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|lshtext=<b>prō-pendeo</b>: di, [[sum]], 2 (in Plaut. As. 2, 2, 39, the [[correct]] [[reading]] is propendes), v. n.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[hang]] [[forth]] or [[forward]], [[hang]] [[down]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): ex ramis propendens, Plin. 26, 7, 20, § 36; Suet. Galb. 21: [[lanx]] propendet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 51.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (The [[figure]] borrowed from the descending [[scale]] of a [[balance]].) To [[weigh]] [[more]], haec the [[preponderance]]: nec dependes nec propendes, weighest [[neither]] [[less]] [[nor]] [[more]], Plaut. As. 2, 2, 39: si bona propendent, Cic. Tuse. 5, 31, 86.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To be inclined or disposed to [[any]] [[thing]]: si suā [[sponte]] quo impellimus, inclinant [[atque]] propendent, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To be [[well]] disposed, favorable: inclinatione voluntatis propendere in aliquem, Cic. de Or. 2, 29, 129.—Hence, prō-[[pensus]], a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., [[hanging]] [[down]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): propensum [[labrum]], Sol. 20: propenso sesquipede, Pers. 1, 57 dub. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., = magno [[pene]] [[praeditus]] ([[post]]-[[class]].), [[Capitol]]. Gord. 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inclining [[towards]], [[coming]] [[near]], approaching ([[class]].); [[with]] ad: [[disputatio]] ad veritatis similitudinem propensior, Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94: ad veritatem, id. Div. 1, 5, 9. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Heavy, [[weighty]], [[important]] ([[class]].): [[illa]] de meā pecuniā [[ramenta]] fiat plumea propensior, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 15: id [[fit]] propensius, [[more]] [[weighty]], [[important]], Cic. Par. 3, 2, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inclined, disposed, [[prone]] to [[any]] [[thing]] (syn. [[proclivis]]); [[usually]] constr. [[with]] ad or in and acc.; [[rarely]] [[with]] dat.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad: non tam [[propensus]] ad misericordiam, [[quam]] [[inclinatus]] ad severitatem videbatur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85: ad dicendum, id. Fin. 3, 20, 66: [[animus]] [[propensus]] ad salutem alicujus, id. Fam. 4, 13, 5: ad liberalitatem, id. Lael. 9, 31.—Comp.: [[paulo]] ad voluptates propensior, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105: ad lenitatem, id. Mur. 31, 64: [[animus]] [[alius]] ad [[alia]] vitia propensior, id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81: sunt propensiores ad [[bene]] merendum [[quam]] ad reposcendum, id. Lael. 9, 32.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and acc.: [[propensus]] in alteram partem, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 4.—Comp.: propensior [[benignitas]] esse debebit in calamitosos, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62: in neutram partem propensiores, id. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: in divisione regni propensior fuisse Alexandro videbatur, [[more]] disposed to [[favor]] [[Alexander]], Just. 16, 1, 2 (al. pro Alexandro).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol., [[well]]-disposed, favorable, [[willing]], [[ready]] ([[class]].): propenso [[animo]] aliquid facere, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 7; Liv. 37, 54: propensum favorem petiit, Ov. M. 14, 706.—Sup.: propensissimā civitatum voluntate, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—Hence, adv.: prōpensē, [[willingly]], [[readily]], [[with]] [[inclination]] ([[class]].): [[conspiratio]] [[propense]] facta, [[Lentulus]] ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 3.—Comp.: propensius senatum facturum, Liv. 37, 52: eoque propensius laudandus est, App. Flor. p. 98 Oud.