(v. a.P. a.adv.) : impendo (inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. inpendo
* To weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).
* Lit.: accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35: non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.: nummos in navem,Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9: pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.: HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,Suet. Claud. 9: istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47: nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,id. Quint. 3, 12: certus sumptus impenditur,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,id. ib. 2, 3, 52, § 121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?Liv. 6, 15, 9: quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,lay out the value of,Juv. 12, 96.
* Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply: impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,Vell. 2, 89: vitam usui alicujus,Tac. A. 12, 65: vitam patriae,Luc. 2, 382: vitam famae,Stat. S. 5, 1, 63: biennium libris componendis,Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98: tota volumina in hanc disputationem,Quint. 3, 6, 21: vim suam in plura,id. 1, 12, 2: operam, curam in aliquid,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68: nihil sanguinis in socios,Ov. M. 13, 266: quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51: omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,Verg. G. 3, 124: hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,Petr. 1: quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,id. 12, 11, 19; cf.: tantum laboris studiis,id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3: aliquem exemplo,to use as a warning,Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33: verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,Juv. 4, 91.—Hence
* Impensus (inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.
* Lit.: impenso pretio,i. e. high, dear,Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.: impenso,Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.
* Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive: in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,Cic. Sest. 62, 130: voluntas erga aliquem,Liv. 35, 44, 3: libido,Lucr. 5, 964: studium,Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.: opera,Gell. 9, 14, 6.—Comp.: impensior cura,Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31: verbis laudare,Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1: injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,Gell. 20, 1, 32: vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,larger, stouter, fatter,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26: nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,more expensive,id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.—Sup.: preces,Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē (inp-).
* At great cost, expensively: impensius unge, puer, caules,Pers. 6, 68: bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,Suet. Dom. 20.
* Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.): impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8: quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3: nullam impensam fecerant,id. Phil. 6, 5, 19: arationes magna impensa tueri,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53: columnae nulla impensa dejectae,id. ib. 2, 1, 55, § 145: sine impensa,id. Rep. 2, 14: exigua,Suet. Vesp. 18: publica,id. Claud. 6: matris ac vitrici,id. Tib. 7: sua,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42: nostra,Ov. H. 7, 188: quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,Liv. 44, 23, 1: haec nimia est inpensa,Juv. 12, 97: finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,id. 7, 138: parcere impensae,to economize,id. 5, 156.—In plur.: atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60: ludorum ac munerum,Suet. Tib. 34: operum ac munerum,id. Dom. 12: itineris,id. Vit. 7: cenarum,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38: publicae,Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63: nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,i. e. of my reputation,Nep. Phoc. 1, 4: inpensas conferre,to contribute to expenses,Juv. 3, 216.
* Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).
* With adjj.: impense improbus,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39: impense doctus,Gell. 13, 10, 4.
* In gen.: cruoris,Ov. M. 8, 63: operum,Verg. A. 11, 228: officiorum,Liv. 37, 53, 12.
* In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124; of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,Arn. 7, 231; of sacrifices,Petr. 137; of masonry,Pall. 1, 13.

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