LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

dēpendeō

dēpendeō (present infinitive dēpendēre, perfect active dēpendī, supine dēpensum)
Classical[deːˈpɛn.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[deˈpɛn.de.o]

Meaning

  1. to hang down, from or on
  2. to wait for
  3. to be dependent on or governed by
  4. to depend on, to be derived from

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēpendeōdēpendēbamdēpendēbōdēpendīdēpenderamdēpenderō
2nd sg.dēpendēsdēpendēbāsdēpendēbisdēpendistīdēpenderāsdēpenderis
3rd sg.dēpendetdēpendēbatdēpendēbitdēpenditdēpenderatdēpenderit
1st pl.dēpendēmusdēpendēbāmusdēpendēbimusdēpendimusdēpenderāmusdēpenderimus
2nd pl.dēpendētisdēpendēbātisdēpendēbitisdēpendistisdēpenderātisdēpenderitis
3rd pl.dēpendentdēpendēbantdēpendēbuntdēpendērunt
dēpendēre		dēpenderantdēpenderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēpendeamdēpendēremdēpenderimdēpendissem
2nd sg.dēpendeāsdēpendērēsdēpenderīsdēpendissēs
3rd sg.dēpendeatdēpendēretdēpenderitdēpendisset
1st pl.dēpendeāmusdēpendērēmusdēpenderīmusdēpendissēmus
2nd pl.dēpendeātisdēpendērētisdēpenderītisdēpendissētis
3rd pl.dēpendeantdēpendērentdēpenderintdēpendissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēpendeordēpendēbardēpendēbor
2nd sg.dēpendēris
dēpendēre		dēpendēbāris
dēpendēbāre		dēpendēberis
dēpendēbere
3rd sg.dēpendēturdēpendēbāturdēpendēbitur
1st pl.dēpendēmurdēpendēbāmurdēpendēbimur
2nd pl.dēpendēminīdēpendēbāminīdēpendēbiminī
3rd pl.dēpendenturdēpendēbanturdēpendēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēpendeardēpendērer
2nd sg.dēpendeāris
dēpendeāre		dēpendērēris
dēpendērēre
3rd sg.dēpendeāturdēpendērētur
1st pl.dēpendeāmurdēpendērēmur
2nd pl.dēpendeāminīdēpendērēminī
3rd pl.dēpendeanturdēpendērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēpendēdēpendēre
pres. 2nd pl.dēpendētedēpendēminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēpendētōdēpendētor
fut. 3rd sg.dēpendētōdēpendētor
fut. 2nd pl.dēpendētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēpendentōdēpendentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēpendēredēpendērī
perfect infinitivedēpendissedēpensum esse
future infinitivedēpensūrum essedēpensum īrī
present participledēpendēns—
perfect participle—dēpensus
future participledēpensūrusdēpendendus
gerunddēpendendī, dēpendendō, dēpendendumsupinedēpensum, dēpensū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

poenas dependere, expendere, solvere, persolvere
to suffer punishment.

dē-pendĕo, ēre,
I. v. a., to hang from or on, to hang down (not freq. till the Aug. period; not in Cic. and Caes.—for syn. cf.: pendeo, impendeo).
I. Lit.: (anellus) unus ex uno, Lucr. 6, 915; cf.: sordidus ex umeris nodo dependet amictus, Verg. A. 6, 301: dependente a cervicibus pugione, Suet. Galb. 11: dependent lychni laquearibus aureis, Verg. A. 1, 726: galea ramis, id. ib. 10, 836: parma laevo lacerto, id. ib. 11, 693: hasta umero, Quint. 11, 3, 130: serta tectis, Ov. M. 4, 760: cervina vellera lateri sinistro, id. ib. 6, 593: cui coma dependet, id. A. A. 1, 224: laqueo dependentem invenere, Liv. 42, 28 fin.: dependente brachio, Suet. Caes. 82; Ov. F. 3, 267: nec dependes nec propendes, i. e. weighest neither less nor more, Plaut. Asin. 2, 2, 39.—
II. Trop.
A. (Only in Ovid.) To be dependent on or wait for a thing: promissa tarda videntur, dependetque fides a veniente die, Ov. F. 3, 356.—
B. To be dependent on, to be governed by: ex horum (siderum) motibus fortunae populorum dependent, Sen. ad Marc. 18, 3.—
C. To depend on, be derived from: ex hoc malo dependet illud teterrimum vitium, id. Tranq. An. 12, 7: haec (membra) ex illis (elementis) dependent, illa et horum causae sunt et omnia, id. Ep. 95, 12.—Hence of etymol. dependence, i. e. to be derived: hujus et augurium dependet origine verbi (sc. augustus) Et quodcumque sua Juppiter auget ope, Ov. F. 1, 611.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēpendeō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-ti Proto-Italic *pendējō Proto-Italic *pendēō Latin pendeō Latin dēpendeō From dē- + pendeō (“to be suspended, hang”).

Descendants
  • Portuguesedepender
  • Spanishdepender
  • Catalandependre
  • Frenchdépendrefrom Old French dependre
  • Romaniandepindefrom Old French dependre
  • Englishdependfrom Old French dependre
  • Italiandipendere
  • Welshdibynnufrom Proto-Brythonic *dibɨnnɨd
  • Piedmontesedipende
  • Siciliandipènniri

Quick answers

What does dēpendeō mean in Latin?
dēpendeō, a verb, means “to hang down, from or on; to wait for; to be dependent on or governed by”.
What are the principal parts of dēpendeō?
dēpendeō, dēpendēre, dēpendī, dēpensum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce dēpendeō?
In classical Latin, [deːˈpɛn.de.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈpɛn.de.o].
Where does dēpendeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēpendeō.