pendeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pen(d)- (“stretch, pull, draw”), same source as English span.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpen.de.oː/

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Verb

present active pendeō, present infinitive pendēre, perfect active pependī. (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.

Inflection

    Second Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pendeō	pendēs	pendet	pendēmus	pendētis	pendent
	future	pendēbō	pendēbis	pendēbit	pendēbimus	pendēbitis	pendēbunt
	imperfect	pendēbam	pendēbās	pendēbat	pendēbāmus	pendēbātis	pendēbant
	perfect	pependī	pependistī	pependit	pependimus	pependistis	pependērunt
	future perfect	pependerō	pependeris	pependerit	pependerimus	pependeritis	pependerint
	pluperfect	pependeram	pependerās	pependerat	pependerāmus	pependerātis	pependerant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pendeam	pendeās	pendeat	pendeāmus	pendeātis	pendeant
	imperfect	pendērem	pendērēs	pendēret	pendērēmus	pendērētis	pendērent
	perfect	pependerim	pependerīs	pependerit	pependerīmus	pependerītis	pependerint
	pluperfect	pependissem	pependissēs	pependisset	pependissēmus	pependissētis	pependissent
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	pendē	pendētō	pendētō	—	—	—
	plural	pendēte	pendētōte	pendentō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pendēre	pependisse	—	—	—	—
participles		pendēns (pendentis)	—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

circumpendeō dēpendeō impendeō pendēns

pendulus praependeō prōpendeō

Related terms

• pendō

Descendants

• French: pendre
• Spanish: pender

References

• pendeo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879