I.to hang, hang down, be suspended.
I. 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.—
B. Transf. (mostly poet.; cf. immineo).
1. To hang in the air, be suspended, to float, hover, overhang: per speluncas saxis structas asperis, pendentibus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37 (Trag. Rel. p. 245 Rib.); “imitated,” Lucr. 6, 195: “hinc scopulus raucis pendet adesus aquis,” Ov. H. 10, 26: “dum siccā tellure licet, dum nubila pendent,” Verg. G. 1, 214: “hi summo in fluctu pendent,” id. A. 1, 106: “illisaque prora pependit,” id. ib. 5, 206; Curt. 4, 2, 9: “dumosā pendere procul de rupe videbo (capros),” Verg. E. 1, 77: “pendentes rupe capellae,” Ov. P. 1, 8, 51.—So of birds, which float or hover in the air: “olor niveis pendebat in aëra pennis,” Ov. M. 7, 379; 8, 145: “et supra vatem multa pependit avis,” Mart. Spect. 21.— “Of a rapid course: raraque non fracto vestigia pulvere pendent,” Stat. Th. 6, 638.—
2. To hang loosely together, be unstable, movable: “opertum (litus) pendeat algā,” Ov. M. 11, 233.—
3. To hang about, loiter, tarry, linger anywhere: “nostroque in limine pendes,” Verg. A. 6, 151.—
4. 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.—
5. 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.—
II. Trop.
A. 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.—
B. 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.—
C. 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.—
D. To hang suspended, be ready to fall: “nec amicum pendentem corruere patitur,” Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43.—
E. 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.—
F. To have weight or value: “bona vera idem pendent,” Sen. Ep. 66, 30 (Haas; al. pendunt).—Hence, pendens , entis, P. a.
A. 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. —
B. 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.
