pondĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [pondus], of great weight, weighty, heavy, ponderous.
I Lit.: compedes, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 64: frumentum, Varr. R. R. 1, 52 fin. : verbera, Val. Max. 1, 8 fin.—Comp. : lana ponderosior, Varr. R. R. 2, 11; Plin. 21, 17, 67, § 107.— Sup. : ponderosissimi lapides, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138.—
II Trop.: ponderosa epistola, weighty , significant , Cic. Att. 2, 11, 1: vox, weighty , imposing , Val. Max. 6, 4, 1 ext.