impendium

impendĭum ( inp- ), ĭi, n. (also fem. DE SVA IMPENDIA, Inscr. Grut. 871, 8; 1070, 6; 62, 8) [impendo], money laid out on any thing, outlay, cost, charge, expense (class.; most freq. in plur.; cf.: sumtus, impensa).

I.

In gen.:

qui quaestum sibi instituisset sine impendio,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12; so in sing., Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 38; 16, 37, 68, § 175; 18, 14, 36, § 134; Dig. 38, 1, 20; in plur.:

reposcere rationem impendiorum, quae in educationem contulerit,

Quint. 1, 10, 18; Suet. Caes. 54; id. Ner. 31; Dig. 9, 2, 7.—

B.

Transf.:

nulla fodiendi impendia,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 203.—

II.

In partic.

A.

Money paid out for a loan, i. e. interest:

usura quod in sorte accedebat impendium appellatum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.:

faenus et impendium recusare,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4:

plebes impendiis debilitata,

id. Rep. 2, 34.—

2.

Transf.:

ut impendiis etiam augere possimus largitatem tui muneris,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

magna impendia mundi,

i. e. tribute, Stat. S. 3, 3, 88.—

B.

In abl. impendio.

1.

At or with an expense, i. e. with a loss of [p. 899] any thing (mostly post-Aug.):

multatio non nisi ovium boumque inpendio dicebatur,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:

nimium risus pretium est, si probitatis impendio constat,

Quint. 6, 3, 35:

inpendio miserorum experiri commentaria,

Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 108:

inpendio magis publico quam jactura,

Liv. 7, 21, 7:

regi suo parvo impendio immortalitatem famae daturos,

Curt. 9, 4 med.; cf.:

tantulo impendio ingens victoria stetit,

id. 3, 11 fin. —

2.

Adv.: impendĭo ( inp- ) (at great expense, i. e. as an intensive particle), by a great deal, greatly, very much; cf. impense under impendo (in vulg. lang.).

a.

With compp.:

inpendio magis animus gaudebat mihi,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 39; cf.:

at ille inpendio nunc magis odit senatum,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 9:

ille vero minus minusque inpendio Curare,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 18:

nonne hoc impendio venustius gratiusque est, etc.,

Gell. 18, 12, 2:

impendio probabilius,

id. 19, 13, 3:

leges impendio acerbiores,

id. 11, 18, 4:

impendio gnarus sermonis,

Amm. 14, 1, 9.—

b.

With verbs: impendio infit, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10:

cum impendio excusarem, negavit veniam,

App. M. 2, p. 122:

commoveri,

id. Mag. p. 275.