Italian

Verb

pendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pendere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pendō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- ‎(“to pull; to spin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.doː/, [ˈpɛn.doː]

Verb

pendō ‎(present infinitive pendere, perfect active pependī, supine pensum); third conjugation

1. I suspend, hang.
2. I weigh, weigh out.
3. I pay.
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44

     Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.

     If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.

4. (figuratively) I consider, ponder.

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• pendeō
• pondus

References

• pendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PENDO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pendo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) important results are often produced by trivial causes: ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent
    
  • (ambiguous) to pay taxes: vectigalia, tributa pendere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be punished by some one (on account of a thing): poenas alicui pendere (alicuius rei)
    

Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: pen — 朋 (péng)
• English: frend — friend
• Hindi: dost — दोस्त (dōsta)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpen.do/

Gismu

pendo ‎(rafsi ped or pe'o)

1. friend; x₁ is/acts as a friend of/to x₂ (experiencer); x₂ befriends x₁.

See also

• bradi
• xendo
• nelci
• prami
• bradi

Portuguese

Verb

pendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pender

Spanish

Verb

pendo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pender.

Swahili

Noun

pendo ‎(invariable, class 14)

1. Alternative form of upendo