I. Act. (orig., to weigh out; hence), to pay (rare but class.).
A. Lit.: “mi abjurare certius est quam dependere,” Cic. Att. 1, 8 fin.; Col. 5, 1, 8; Just. 22, 8, 8; Dig. 12, 6, 42 al.: “dependendum tibi est, quod mihi pro illo spopondisti,” Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9: cf. Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 25.—
B. Trop.: “reipublicae poenas aut praesenti morte aut turpi exsilio,” Cic. Sest. 67, 140: “poenas reip.,” id. Cat. 4, 5, 10.—
II. Transf., to spend, expend, lay out, bestow upon a thing (postAug.): “plus in operis servorum avocandis quam in pretio rerum hujusmodi dependitur,” Col. 11, 1, 20; “incassum impenditur opera,” id. 4, 22, 7: “tempora Niliaco amori,” Luc. 10, 80; cf.: “caput felicibus armis,” to give up, abandon, id. 8, 101.
