(v. n.P. a.) : pendĕo, pĕpendi, 2, v. n.intr. of pendo, q. v.
* To hang, hang down, be suspended.
* Lit., constr. with ab, ex, or in and abl.; also (poet.), with abl. alone, or with de: pendent peniculamenta, Enn. ap. Non. 149, 32 (Ann. v. 363 Vahl.): in candelabro pendet strigilis, Varr. ap. Non. 223, 7: in arbore,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57: sagittae pende, bant ab umero,id. ib. 2, 4, 34, § 74: ex arbore,id. ib. 2, 3, 26, § 66: ubera circum (pueri),Verg. A. 8, 632: horrida pendebant molles super ora capilli,Ov. P. 3, 3, 17: capiti patiar sacros pendere corymbos,Prop. 2, 23, 35 (3, 28, 39): telum ... summo clipei nequiquam umbone pependit,Verg. A. 2, 544: deque viri collo dulce pependit onus,Ov. F. 2, 760.—Of garments: chlamydemque ut pendeat apte, Collocat,Ov. M. 2, 733: tigridis exuviae per dorsum a vertice pendent,Verg. A. 11, 577.—Of slaves, who were strung up to be flogged, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27: quando pendes per pedes,id. ib. 2, 2, 35: ibi pendentem ferit,id. Trin. 2, 1, 19; id. Truc. 4, 3, 3; cf. id. Men. 5, 5, 48: quid me fiet nunciam? Theo. Verberibus caedere pendens, id. Most. 5, 2, 45: ego plectar pendens, nisi, etc.,Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 43; id. Eun. 5, 6, 20.—Poet., of suspended votive offerings: omnibus heu portis pendent mea noxia vota,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 17. Tib. 1, 1, 16 (24): pendebatque vagi pastoris in arbore votum,id. 2, 5, 29: pendebit fistula pinu,Verg. E. 7, 24: multaque praeterea sacris in postibus arma, Captivi pendent currus, etc.,id. A. 7, 184.—Of one who hangs himself, Mart. 8, 61, 2: e trabe sublimi triste pependit onus,Ov. R. Am. 18: pendentem volo Zoilum videre,Mart. 4, 77, 5.—Of any thing hung up for public notice; of the names of persons accused,Suet. Dom. 9, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 1; of goods hung up, exposed for sale,Phaedr. 3, 4, 1; transf., of a debtor whose goods are exposed for sale,Suet. Claud. 9 fin.—Prov.: pendere filo or tenui filo, to hang by a thread, i. e. to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.): omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.
* Transf. (mostly poet.; cf. immineo).
* Trop.
* To hang loosely together, be unstable, movable: opertum (litus) pendeat algā,Ov. M. 11, 233.
* To have weight or value: bona vera idem pendent,Sen. Ep. 66, 30 (Haas; al. pendunt).—Hence, pendens, entis, P. a.
* To hang down, be flabby or flaccid, weak, without strength: fluidos pendere lacertos,Ov. M. 15, 231: pendentesque genas et aniles aspice rugas,Juv. 10, 193.
* To weigh: offula cum duabus costis quae penderet III. et XX. pondo,Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11: cyathus pendet drachmas X., mna pendet drachmas Atticas centum,Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185: Lucio Titio modios centum, qui singuli pondo centum pendeant, heres dato,Dig. 33, 6, 7.
* To hang, rest, or depend upon a person or thing (class.); constr. with ex, in, ab, the simple abl., or de: tuorum, qui ex te pendent,Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2: spes pendet ex fortunā,id. Par. 2, 17: ex quo verbo tota causa pendebat,id. de Or. 2, 25, 107; id. Fam. 5, 13, 1: hinc omnis pendet Lucilius,Hor. S. 1, 4, 6: an ignoratis. vectigalia perlevi saepe momento fortunae pendere?Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80: salus nostra, quae spe exiguā extremāque pendet,Cic. Fl. 2, 4: tam levi momento mea apud vos fama pendet,Liv. 2, 7, 10: pendere ex alterius vultu ac nutu,id. 39, 5, 3: oblite, tuā nostram pendere salutem,Sil. 3, 109: in sententiis omnium civium famam nostram fortunamque pendere, Cic. Pis. 41, 98: ex ancipiti temporum mutatione pendere,Curt. 4, 1, 27; Luc. 5, 686: deque tuis pendentia Dardana fatis,Sil. 13, 504; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 105: tyrannus, cum quo fatum pendebat amici,Juv. 4, 88.
* To hang upon a person's words, to gaze fixedly, listen attentively to (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. haereo): (Dido) pendet iterum narrantis ab ore,Verg. A. 4, 79: narrantis conjux pendet ab ore viri,Ov. H. 1, 30: ab imagine pendet,Sil. 8, 93; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 72: pervigil Arcadio Tiphys pendebat ab astro,Val. Fl. 1, 481: attentus et pendens,Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7: ex vultu dicentis pendent omnium vultus,Sen. Contr. 9, 23, 5.—Poet., with a terminal clause: e summo pendent cupida agmina vallo, Noscere quisque suos,Stat. Th. 10, 457.
* To be suspended, interrupted, discontinued (poet. and in post-class. prose): pendent opera interrupta,Verg. A. 4, 88: mutui datio interdum pendet,Dig. 12, 1, 8: condictio pendet,ib. 7, 1, 12 fin.: actio negotiorum gestorum pendeat,ib. 3, 5, 8; 24, 1, 11: pendet jus liberorum, propter jus postliminii,Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5.
* To hang suspended, be ready to fall: nec amicum pendentem corruere patitur,Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43.
* To be in suspense, to be uncertain, doubiful, irresolute, perplexed (cf. haesito): animus tibi pendet?Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 18: nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere,Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66: ne diutius pendeas,id. Att. 4, 15, 6: quia quam diu futurum hoc sit, non nimis pendeo,Sen. Ep. 61, 2: mortales pavidis cum pendent mentibus,Lucr. 6, 51.—Esp. freq.: pendere animi (locative case, v. Kühnast,Liv. Synt. p. 39): Clitipho cum spe pendebit animi,Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 5: exanimatus pendet animi,Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35: pendeo animi exspectatione Corfiniensi,id. Att. 8, 5, 2: animi pendeo et de te et de me,id. ib. 16, 12.—With rel.-clause: ego animi pendeo, quid illud sit negotii,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 18: ostendis te pendere animi, quamnam rationem, etc.,Cic. Att. 11, 12, 1; id. Leg. 1, 3, 9.—Less freq.: pendere animo: atque animo noctu pendens eventa timebat, Cic. poët. ap. Non. 204, 8.—In plur.: animis: quodsi exspectando et desiderando pendemus animis, cruciamur, angimur,Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: sollicitis ac pendentibus animis,Liv. 7, 30 fin. dub. (al. animi, v. Drak. ad loc.).—With cum: plebs innumera mentibus cum dimicationum curulium eventu pendentem,Amm. 14, 6, 26.—Law t. t., to be undetermined, to await decision: pendente condicione,Gai. Inst. 2, 200; 1, 186; 3, 179.
* Hanging; in econom. lang., of fruits not yet plucked or gathered: vinum,Cato, R. R. 147: vindemia,Dig. 19, 1, 25: olea,Cato, R. R. 146: fructus,Dig. 6, 1, 44.
* Pending; hence, in jurid, Lat., in pendenti esse, to be pending, undecided, uncertain: quando in pendenti est, an, etc.,Dig. 38, 17, 10: in pendenti est posterior solutio ac prior,ib. 46, 3, 58; 7, 1, 25: in pendenti habere aliquid,to regard a thing as uncertain, doubtful,Dig. 49, 17, 19 fin.

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