pendulus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pendeō (“I hang”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpen.du.lus/, [ˈpɛn̪d̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpen.du.lus/, [ˈpɛn̪d̪ulus]
Adjective
[edit]pendulus (feminine pendula, neuter pendulum); first/second-declension adjective
- hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended
- doubtful, uncertain, hesitating
- neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | pendulus | pendula | pendulum | pendulī | pendulae | pendula | |
genitive | pendulī | pendulae | pendulī | pendulōrum | pendulārum | pendulōrum | |
dative | pendulō | pendulae | pendulō | pendulīs | |||
accusative | pendulum | pendulam | pendulum | pendulōs | pendulās | pendula | |
ablative | pendulō | pendulā | pendulō | pendulīs | |||
vocative | pendule | pendula | pendulum | pendulī | pendulae | pendula |
Synonyms
[edit]- (hanging): pensilis
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “pendulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pendulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pendulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.