Latin

Verb

pendeō ‎(present infinitive pendēre, perfect active pependī); second conjugation, no passive

1. I hang (down), I am suspended; hover, overhang, float.
2. I hang about, loiter, tarry, linger.
3. I hang down; I am weak or without strength; sag, droop.
4. I weigh.
5. I have weight or value.
6. I rest or depend upon.
7. I hang upon a person's words; listen attentively to.
8. I am suspended, interrupted or discontinued.
9. I am ready to fall, hang suspended.
10. I am uncertain, perplexed or in suspense.

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Derived terms

Related terms

• pendō

Descendants

References

• pendeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pendeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pendeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) important results are often produced by trivial causes: ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent
    
  • (ambiguous) to pay taxes: vectigalia, tributa pendere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be punished by some one (on account of a thing): poenas alicui pendere (alicuius rei)
    
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 988