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|lshtext=<b>impendĕo</b>: (inp-), ēre, v. n. and (anteclass.)<br /><b>I</b> a. [in-[[pendeo]], to [[hang]] [[over]] [[any]] [[thing]], to [[overhang]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. [[immineo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Neutr.: [[arbor]] in [[aedes]] illius impendet, Dig. 43, 26, 1: ut ([[gladius]]) impenderet illius beati cervicibus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: poëtae impendere [[apud]] inferos [[saxum]] Tantalo faciunt, id. ib. 4, 16, 35; id. Fin. 1, 18, 60; cf. Lucr. 3, 980: nucem impendere [[super]] tegulas, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14; Lucr. 6, 564; cf.: impendentium montium altitudines, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Act.: nec, [[mare]] quae impendent, [[vesco]] [[sale]] saxa peresa, etc., Lucr. 1, 326.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[hang]] or [[hover]] [[over]] a [[thing]], to [[impend]], to be [[near]] or [[imminent]], to [[threaten]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Neutr., constr. in aliquem, alicui, or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in aliquem: tantae in te impendent ruinae, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 77: [[licet]] [[undique]] omnes in me terrores impendeant, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: [[nunc]] jam [[alia]] [[cura]] impendet pectori, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 32: omnibus [[semper]] [[aliqui]] [[talis]] [[terror]] impendet, Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35: poenas impendere iis, a quibus, etc., id. Rep. 3, 11 fin.: [[quid]] sibi impenderet, coepit suspicari, id. Clu. 24, 66.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: nimborum nocte coortā Inpendent atrae formidinis ora [[superne]], Lucr. 4, 174; 6, 254: quae [[vero]] aderant jam et impendebant, [[quonam]] [[modo]] ea depellere potuissetis? Cic. Mil. 28, 76; cf.: ut ea, quae [[partim]] jam assunt, [[partim]] impendent [[moderate]] feramus, id. Fam. 4, 14, 1: dum impendere [[Parthi]] videbantur, id. Att. 6, 6, 3: tanta malorum impendet [[Ἰλιάς]]>, id. ib. 8, 11, 3: belli magni [[timor]] impendet, id. Fam. 2, 11, 1; cf.: [[ille]] [[quidem]] [[semper]] impendebit [[timor]], ne, etc., id. Rep. 2, 28: Ea [[contentio]] quae impendet, id. Att. 2, 22, 3: [[vento]] impendente, Verg. G. 1, 365: pluviā, id. ib. 4, 191: magnum [[bellum]] impendet a Parthis, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 6; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157; id. Prov. Cons. 17, 42: impendentia ex ruinis et commutatione [[status]] publici pericula, Vell. 2, 35, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Act.: quae res me impendet, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. me, p. 16 Müll.: tanta te impendent [[mala]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2.!*? Part. [[pass]].: [[impensus]], a, um; [[poet]]. for impendens: [[tempestas]] [[atque]] [[tenebrae]] coperiunt maria ac terras inpensa [[superne]], Lucr. 6, 491 Munro ad loc.; cf.: impensum [[ferrum]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 1592.