perpendo

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ pendō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈpen.doː/, [pɛrˈpɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈpen.do/, [perˈpɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

perpendō (present infinitive perpendere, perfect active perpendī, supine perpēnsum); third conjugation

1. to weigh or examine carefully or exactly, ponder, consider

   Synonyms: pendō, dēlīberō, ponderō, cōnsīderō, reputō, putō, probō, dubitō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō, trahō, versō, spectō

Conjugation

Conjugation of perpendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perpendō	perpendis	perpendit	perpendimus	perpenditis	perpendunt
	imperfect	perpendēbam	perpendēbās	perpendēbat	perpendēbāmus	perpendēbātis	perpendēbant
	future	perpendam	perpendēs	perpendet	perpendēmus	perpendētis	perpendent
	perfect	perpendī	perpendistī	perpendit	perpendimus	perpendistis	perpendērunt, perpendēre
	pluperfect	perpenderam	perpenderās	perpenderat	perpenderāmus	perpenderātis	perpenderant
	future perfect	perpenderō	perpenderis	perpenderit	perpenderimus	perpenderitis	perpenderint
passive	present	perpendor	perpenderis, perpendere	perpenditur	perpendimur	perpendiminī	perpenduntur
	imperfect	perpendēbar	perpendēbāris, perpendēbāre	perpendēbātur	perpendēbāmur	perpendēbāminī	perpendēbantur
	future	perpendar	perpendēris, perpendēre	perpendētur	perpendēmur	perpendēminī	perpendentur
	perfect	perpēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perpēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perpēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perpendam	perpendās	perpendat	perpendāmus	perpendātis	perpendant
	imperfect	perpenderem	perpenderēs	perpenderet	perpenderēmus	perpenderētis	perpenderent
	perfect	perpenderim	perpenderīs	perpenderit	perpenderīmus	perpenderītis	perpenderint
	pluperfect	perpendissem	perpendissēs	perpendisset	perpendissēmus	perpendissētis	perpendissent
passive	present	perpendar	perpendāris, perpendāre	perpendātur	perpendāmur	perpendāminī	perpendantur
	imperfect	perpenderer	perpenderēris, perpenderēre	perpenderētur	perpenderēmur	perpenderēminī	perpenderentur
	perfect	perpēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perpēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perpende	—	—	perpendite	—
	future	—	perpenditō	perpenditō	—	perpenditōte	perpenduntō
passive	present	—	perpendere	—	—	perpendiminī	—
	future	—	perpenditor	perpenditor	—	—	perpenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		perpendere	perpendisse	perpēnsūrum esse	perpendī	perpēnsum esse	perpēnsum īrī
participles		perpendēns	—	perpēnsūrus	—	perpēnsus	perpendendus, perpendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		perpendendī	perpendendō	perpendendum	perpendendō	perpēnsum	perpēnsū

Derived terms

• perpendiculum

Descendants

• English: perpend
• Romanian: prepinge

References

• “perpendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perpendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perpendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.