- impendeo
- impendĕo ( inp- ), ēre, v. n. and (anteclass.) a. [in-pendeo], to hang over any thing, to overhang (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. immineo).I.Lit.a.Neutr.:b.
arbor in aedes illius impendet,
Dig. 43, 26, 1:ut (gladius) impenderet illius beati cervicibus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:poëtae impendere apud inferos saxum Tantalo faciunt,
id. ib. 4, 16, 35; id. Fin. 1, 18, 60; cf. Lucr. 3, 980: nucem impendere super tegulas, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14; Lucr. 6, 564; cf.:impendentium montium altitudines,
Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98.—Act.:II.nec, mare quae impendent, vesco sale saxa peresa, etc.,
Lucr. 1, 326.—Trop., to hang or hover over a thing, to impend, to be near or imminent, to threaten.a.Neutr., constr. in aliquem, alicui, or absol.(α).With in aliquem:(β).tantae in te impendent ruinae,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 77:licet undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31.—With dat.:(γ).nunc jam alia cura impendet pectori,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 32:omnibus semper aliqui talis terror impendet,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35:poenas impendere iis, a quibus, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 11 fin.:quid sibi impenderet, coepit suspicari,
id. Clu. 24, 66.—Absol.:b.nimborum nocte coortā Inpendent atrae formidinis ora superne,
Lucr. 4, 174; 6, 254:quae vero aderant jam et impendebant, quonam modo ea depellere potuissetis?
Cic. Mil. 28, 76; cf.:ut ea, quae partim jam assunt, partim impendent moderate feramus,
id. Fam. 4, 14, 1:dum impendere Parthi videbantur,
id. Att. 6, 6, 3: tanta malorum impendet Ilias, id. ib. 8, 11, 3:belli magni timor impendet,
id. Fam. 2, 11, 1; cf.:ille quidem semper impendebit timor, ne, etc.,
id. Rep. 2, 28:Ea contentio quae impendet,
id. Att. 2, 22, 3:vento impendente,
Verg. G. 1, 365:pluviā,
id. ib. 4, 191:magnum bellum impendet a Parthis,
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 6; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157; id. Prov. Cons. 17, 42:impendentia ex ruinis et commutatione status publici pericula,
Vell. 2, 35, 3.—Act.:quae res me impendet, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. me, p. 16 Müll.: tanta te impendent mala,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2.► Part. pass.: impensus, a, um; poet. for impendens:tempestas atque tenebrae coperiunt maria ac terras inpensa superne,
Lucr. 6, 491 Munro ad loc.; cf.:impensum ferrum,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1592.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.