allotment for weaving, wool given to be spun/woven; task/stint; homework
Latin word, found 62 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Georgics 1.390: Ne nocturna quidem carpentes pensa puellae
Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.694: Pensa quid in dextra, qua cadet Hector, habes?
Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio 5: … axuma invaserat rei publicae capiundae; neque id quibus modis adsequeretur, dum sibi regnum pararet, quicquam pensi habebat. Agitabatur magis magisque in dies animus ferox inopia rei familiaris et conscientia scelerum, quae u …
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