LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

pendulus

pendulus (feminine pendula, neuter pendulum)
Classical[ˈpɛn.dʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛn.du.lus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivehanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended
  2. adjectivedoubtful, uncertain, hesitating
    neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativependuluspendulapendulum
genitivependulīpendulaependulī
dativependulōpendulaependulō
accusativependulumpendulampendulum
ablativependulōpendulāpendulō
vocativependulependulapendulum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativependulīpendulaependula
genitivependulōrumpendulārumpendulōrum
dativependulīspendulīspendulīs
accusativependulōspendulāspendula
ablativependulīspendulīspendulīs
vocativependulīpendulaependula

pendŭlus, a, um, adj. pendeo,
I. hanging, hanging down, pendent (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: pensilis).
I. Lit.: collum, Hor. C. 3, 27, 59: libra, Ov. F. 4, 386: palearia, id. M. 7, 117: tela, id. H. 1, 10: genae (ebrii), Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142.—
B. Transf., of places, overhanging, Mart. 13, 112: loca et macriora, Col. 2, 18.—Of persons, hanging, swinging: putator arbustis, Col. 10, 229.—In mal. part.: Venus, App. M. 2, p. 122 med.—
II. Trop., doubtful, uncertain, hesitating: neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 110; Hadrian. ap. Vop. Saturn. 8.

Origins

From pendeō (“to hang”) + -ulus.

Descendants
  • Englishpendulum
  • Englishpendulous
  • Italianpendolo
  • Italianpendulo
  • Italianpenzolo
  • Spanishpéndulo
  • Albanianpezull
  • Icelandicpendúll

Quick answers

What does pendulus mean in Latin?
pendulus, a adjective, means “hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended; doubtful, uncertain, hesitating”.
How do you pronounce pendulus?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɛn.dʊ.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɛn.du.lus].