had caught

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pīla, ae, f. [perh. for pisula, from root pis-; v. pinso, piso], a mortar (syn. mortarium):

pila, ubi triticum pinsant,

Cato, R. R. 14; Ov. Ib. 573:

zeae granum tunditur in pilā ligneā,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

si contuderis stultum in pilā,

Vulg. Prov. 27, 22: sal sordidum in pilā pisatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.

pīlă, ae, f. [for pigla, from root pag-, pig-, of pango, pe-pig-i, q. v.], a pillar (syn. columna): pila, quae parietem sustentat, ab opponendo dicta est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.:

locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim,

Liv. 40, 51:

salax taberna a pileatis nona fratribus pila, of the temple of Castor and Pollux,

Cat. 37, 1: nulla taberna meos habeat neque pila libellos, i. e. they are not to be publicly sold (as the booksellers had their stalls around the pillars of public buildings), Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Vitr. 6, 11:

pilas operibus subdere,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 302; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Mart. 7, 61, 5.—

Transf., a pier or mole of stone:

saxea,

Verg. A. 9, 711; Vitr. 5, 12; Suet. Claud. 20; Sil. 4, 297.

pĭla, ae ( gen. sing. pilaï, Lucr. 5, 713; 720; 726), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. pallô, brandish; Lat. pellere, drive; v. Corss. 1, 525 sqq.], a ball, playing-ball (syn. follis).

Lit.: pilā expulsim ludere, Varr. ap. Non. 104, 29:

di nos quasi pilas homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 73:

pilae studio teneri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49:

cum lapsa e manibus fugit pila,

Verg. Cir. 149, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 5:

pila cadit aut mittentis vitio, aut accipientis... (pila) jactata et excepta,

Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3:

pilam scite et diligenter excipere... apte et expedite remittere,

id. ib. 2, 32, 1:

pilam repetere, quae terram contigit,

Petr. 27:

reddere pilam,

Mart. 14, 46, 2. There were four sorts of pilæ:

trigonalis, paganica, follis, harpastum.—Prov.: mea pila est,

I have the ball, I have caught it, I've won, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 7:

claudus pilam,

Cic. Pis. 28, 69;

v. claudus: Fortunae pila,

the foot-ball of fortune, Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.—

Transf.

The game of ball:

quantum alii tribuunt alveolo, quantum pilae,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13.—

Of any thing round, a ball or globe of any material:

pilae lanuginis,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

scarabaei e fimo ingentes pilas aversi pedibus volutant,

id. 11, 28, 34, § 98.—Of the globe of the earth (ante-class.): in terrae pila, Varr. ap. Non. 333, 25.—The ancients made use of a glass or crystal ball filled with water as a burning-glass:

cum addită aquā vitreae pilae sole adverso in tantum excandescunt, ut vestes exurant,

Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—The Roman ladies carried a crystal or amber ball to keep their hands cool, Prop. 2, 18, 60 (3, 18, 12); Mart. 11, 8.—Of the ball or lump of earth which adheres to the roots of a bush when torn up, Col. 5, 9. —Of the ballots or bails used by judges in voting, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 19; Ascon. Argum. Milon. fin. —Of stuffed balls or human figures: pilae et effigies viriles et muliebres ex lanā Compitalibus suspendebantur in compitis. quod hunc diem festum esse deorum inferorum quos vocant Lares, putarent: quibus tot pilae, quot capita servorum; tot effigies, quot essent liberi. ponebantur, ut vivis parcerent et essent his pilis et simulacris contenti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 Müll. Bulls were baited by throwing similar stuffed figures at their heads, Mart. Spect. 19, 2:

quantus erat cornu, cui pila taurus erat!

id. ib. 9;

hence, sed cui primus erat lusor dum floruit aetas, Nunc postquam desiit ludere prima pila est,

id. ib. 10, 86. As these effigies were usually torn by the throwing, the term is also applied to a torn toga, Mart. 2, 43, 6.—

In partic.:

pilae Nursicae, i. e. rapae rotundae,

Mart. 13, 20, 2.

rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

me pallio,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

hominem,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

quosdam manu,

Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

Curt. 4, 14, 2:

membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—

Trop.

In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

Lucr. 6, 569:

omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

id memori mente,

id. 3, 858:

sese (sensus),

id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—

In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

id. ib. 24, 58:

non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

Quint. 9, 4, 38:

aliquem communi vituperatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

consilium,

id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

id. B. G. 7, 52:

delicta,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

studia aliena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

versus inertes,

id. A. P. 445:

carmen,

id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

id. Planc. 36, 89:

omnes istius modi artes in iis,

id. ib. 25, 62:

quae in eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

dentes albos in iis,

Quint. 8, 6, 40:

nihil in magno Homero,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

id. Planc. 31, 75.—

Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—

In rhet., to refute:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

me pallio,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

hominem,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

quosdam manu,

Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

Curt. 4, 14, 2:

membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—

Trop.

In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

Lucr. 6, 569:

omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

id memori mente,

id. 3, 858:

sese (sensus),

id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—

In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

id. ib. 24, 58:

non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

Quint. 9, 4, 38:

aliquem communi vituperatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

consilium,

id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

id. B. G. 7, 52:

delicta,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

studia aliena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

versus inertes,

id. A. P. 445:

carmen,

id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

id. Planc. 36, 89:

omnes istius modi artes in iis,

id. ib. 25, 62:

quae in eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

dentes albos in iis,

Quint. 8, 6, 40:

nihil in magno Homero,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

id. Planc. 31, 75.—

Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—

In rhet., to refute:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

me pallio,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

hominem,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

quosdam manu,

Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

Curt. 4, 14, 2:

membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—

Trop.

In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

Lucr. 6, 569:

omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

id memori mente,

id. 3, 858:

sese (sensus),

id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—

In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

id. ib. 24, 58:

non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

Quint. 9, 4, 38:

aliquem communi vituperatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

consilium,

id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

id. B. G. 7, 52:

delicta,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

studia aliena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

versus inertes,

id. A. P. 445:

carmen,

id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

id. Planc. 36, 89:

omnes istius modi artes in iis,

id. ib. 25, 62:

quae in eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

dentes albos in iis,

Quint. 8, 6, 40:

nihil in magno Homero,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

id. Planc. 31, 75.—

Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—

In rhet., to refute:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

suspendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [sus, from subs, for sub; v. sub, III., and pendo], to hang up, hang, suspend (freq. and class.).

Lit.

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: [p. 1820] (pueri) laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto, with their satchels hanging on their arms, Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56.—

In partic.

Pregn., of persons.

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.—

To hang at the whipping-post; pass., to be flogged, Amm. 15, 7, 4.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop.; pass. suspendi, to depend, rest, etc.

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.—

In partic., to cause to be suspended, i. e.,

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. —

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. —

To hang or fix upon something:

suspendit pictā vultum mentemque tabellā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 97.—

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.—

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.

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug-prose).

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

Of goods held under a lien or judgment:

suspensis amici bonis libellum deicio creditoribus ejus me obligaturus,

Sen. Ben. 4, 12, 3.—

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.