“depend” in Latin

Hang down from, dependere (not common till post-Augustan, period; Liv., not Cic., or Caes.): to depend from, dependere aliqua re, ab aliqua re; ex aliqua re (e.g., ex humeris, Verg.): pendere, from anything, ab (de, ex) aliqua re.

To be dependent on; to depend on anybody or anything, pendere ex aliquo or aliqua re (less commonly aliquo; in a general sense): pendere ex alicujus arbitrio: alicujus indigere: esse in alicujus manu or potestate; in aliquo esse positum (situm) esse (of things, etc., that are in the power of anybody): in alicujus potestate verti (e.g., omnia in unius potestate vertentur, Cic.): in aliqua re verti (e.g., in jure illa causa vertetur): contineri aliqua re (to be contained or involved in anything): penes aliquem constare or consistere (to depend on anybody’s will, Caes., B.G. 7, 21; Auct., ad Herren., 4, 5, 7): this depends entirely upon you, hujusce rei potestas omnis in te sita est: what part we play, depends upon our own will, or upon ourselves, ipsi quam personam gerere velimus, a nostra potestate proficiscitur: to depend on fortune, fortunae subjectum esse; fortuitum esse (to depend on chance): to depend upon another or others, ex alieno arbitrio pendere (opposed to suis viribus stare, Liv., 35, 32): to depend upon himself, non aliunde pendere (to have need of nobody): suis viribus stare (Liv.): it does not depend upon me, non est or non situm est in mea manu or potestate; non potestas mihi est (with gerund): Great events often depend upon trifling circumstances, ex parvis rebus saepe magnarum momenta pendent: if it had depended upon me, *si res mei arbitrii fuisset (Ruhnken): this depends entirely upon you, potestas tota hujus rei tua est: my safety depends on yours, tua salute continetur mea: all depends upon you, in te omnia sunt: all depends on the good or bad luck of others, omnia suspensa aliorum aut bono casu aut contrario pendere ex alterius eventis coguntur: their fate depends on the event of the war, discrimen rerum suarum in bello eventuque ejus vertitur: the whole matter depends on their will and decision, eorum ad arbitrium judiciumque summa omnium rerum redit. ☞ Dependere is found, in this sense, only in Ov., dependetque fides a veniente die (Fast., 3, 356).

To rely on, fidere or confidere alicui, or alicui rei, or aliqua re (to trust it with complete reliance): fretum esse aliquo and aliqua re (to depend or build upon anybody or anything): niti aliqua re (to rest upon it): to depend upon one’s self, fiduciam in se collocare: to depend too much on one’s self, nimis confidere: to depend entirely upon anybody, se totum alicui committere (to put one’s self quite in his hands) not to depend upon anybody, alicui diffidere. I depend upon your secrecy, hoc tibi soli dictum puta; hoc in aurem tibi dixerini hoc lapidi dixerim! secreto hoc audi tecumque habeto (☞ sub rosa tibi hoc dixerim, is not Latin): you may depend upon my affection and zeal to serve you, a me summa in te stadia officiaque exspecta (Cic.): lest they should become careless by depending upon each other, ne mutua, inter se fiducia negligentiores fiant. It shall be done; you may depend upon it, ne dubita; factum puta. To be depended on, certus (of persons and things): constans: firmus et constans: certus et constans (steady; not fickle, etc.): fidus, fidelis (faithful): verus (true): a friend who may be depended upon, amicus certus, firmus, constans, or firmus et constans: amicus fidus or fidelis: an historian who may be depended on, scriptor, qui ad historiae fidem narrat.

Depend on it (he, it, etc., will), may be translated by certe, non dubito, or ne dubita, quin ..., mihi crede; (unum hoc) sic habeto, etc. Depend upon it, he is deceiving himself, certe hic se ipse fallit (Terentianus): depend upon it, the thing is possible, non dubito, quin hoc fieri possit; but depend upon it, not a man of you will overtake me, sed, mihi crede, nemo me vestrum consequetur.