(v. a.P. a.P. a.P. a.) : suspendo, di, sum, 3, v. a.sus, from subs, for sub; v. sub, III., and pendo
* To hang up, hang, suspend (freq. and class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: pernas suspendito in vento biduum ... suspendito in fumo biduum ... suspendito in carnario,Cato, R. R. 162, 3: aliquid in fumo,Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 31: suspensae in litore vestes,Lucr. 1, 305: religata ad pinnam muri reste suspensus,Liv. 8, 16, 9: oscilla ex altā pinu,Verg. G. 2, 389: columbam malo ab alto,id. A. 5, 489: tignis nidum suspendat hirundo,id. G. 4, 307: habilem arcum umeris,id. A. 1, 318: stamina telā,Ov. M. 6, 576: aliquid collo,Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124: (ranae) suspensae pedibus,id. 32, 8, 29, § 92; Col. 7, 10, 3: aliquid e collo,Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125: allium super prunas,id. 19, 6, 34, § 115: vitem sub ramo,id. 17, 23, 35, § 209: cocleam in fumo,id. 30, 4, 11, § 31: aliquid lance, to weigh, Pert. 4, 10; cf.: in trutinā Homerum,Juv. 6, 438: suspendi a jugulis suis gladios obsecrantes,Amm. 17, 12, 16: se suspendit fenestrā,i. e. to look out,App. M. p. 148, 6.—Poet.: nec sua credulitas piscem suspenderat hamo,had hung, caught,Ov. M. 15, 101.—In a Greek construction: (pueri) laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto, with their satchels hanging on their arms, Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56.
* Trop.; pass. suspendi, to depend, rest, etc.
* Pregn., of persons.
* To choke to death by hanging, to hang (cf.: suffoco, strangulo): capias restim ac te suspendas,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 184; cf. id. Pers. 5, 2, 34: nisi me suspendo, occidi,id. Rud. 5, 3 59: se suspendere,id. Trin. 2, 4, 135; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129; id. Att. 13, 40, 1: caput obnubito: arbori infelici suspendito, Lex. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 6: uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu,Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278: se e ficu,Quint. 6, 3, 88: hominem in oleastro,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57: more vel intereas capti suspensus Achaei,Ov. Ib. 297: aliquem in furcā,Dig. 48, 13, 6; cf.: virgines, quae corporibus suspensis demortuae forent,Gell. 15, 10, 2.
* Of offerings in a temple, to hang up, dedicate, consecrate: votas vestes,Verg. A. 12, 769; cf. id. ib. 9, 408: arma capta patri Quirino,id. ib. 6, 859: vestimenta maris deo,Hor. C. 1, 5, 15: insignia,Tib. 2, 4, 23.
* Esp., of buildings, to build upon arches or vaults, to arch or vault: primus balneola suspendit, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 194, 14; cf. id. Top. 4, 22: pavimenta,Pall. 1, 20, 2: cameras harundinibus,to arch over,Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156: castra saxis praeruptis,to build on,Sil. 3, 556: velabra,Amm. 14, 6, 25: duo tigna ... suspenderent eam contignationem,propped up, supported,Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2; cf. id. ib. § 5.
* Transf. (with esp. reference to the thing beneath), to prop up, hold up, support: muro suspenso furculis,Liv. 38, 7, 9: agentem ex imo rimas insulam,Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 5: tellus ligneis columnis suspenditur,Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68: dolia subjectis parvis tribus lapidibus suspenduntur,Col. 12, 18, 6; cf. id. 2, 15, 6; 3, 13, 8: orbis Libycos Indis dentibus,tables with ivory feet,Mart. 2, 43, 9: cum terra levis virgultaque molem suspendant,Luc. 3, 397; Petr. 135: pes summis digitis suspenditur,is raised on tiptoe,Quint. 11, 3, 125.
* Esp., of ploughing, etc., to lift up, raise: si non fuerit tellus fecunda ... tenui sat erit suspendere sulco,Verg. G. 1, 68: ripas ... litora multo vomere suspendere,Stat. Th. 4, 181; cf.: vineam in summā terrā suspendere,Col. 3, 13.
* In gen. (very rare): extrinsecus aut bene aut male vivendi suspensas habere rationes,dependent upon externals,Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1: cui viro ex se ipso apta sunt omnia, nec suspensa aliorum aut bono casu aut contrario pendere, etc.,id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36: genus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt,Sen. Ep. 58, 7: numquam crediderim felicem ex felicitate suspensum,id. ib. 98, 1.
* In partic., to cause to be suspended, i. e.
* To make uncertain or doubtful, to keep in suspense: medio responso rem suspenderunt,Liv. 39, 29, 1: illa Suspendit animos fictā gravitate rogantum,Ov. M. 7, 308: ea res omnium animos exspectatione suspenderat,Curt. 9, 7, 20: aliquem exspectatione,Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 3: diu judicum animos,Quint. 9, 2, 22; cf.: senatum ambiguis responsis,Suet. Tib. 24: suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,Quint. 10, 7, 22: exspectationem,Curt. 7, 4, 14; cf. infra, in the P. a.
* Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug-prose).
* To hang or fix upon something: suspendit pictā vultum mentemque tabellā,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 97.
* Trop.
* Of a temporary removal from office, to suspend: duobus hunc (episcopum) mensibus, Greg. M. Ep. 3, 46: ab officio suspensus,id. ib.—Hence, suspen-sus, a, um, P. a.
* Raised, elerated, suspended: Roma cenaculis sublata atque suspensa, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; so, saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem,Verg. A. 8, 190: equi illi Neptunii, qui per undas currus suspensos rapuisse dicuntur, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67; cf.: vel mare per medium fluctu suspensa tumenti Ferret iter,skimming lightly over the waters,Verg. A. 7, 810: (corus) suspensum in terras portat mare,raised on high,Sil. 1, 470: suspensis auribus,Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 8: aura suspensa levisque,Lucr. 3, 196: terra,loosened, loose,Col. 11, 3, 54: suspensissimum pastinatum,id. 3, 13, 7: (oliva) inicitur quam mundissimis molis suspensis ne nucleus frangatur,id. 12, 51, 2, and 54, 2: radix suspensa pariter et mersa,Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6: suspensum inter nubila corpus,Sil. 12, 94; 1, 470: loco ab umore suspenso,Pall. 1, 40, 1: alituum suspensa cohors,Sen. Phoen. 77.
* Transf., suspended, i. e. pressing or touching lightly, light: suspenso gradu placide ire perrexi,on tiptoe,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; so, gradu,Ov. F. 1, 426; 6, 338; cf.: evagata noctu suspenso pede,Phaedr. 2, 4, 18: pedes,Sen. Contr. 1 praef. fin.: suspensa levans digitis vestigia primis,Verg. Cir. 212: vestigia,Sil. 15, 617: suspensā manu commendare aliquem,slightly,Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 1: suspensis dentibus,Lucr. 5, 1069: suspensis passibus,Amm. 14, 2, 31: molis suspensis,Col. 12, 51, 2; 12, 54, 2.
* Uncertain, hovering, doubtful, wavering, hesitating, in suspense, undetermined, anxious (the predom. and class. signif.; syn.: incertus, dubius): nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere,Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; cf.: civitas suspensa metu,id. ib. 1, 8, 23: suspensum me tenes,id. Att. 10, 1, 2: maneo Thessalonicae suspensus,id. ib. 3, 8, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: tot populos inter spem metumque suspensos animi habetis,Liv. 8, 13: suspensus animus et sollicitus,Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1: suspenso animo exspectare, quod quis agat,id. ib. 4, 15, 10: animus,id. de Or. 1, 56, 239; id. Fam. 16, 3, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14: animus suspensus curis majoribus,id. Phil. 7, 1, 1: auditā inspectāque re, omnia suspensa neutro inclinatis sententiis reliquere,Liv. 34, 62, 16: dimissis suspensā re legatis,id. 31, 32, 5.—Comp.: exercitus suspensiore animo, Auct. B. Afr. 48, 3: suspensus incertusque vultus, coloris mutatio,Cic. Clu. 19, 54; 3, 8; cf.: hominum exspectationem et spem rei publicae suspensam tenere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 11, 8, 1: suspensam dubiamque noctem spe ac metu exegimus,Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 19: pro homine amicissimo,id. ib. 8, 5, 3: munera suspensi plena timoris,Ov. H. 16, 84 Ruhnk.: suspensa et obscura verba,Tac. A. 1, 11.—Neutr. absol.: quare non semper illam (nequitiam) in suspenso relinquam?Sen. Ep. 97, 14: est suspensum et anxium, de eo, quem ardentissime diligas, interdum nihil scire,Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3: rem totam in suspenso reliqui,id. ib. 10, 31 (40), 4: ipse in suspenso tenuit,Tac. H. 1, 78 fin.: si adhuc in suspenso sit statuta libertas,Dig. 9, 4, 15; Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5.
* Of goods held under a lien or judgment: suspensis amici bonis libellum deicio creditoribus ejus me obligaturus,Sen. Ben. 4, 12, 3.
* Dependent: qui fideles nobis socii, qui dubii suspensaeque ex fortunā fidei,Liv. 44, 18, 4: animos ex tam levibus momentis fortunae suspensos,id. 4, 32, 2.