LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

suspendō

suspendō (present infinitive suspendere, perfect active suspendī, supine suspēnsum)
Classical[sʊsˈpɛn.doː]Ecclesiastical[susˈpɛn.do]
suspēnsus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to hang up or suspend
  2. to hang a person
    PAMPHILUS: Praeteriēns modo / mī apud forum: “Uxor tibi dūcendast, Pamphile, hodiē!,” inquit. “Parā, abi domum.” Id mihi vīsust dīcere, “Abi citō ac suspende tē!”PAMPHILUS: Just now, as I was passing by, [father told] me at the forum: “You must lead a wife in marriage, Pamphilus — today!” he said. “Go home, get ready.” Which seemed to me as if he were saying, “Go away, quickly — and hang yourself!”166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 253–255
  3. to depend, rest

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.suspendōsuspendēbamsuspendamsuspendīsuspenderamsuspenderō
2nd sg.suspendissuspendēbāssuspendēssuspendistīsuspenderāssuspenderis
3rd sg.suspenditsuspendēbatsuspendetsuspenditsuspenderatsuspenderit
1st pl.suspendimussuspendēbāmussuspendēmussuspendimussuspenderāmussuspenderimus
2nd pl.suspenditissuspendēbātissuspendētissuspendistissuspenderātissuspenderitis
3rd pl.suspenduntsuspendēbantsuspendentsuspendērunt
suspendēre		suspenderantsuspenderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.suspendamsuspenderemsuspenderimsuspendissem
2nd sg.suspendāssuspenderēssuspenderīssuspendissēs
3rd sg.suspendatsuspenderetsuspenderitsuspendisset
1st pl.suspendāmussuspenderēmussuspenderīmussuspendissēmus
2nd pl.suspendātissuspenderētissuspenderītissuspendissētis
3rd pl.suspendantsuspenderentsuspenderintsuspendissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.suspendorsuspendēbarsuspendar
2nd sg.suspenderis
suspendere		suspendēbāris
suspendēbāre		suspendēris
suspendēre
3rd sg.suspenditursuspendēbātursuspendētur
1st pl.suspendimursuspendēbāmursuspendēmur
2nd pl.suspendiminīsuspendēbāminīsuspendēminī
3rd pl.suspenduntursuspendēbantursuspendentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.suspendarsuspenderer
2nd sg.suspendāris
suspendāre		suspenderēris
suspenderēre
3rd sg.suspendātursuspenderētur
1st pl.suspendāmursuspenderēmur
2nd pl.suspendāminīsuspenderēminī
3rd pl.suspendantursuspenderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.suspendesuspendere
pres. 2nd pl.suspenditesuspendiminī
fut. 2nd sg.suspenditōsuspenditor
fut. 3rd sg.suspenditōsuspenditor
fut. 2nd pl.suspenditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.suspenduntōsuspenduntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesuspenderesuspendī
perfect infinitivesuspendissesuspēnsum esse
future infinitivesuspēnsūrum essesuspēnsum īrī
present participlesuspendēns—
perfect participle—suspēnsus
suspēnsa, suspēnsā, suspēnsae, suspēnsam, suspēnsārum, suspēnsās, suspēnse, suspēnsī, suspēnsīs, suspēnsō, suspēnsōrum, suspēnsōs
future participlesuspēnsūrus
suspēnsūra, suspēnsūrā, suspēnsūrae, suspēnsūram, suspēnsūrārum, suspēnsūrās, suspēnsūre, suspēnsūrī, suspēnsūrīs, suspēnsūrō, suspēnsūrōrum, suspēnsūrōs, suspēnsūrum		suspendendus
suspendundus, suspendenda, suspendendā, suspendendae, suspendendam, suspendendārum, suspendendās, suspendende, suspendendīs, suspendendōrum, suspendendōs, suspendunda, suspendundā, suspendundae, suspendundam, suspendundārum, suspendundās, suspendunde, suspendundī, suspendundīs, suspendundō, suspendundōrum, suspendundōs, suspendundum
gerundsuspendendī, suspendendō, suspendendumsupinesuspēnsum, suspēnsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

suspenso gradu
on tiptoe.
suspenso animo exspectare aliquid
to be waiting in suspense for...
inter spem metumque suspensum animi esse
to hover between hope and fear.

suspendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. sus, from subs, for sub; v. sub, III., and pendo,
I. to hang up, hang, suspend (freq. and class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: pernas suspendito in vento biduum ... suspendito in fumo biduum ... suspendito in carnario, Cato, R. R. 162, 3: aliquid in fumo, Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 31: suspensae in litore vestes, Lucr. 1, 305: religata ad pinnam muri reste suspensus, Liv. 8, 16, 9: oscilla ex altā pinu, Verg. G. 2, 389: columbam malo ab alto, id. A. 5, 489: tignis nidum suspendat hirundo, id. G. 4, 307: habilem arcum umeris, id. A. 1, 318: stamina telā, Ov. M. 6, 576: aliquid collo, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124: (ranae) suspensae pedibus, id. 32, 8, 29, § 92; Col. 7, 10, 3: aliquid e collo, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125: allium super prunas, id. 19, 6, 34, § 115: vitem sub ramo, id. 17, 23, 35, § 209: cocleam in fumo, id. 30, 4, 11, § 31: aliquid lance, to weigh, Pert. 4, 10; cf.: in trutinā Homerum, Juv. 6, 438: suspendi a jugulis suis gladios obsecrantes, Amm. 17, 12, 16: se suspendit fenestrā, i. e. to look out, App. M. p. 148, 6.—Poet.: nec sua credulitas piscem suspenderat hamo, had hung, caught, Ov. M. 15, 101.—In a Greek construction: (pueri) laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto, with their satchels hanging on their arms, Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56.—
B. In partic.
1. Pregn., of persons.
a. To choke to death by hanging, to hang (cf.: suffoco, strangulo): capias restim ac te suspendas, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 184; cf. id. Pers. 5, 2, 34: nisi me suspendo, occidi, id. Rud. 5, 3 59: se suspendere, id. Trin. 2, 4, 135; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129; id. Att. 13, 40, 1: caput obnubito: arbori infelici suspendito, Lex. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 6: uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu, Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278: se e ficu, Quint. 6, 3, 88: hominem in oleastro, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57: more vel intereas capti suspensus Achaei, Ov. Ib. 297: aliquem in furcā, Dig. 48, 13, 6; cf.: virgines, quae corporibus suspensis demortuae forent, Gell. 15, 10, 2.—
b. To hang at the whipping-post; pass., to be flogged, Amm. 15, 7, 4.—
2. Of offerings in a temple, to hang up, dedicate, consecrate: votas vestes, Verg. A. 12, 769; cf. id. ib. 9, 408: arma capta patri Quirino, id. ib. 6, 859: vestimenta maris deo, Hor. C. 1, 5, 15: insignia, Tib. 2, 4, 23.—
3. Esp., of buildings, to build upon arches or vaults, to arch or vault: primus balneola suspendit, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 194, 14; cf. id. Top. 4, 22: pavimenta, Pall. 1, 20, 2: cameras harundinibus, to arch over, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156: castra saxis praeruptis, to build on, Sil. 3, 556: velabra, Amm. 14, 6, 25: duo tigna ... suspenderent eam contignationem, propped up, supported, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2; cf. id. ib. § 5.—
b. Transf. (with esp. reference to the thing beneath), to prop up, hold up, support: muro suspenso furculis, Liv. 38, 7, 9: agentem ex imo rimas insulam, Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 5: tellus ligneis columnis suspenditur, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68: dolia subjectis parvis tribus lapidibus suspenduntur, Col. 12, 18, 6; cf. id. 2, 15, 6; 3, 13, 8: orbis Libycos Indis dentibus, tables with ivory feet, Mart. 2, 43, 9: cum terra levis virgultaque molem suspendant, Luc. 3, 397; Petr. 135: pes summis digitis suspenditur, is raised on tiptoe, Quint. 11, 3, 125.—
c. Esp., of ploughing, etc., to lift up, raise: si non fuerit tellus fecunda ... tenui sat erit suspendere sulco, Verg. G. 1, 68: ripas ... litora multo vomere suspendere, Stat. Th. 4, 181; cf.: vineam in summā terrā suspendere, Col. 3, 13.—
II. Trop.; pass. suspendi, to depend, rest, etc.
A. In gen. (very rare): extrinsecus aut bene aut male vivendi suspensas habere rationes, dependent upon externals, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1: cui viro ex se ipso apta sunt omnia, nec suspensa aliorum aut bono casu aut contrario pendere, etc., id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36: genus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt, Sen. Ep. 58, 7: numquam crediderim felicem ex felicitate suspensum, id. ib. 98, 1.—
B. In partic., to cause to be suspended, i. e.,
1. To make uncertain or doubtful, to keep in suspense: medio responso rem suspenderunt, Liv. 39, 29, 1: illa Suspendit animos fictā gravitate rogantum, Ov. M. 7, 308: ea res omnium animos exspectatione suspenderat, Curt. 9, 7, 20: aliquem exspectatione, Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 3: diu judicum animos, Quint. 9, 2, 22; cf.: senatum ambiguis responsis, Suet. Tib. 24: suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio, Quint. 10, 7, 22: exspectationem, Curt. 7, 4, 14; cf. infra, in the P. a. —
2. To stay, stop, check, interrupt, suspend (syn. supprimo): nec jam suspendere fletum Sustinet, Ov. F. 4, 849: lacrimas, id. Am. 1, 7, 57: spiritum, Quint. 1, 8, 1: sermonem, Quint. 11, 3, 35 sq.: fluxiones oculorum, Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 73: epiphoras, id. 25, 12, 91, § 143: causas morbi, Veg. Vet. 3, 65, 5: gressum, id. ib. 2, 55, 3: manum tuam, id. ib. 2, 40, 3; cf. P. a. 2. infra. — *
