pendo

See also: pendò

Italian

Verb

pendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pendere

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pendō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.doː/, [ˈpɛn.doː]

Verb

pendō (present infinitive pendere, perfect active pependī, supine pēnsum); third conjugation

1. I suspend, hang.
2. I weigh, weigh out.
3. I pay.
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44

     Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.

     If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.

4. (figuratively) I consider, ponder.

Inflection

Conjugation of pendo (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pendō	pendis	pendit	pendimus	penditis	pendunt
	imperfect	pendēbam	pendēbās	pendēbat	pendēbāmus	pendēbātis	pendēbant
	future	pendam	pendēs	pendet	pendēmus	pendētis	pendent
	perfect	pependī	pependistī	pependit	pependimus	pependistis	pependērunt, pependēre
	pluperfect	pependeram	pependerās	pependerat	pependerāmus	pependerātis	pependerant
	future perfect	pependerō	pependeris	pependerit	pependerimus	pependeritis	pependerint
passive	present	pendor	penderis, pendere	penditur	pendimur	pendiminī	penduntur
	imperfect	pendēbar	pendēbāris, pendēbāre	pendēbātur	pendēbāmur	pendēbāminī	pendēbantur
	future	pendar	pendēris, pendēre	pendētur	pendēmur	pendēminī	pendentur
	perfect	pēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pendam	pendās	pendat	pendāmus	pendātis	pendant
	imperfect	penderem	penderēs	penderet	penderēmus	penderētis	penderent
	perfect	pependerim	pependerīs	pependerit	pependerīmus	pependerītis	pependerint
	pluperfect	pependissem	pependissēs	pependisset	pependissēmus	pependissētis	pependissent
passive	present	pendar	pendāris, pendāre	pendātur	pendāmur	pendāminī	pendantur
	imperfect	penderer	penderēris, penderēre	penderētur	penderēmur	penderēminī	penderentur
	perfect	pēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pende	—	—	pendite	—
	future	—	penditō	penditō	—	penditōte	penduntō
passive	present	—	pendere	—	—	pendiminī	—
	future	—	penditor	penditor	—	—	penduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pendere	pependisse	pēnsūrus esse	pendī	pēnsus esse	pēnsum īrī
participles		pendēns	—	pēnsūrus	—	pēnsus	pendendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		pendere	pendendī	pendendō	pendendum	pēnsum	pēnsū

Derived terms

• appendō
• compendō
• dēpendō
• dispendō
• expendō
• naucipendō (New Latin)
• pēnsō
• pēnsum
• perpendō
• rependō
• suspendō
• vilipendō

Related terms

• pendeō
• pondus

References

• pendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pendo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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)
    

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Portuguese

Verb

pendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pender

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Spanish

Verb

pendo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pender.

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ⁿdɔ/

Noun

pendo (ma class, plural mapendo)

1. Alternative form of upendo