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|lshtext=<b>suspendo</b>: di, [[sum]], 3, v. a. sus, from subs, for sub; v. sub, III., and [[pendo]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[hang]] up, [[hang]], [[suspend]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., of persons.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[hang]] at the whipping-[[post]]; [[pass]]., to be flogged, Amm. 15, 7, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.; [[pass]]. suspendi, to [[depend]], [[rest]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[cause]] to be suspended, i. e.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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]]. — *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[hang]] or [[fix]] [[upon]] [[something]]: suspendit pictā [[vultum]] mentemque tabellā, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 97.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug-[[prose]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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; id. 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[goods]] held under a [[lien]] or [[judgment]]: suspensis amici bonis libellum [[deicio]] creditoribus ejus me obligaturus, Sen. Ben. 4, 12, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.