3. To hang or fix upon something: suspendit pictā vultum mentemque tabellā, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 97.—
4. Aliquem or aliquid naso (adunco), to turn up one's nose at, to sneer at a person or thing (Horatian): naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, Hor. S. 1, 6, 5: Balatro suspendens omnia naso, id. ib. 2, 8, 64.—
5. Of a temporary removal from office, to suspend: duobus hunc (episcopum) mensibus, Greg. M. Ep. 3, 46: ab officio suspensus, id. ib.—Hence, suspen-sus, a, um, P. a.
A. Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug-prose).
1. Raised, elerated, suspended: Roma cenaculis sublata atque suspensa, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; so, saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem, Verg. A. 8, 190: equi illi Neptunii, qui per undas currus suspensos rapuisse dicuntur, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67; cf.: vel mare per medium fluctu suspensa tumenti Ferret iter, skimming lightly over the waters, Verg. A. 7, 810: (corus) suspensum in terras portat mare, raised on high, Sil. 1, 470: suspensis auribus, Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 8: aura suspensa levisque, Lucr. 3, 196: terra, loosened, loose, Col. 11, 3, 54: suspensissimum pastinatum, id. 3, 13, 7: (oliva) inicitur quam mundissimis molis suspensis ne nucleus frangatur, id. 12, 51, 2, and 54, 2: radix suspensa pariter et mersa, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6: suspensum inter nubila corpus, Sil. 12, 94; 1, 470: loco ab umore suspenso, Pall. 1, 40, 1: alituum suspensa cohors, Sen. Phoen. 77.—
2. Transf., suspended, i. e. pressing or touching lightly, light: suspenso gradu placide ire perrexi, on tiptoe, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; so, gradu, Ov. F. 1, 426; 6, 338; cf.: evagata noctu suspenso pede, Phaedr. 2, 4, 18: pedes, Sen. Contr. 1 praef. fin.: suspensa levans digitis vestigia primis, Verg. Cir. 212: vestigia, Sil. 15, 617: suspensā manu commendare aliquem, slightly, Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 1: suspensis dentibus, Lucr. 5, 1069: suspensis passibus, Amm. 14, 2, 31: molis suspensis, Col. 12, 51, 2; 12, 54, 2.—
B. Trop.
1. Uncertain, hovering, doubtful, wavering, hesitating, in suspense, undetermined, anxious (the predom. and class. signif.; syn.: incertus, dubius): nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; cf.: civitas suspensa metu, id. ib. 1, 8, 23: suspensum me tenes, id. Att. 10, 1, 2: maneo Thessalonicae suspensus, id. ib. 3, 8, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: tot populos inter spem metumque suspensos animi habetis, Liv. 8, 13: suspensus animus et sollicitus, Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1: suspenso animo exspectare, quod quis agat, id. ib. 4, 15, 10: animus, id. de Or. 1, 56, 239; id. Fam. 16, 3, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14: animus suspensus curis majoribus, id. Phil. 7, 1, 1: auditā inspectāque re, omnia suspensa neutro inclinatis sententiis reliquere, Liv. 34, 62, 16: dimissis suspensā re legatis, id. 31, 32, 5.—Comp.: exercitus suspensiore animo, Auct. B. Afr. 48, 3: suspensus incertusque vultus, coloris mutatio, Cic. Clu. 19, 54; 3, 8; cf.: hominum exspectationem et spem rei publicae suspensam tenere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 11, 8, 1: suspensam dubiamque noctem spe ac metu exegimus, Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 19: pro homine amicissimo, id. ib. 8, 5, 3: munera suspensi plena timoris, Ov. H. 16, 84 Ruhnk.: suspensa et obscura verba, Tac. A. 1, 11.—Neutr. absol.: quare non semper illam (nequitiam) in suspenso relinquam? Sen. Ep. 97, 14: est suspensum et anxium, de eo, quem ardentissime diligas, interdum nihil scire, Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3: rem totam in suspenso reliqui, id. ib. 10, 31 (40), 4: ipse in suspenso tenuit, Tac. H. 1, 78 fin.: si adhuc in suspenso sit statuta libertas, Dig. 9, 4, 15; Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5.—
2. Of goods held under a lien or judgment: suspensis amici bonis libellum deicio creditoribus ejus me obligaturus, Sen. Ben. 4, 12, 3.—
3. Dependent: qui fideles nobis socii, qui dubii suspensaeque ex fortunā fidei, Liv. 44, 18, 4: animos ex tam levibus momentis fortunae suspensos, id. 4, 32, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsuspendō

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendo Latin suspendō From sub- + pendo.

Descendants
  • Catalansuspendre
  • Frenchsuspendre
  • Italiansospendere
  • Portuguesesuspender
  • Spanishsuspender
  • Galiciansuspender
  • Old Frenchsoupendre
  • Siciliansuspènniri

Quick answers

What does suspendō mean in Latin?
suspendō, a verb, means “to hang up or suspend; to hang a person; to depend, rest”.
What are the principal parts of suspendō?
suspendō, suspendere, suspendī, suspēnsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce suspendō?
In classical Latin, [sʊsˈpɛn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [susˈpɛn.do].
Where does suspendō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin suspendō.