Col. 12, 53, fin.: Gell.: weighing three p.s. trilibris, Hor. S. 2, 2, 33; four p.s, quadrilibris, Pl.: half a p., selibra, Cato R. R. 84: Liv. (pondo may be added as with libra): a quarter of a p., quadrans (pondo), Col. 12, 20, med.: a p. and a half, sesquilibra, ib.: two p.s and a half, *duae librae et semisses (v.
2. in large quantities, pondo, indecl. (librae being understood): 20,000 p.s of silver, argenti pondo millia viginti, Caes. B. C. 2, 18: Cic.
II Value twenty shillings: *libra Anglica: Wyttenb. in Kr.
III. Enclosure: *septum publicum (pecudibus vagis includendis).
pound (v.):
I. To pulverize by beating:
1. tĕro, trīvi, tum, 3: to p. with mortar and pestle, mortario pistilloque t., Plin. 33, 8, 41. Also, contero, 3 (intens.): Col.
2. pinso, ui, pistum, 3: to p. wheat (in a mortar), triticum p., Cato R. R. 14: Plin.
3. tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum and tūsum, 3: to reduce to a fine powder by p.ing, in pollinem t., Plin. 19, 5, 29: to p. in a mortar, in pila t., id. 13, 22, 43: Col. Also comp. contundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3: Cato: Col.
II. To shut up stray cattle: inclūdo, 3: v.TO SHUT UP .
I. To pulverize by beating:
1. tĕro, trīvi, tum, 3: to p. with mortar and pestle, mortario pistilloque t., Plin. 33, 8, 41. Also, contero, 3 (intens.): Col.
2. pinso, ui, pistum, 3: to p. wheat (in a mortar), triticum p., Cato R. R. 14: Plin.
3. tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum and tūsum, 3: to reduce to a fine powder by p.ing, in pollinem t., Plin. 19, 5, 29: to p. in a mortar, in pila t., id. 13, 22, 43: Col. Also comp. contundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3: Cato: Col.
II. To shut up stray cattle: inclūdo, 3: v.