Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I.to hang up, hang, suspend (freq. and class.).

I. Lit.

A. 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.—

B. In partic.

1. Pregn., of persons.

a. 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.—

b. To hang at the whipping-post; pass., to be flogged, Amm. 15, 7, 4.—

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.—

3. 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.—

b. 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.—

c. 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.—

II. Trop.; pass. suspendi, to depend, rest, etc.

A. 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.—

B. In partic., to cause to be suspended, i. e.,

1. 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. —

2. To stay, stop, check, interrupt, suspend (syn. supprimo): “nec jam suspendere fletum Sustinet,” Ov. F. 4, 849: “lacrimas,” id. Am. 1, 7, 57: “spiritum,” Quint. 1, 8, 1: “sermonem,” Quint. 11, 3, 35 sq.: “fluxiones oculorum,” Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 73: “epiphoras,” id. 25, 12, 91, § 143: “causas morbi,” Veg. Vet. 3, 65, 5: “gressum,” id. ib. 2, 55, 3: “manum tuam,” id. ib. 2, 40, 3; cf. P. a. 2. infra. — *

3. To hang or fix upon something: “suspendit pictā vultum mentemque tabellā,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 97.—

4. Aliquem or aliquid naso (adunco), to turn up one's nose at, to sneer at a person or thing (Horatian): “naso suspendis adunco Ignotos,” Hor. S. 1, 6, 5: “Balatro suspendens omnia naso,” id. ib. 2, 8, 64.—

5. 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.

A. Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug-prose).

1. 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.—

2. 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.—

B. Trop.

1. 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.—

2. Of goods held under a lien or judgment: “suspensis amici bonis libellum deicio creditoribus ejus me obligaturus,” Sen. Ben. 4, 12, 3.—

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.