I.hanging, hanging down, pendent, pensile (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. pendulus).
I. Lit.: “restim volo mihi emere, qui me faciam pensilem,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 86: “vehetur pensilibus plumis,” i. e. in a bed, Juv. 1, 159: “lychnuchi,” Plin. 34, 3, 8, § 14: “uva,” which are hung up to be preserved during the winter, Hor. S. 2, 2, 121; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 15; “in a double sense, alluding to the hanging of one's self,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99: “libertas pensilis,” Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 70.—
B. Subst.: pensĭlĭa , ĭum, n.
1. Fruit hung up to be preserved: “pensilia, ut uvae, mala, et sorba,” Varr. R. R. 1, 68; 1, 59, 3.—
2. (Sc. membra) = penis: “pulcre pensilibus peculiati,” Auct. Priap. 53.—
II. In archit., supported on arches, hanging, pensile: “fabrica,” Col. 1, 6, 16: “horreum,” id. 12, 50, 3: “ambulatio,” Plin. 36, 13, 18, § 83: “urbs,” id. 36, 15, 24, § 104: “horti,” hanging gardens, id. 36, 14, 20, § 94; Curt. 5, 1, 32: balneae, shower-baths or vapor-baths, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; Val. Max. 9, 1, 1; Macr. S. 2, 11, 3: tribus, on movable seats (in the theatre), Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119.
