pendeo

Latin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Italic *pendēō, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)pen(d)- (“stretch, pull, draw”), same source as English span.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.de.oː/, [ˈpɛn̪d̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.de.o/, [ˈpɛn̪d̪eo]
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Verb

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.

Derived terms

• circumpendeō
• dēpendeō
• impendeō
• pendēns

• pendulus
• praependeō
• prōpendeō

Related terms

• pendō

Descendants

• English: pendent, pendulum
• French: pendre
• Spanish: pender

References

• “pendeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press