pendulus
Latin
Etymology
From pendeō (“I hang”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpen.du.lus/, [ˈpɛn̪d̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpen.du.lus/, [ˈpɛn̪d̪ulus]
Adjective
pendulus (feminine pendula, neuter pendulum); first/second-declension adjective
- hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended
- doubtful, uncertain, hesitating
- neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | pendulus | pendula | pendulum | pendulī | pendulae | pendula | |
Genitive | pendulī | pendulae | pendulī | pendulōrum | pendulārum | pendulōrum | |
Dative | pendulō | pendulō | pendulīs | ||||
Accusative | pendulum | pendulam | pendulum | pendulōs | pendulās | pendula | |
Ablative | pendulō | pendulā | pendulō | pendulīs | |||
Vocative | pendule | pendula | pendulum | pendulī | pendulae | pendula |
Synonyms
- (hanging): pensilis
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “pendulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pendulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pendulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.