ponderatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pondĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [pondus],

a weighing , poising (post-Aug.); plur., Vitr. 10, 3, 7: aequā ponderatione confici, Theod. Prisc. 1, 13; Vulg. Ecclus, 6, 15.