pensĭcŭlo, āre, v. a. [pendo],
I to weigh , ponder , consider (post-class.): pensicula utrumque, modulareque (al. pensiculate moderateque), Gell. 13, 20, 11: scripta, Ap. Flor. p. 364; id. Deo. Soc. p. 103 init.
II —Hence, pensĭcŭlātē , adv., carefully (post-class.): pensiculate (al. pensim) scripta, Gell. 1, 3, 12.