pondero

See also: ponderó and ponderò

Catalan

Verb

pondero

first-person singular present indicative of ponderar

Galician

Verb

pondero

first-person singular present indicative of ponderar

Italian

Verb

pondero

first-person singular present indicative of ponderare

Anagrams

perdono, perdonò

Latin

Etymology

From pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔn.dɛ.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔn.de.ro]

Verb

ponderō (present infinitive ponderāre, perfect active ponderāvī, supine ponderātum); first conjugation

to weigh
Synonym: pendō

Quis mēnsus est pugillō aquās, et caelōs palmō ponderāvit?
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?
to ponder, reflect on, weigh up
Synonyms: reflectō, perpendō, putō, pendō, dēlīberō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō, trahō, versō

Conjugation

Conjugation of ponderō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ponderō	ponderās		ponderat	ponderāmus	ponderātis		ponderant
	imperfect	ponderābam	ponderābās		ponderābat	ponderābāmus	ponderābātis		ponderābant
	future	ponderābō	ponderābis		ponderābit	ponderābimus	ponderābitis		ponderābunt
	perfect	ponderāvī	ponderāvistī		ponderāvit	ponderāvimus	ponderāvistis		ponderāvērunt, ponderāvēre
	pluperfect	ponderāveram	ponderāverās		ponderāverat	ponderāverāmus	ponderāverātis		ponderāverant
	future perfect	ponderāverō	ponderāveris		ponderāverit	ponderāverimus	ponderāveritis		ponderāverint
passive	present	ponderor	ponderāris, ponderāre		ponderātur	ponderāmur	ponderāminī		ponderantur
	imperfect	ponderābar	ponderābāris, ponderābāre		ponderābātur	ponderābāmur	ponderābāminī		ponderābantur
	future	ponderābor	ponderāberis, ponderābere		ponderābitur	ponderābimur	ponderābiminī		ponderābuntur
	perfect	ponderātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ponderātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ponderātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ponderem	ponderēs		ponderet	ponderēmus	ponderētis		ponderent
	imperfect	ponderārem	ponderārēs		ponderāret	ponderārēmus	ponderārētis		ponderārent
	perfect	ponderāverim	ponderāverīs		ponderāverit	ponderāverīmus	ponderāverītis		ponderāverint
	pluperfect	ponderāvissem	ponderāvissēs		ponderāvisset	ponderāvissēmus	ponderāvissētis		ponderāvissent
passive	present	ponderer	ponderēris, ponderēre		ponderētur	ponderēmur	ponderēminī		ponderentur
	imperfect	ponderārer	ponderārēris, ponderārēre		ponderārētur	ponderārēmur	ponderārēminī		ponderārentur
	perfect	ponderātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ponderātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	ponderā		—	—	ponderāte		—
active	future	—	ponderātō		ponderātō	—	ponderātōte		ponderantō
passive	present	—	ponderāre		—	—	ponderāminī		—
passive	future	—	ponderātor		ponderātor	—	—		ponderantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		ponderāre		ponderārī		ponderāns		—
future		ponderātūrum esse		ponderātum īrī		ponderātūrus		ponderandus
perfect		ponderāvisse		ponderātum esse		—		ponderātus
future perfect		—		ponderātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		ponderātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		ponderandī	ponderandō		ponderandum	ponderandō	ponderātum		ponderātū

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: ponderar
English: ponder, ponderate
French: pondérer
Galician: ponderar
Italian: ponderare
Spanish: ponderar
Portuguese: ponderar

References

“pondero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pondero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“pondero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion: metiri, ponderare, aestimare, iudicare aliquid (ex) aliqua re

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛɾu

Verb

pondero

first-person singular present indicative of ponderar

Spanish

Verb

pondero

first-person singular present indicative of ponderar