"pensum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpen.sum/ [Classical], [ˈpẽːs̠ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /ˈpen.sum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpɛnsum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Neuter of past participle of pendō. Etymology templates: {{m|la|pendō}} pendō Head templates: {{la-noun|pēnsum<2>}} pēnsum n (genitive pēnsī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pēnsum<2>}} Forms: pēnsum [canonical, neuter], pēnsī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pēnsum [nominative, singular], pēnsa [nominative, plural], pēnsī [genitive, singular], pēnsōrum [genitive, plural], pēnsō [dative, singular], pēnsīs [dative, plural], pēnsum [accusative, singular], pēnsa [accusative, plural], pēnsō [ablative, singular], pēnsīs [ablative, plural], pēnsum [singular, vocative], pēnsa [plural, vocative]
  1. allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-pensum-la-noun-8K0p9dDK Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 75 4 21 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 38 18 44
  2. work quota, a day’s work Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-pensum-la-noun-CEkqoQ2L Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 38 18 44
  3. task, job, duty, assignment, engagement Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-pensum-la-noun-d9KZYDpI Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 38 18 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pēnsō

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ French: pensum",
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        }
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      "text": "→ French: pensum"
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        {
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          "expansion": "→ German: Pensum",
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        }
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      "text": "→ German: Pensum"
    },
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
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        }
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: pénsum",
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      "depth": 1,
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Albanian: peshë",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Albanian: peshë"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *puɨs"
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        {
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            "1": "br",
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "pos"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "wlm",
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "pesu"
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          "expansion": "Asturian: pesu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Asturian: pesu"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pes"
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          "expansion": "Catalan: pes",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Catalan: pes"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "frp",
            "2": "pêds"
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      "text": "Franco-Provençal: pêds"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "poids"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "fur",
            "2": "pês"
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          "name": "desc"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "peso"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: peso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: peso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "peso"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: peso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Italian: peso"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "lld",
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          "name": "desc"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "pes"
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          "expansion": "Occitan: pes",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Occitan: pes"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "peso",
            "3": "Peso"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Portuguese: peso, Peso"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "ro",
            "2": "păs"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "3": "pessu"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Sardinian: pesu, pessu"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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          "name": "desctree"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "pexo"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: pexo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: pexo"
    }
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        "1": "la",
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "pēnsum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "pēnsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "pēnsum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "pēnsum n (genitive pēnsī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pēnsum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pēnsō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "75 4 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 18 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "By a dim light the handmaids were spinning their given allotments of wool.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.743",
          "text": "lūmen ad exiguum famulae data pēnsa trahēbant"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day)"
      ],
      "id": "en-pensum-la-noun-8K0p9dDK",
      "links": [
        [
          "allotment",
          "allotment"
        ],
        [
          "portion",
          "portion"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "38 18 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work quota, a day’s work"
      ],
      "id": "en-pensum-la-noun-CEkqoQ2L",
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        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "quota",
          "quota"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 18 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "task, job, duty, assignment, engagement"
      ],
      "id": "en-pensum-la-noun-d9KZYDpI",
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "assignment",
          "assignment"
        ],
        [
          "engagement",
          "engagement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpen.sum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpẽːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpen.sum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛnsum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pensum"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "nn:Education"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: pensum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: pensum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Pensum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Pensum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Pensum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Penso",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Penso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Penso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pienso",
            "slb": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: pienso (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: pienso (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pénsum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: pénsum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: pénsum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "peshë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: peshë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: peshë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*puɨs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *puɨs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *puɨs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "pouez"
          },
          "expansion": "Breton: pouez",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Breton: pouez"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "poys"
          },
          "expansion": "Cornish: poys",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "pos"
          },
          "expansion": "Cornish: pos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cornish: poys, Cornish: pos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "pwys"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: pwys",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: pwys"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "pwys"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: pwys",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: pwys"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "pesu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: pesu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: pesu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pes"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: pes",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: pes"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "pêds"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: pêds",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: pêds"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "poids"
          },
          "expansion": "French: poids",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: poids"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "pês"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: pês",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: pês"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "peso"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: peso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: peso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "peso"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: peso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: peso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "peis"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: peis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: peis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "pes"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: pes",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: pes"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "peso",
            "3": "Peso"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: peso, Peso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: peso, Peso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "păs"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: păs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: păs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "pais",
            "3": "paisa"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: pais, paisa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: pais, paisa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "pesu",
            "3": "pessu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: pesu, pessu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: pesu, pessu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pisu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: pisu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: pisu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "peso"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: peso\n→ Bikol Central: piso\n→ English: peso\n→ Basque: pisu\n→ Cebuano: piso\n→ Tagalog: piso",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: peso\n→ Bikol Central: piso\n→ English: peso\n→ Basque: pisu\n→ Cebuano: piso\n→ Tagalog: piso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "pexo"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: pexo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: pexo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pendō"
      },
      "expansion": "pendō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Neuter of past participle of pendō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pēnsum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēnsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pēnsum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "pēnsum n (genitive pēnsī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pēnsum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pēnsō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "By a dim light the handmaids were spinning their given allotments of wool.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.743",
          "text": "lūmen ad exiguum famulae data pēnsa trahēbant"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "allotment",
          "allotment"
        ],
        [
          "portion",
          "portion"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "work quota, a day’s work"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "quota",
          "quota"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "task, job, duty, assignment, engagement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "assignment",
          "assignment"
        ],
        [
          "engagement",
          "engagement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpen.sum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpẽːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpen.sum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛnsum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pensum"
}

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