pes Veg

1) ветреный ( dies Q); овеваемый ветрами (loca Lcr; regio L); набитый (раздутый) ветрами ( folles V); волнуемый ветрами, бурный ( mare H)

2) вздутый, пузатый (cucurbita ventosa J); опухший ( pes Veg)

3) быстрый как ветер (ala Prp, V; equi O)

4) ветреный, легкомысленный, непостоянный (homo C; ingenium L); пустой, бессодержательный ( loquacitas Pt)

5) ничтожный, призрачный (gloria V; decus St)

impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).

Lit. (rare):

impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

et illis crura quoque impediit,

id. M. 12, 392:

ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

impedita cassibus dama,

Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—

Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

Ov. M. 2, 433:

nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

crines (vitta),

Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

cornua sertis,

id. M. 2, 868:

remos (hederae),

id. ib. 3, 664:

medium crus pellibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

equos frenis,

to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

orbes orbibus,

id. ib. 5, 585:

plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—

Trop.

To entangle, embarrass (class.):

impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

tot me impediunt curae,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

mentem dolore,

Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.

With the simple acc.:

me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

aetate et morbo impeditus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

iter,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

navigationem (Corus),

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

magnas utilitates amicorum,

Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

res magnas,

id. ib.; cf.:

belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—

With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

aliquem a suo munere,

id. Rep. 5, 3:

aliquem ab opere,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

aliquem a vero bonoque,

Sall. J. 30, 2:

non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

Tac. A. 1, 39.—

With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—

With inf.:

quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—

With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—

Absol.:

omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.

Of persons:

neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

agmen,

Liv. 43, 23, 1:

itinere impediti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

silvae,

id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

Liv. 9, 19, 16:

vineae nexu traducum,

Tac. H. 2, 25:

navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

impedito animo,

i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

omnium impeditis animis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

tempora rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

Gell. 4, 9, 5:

disceptatio,

Liv. 37, 54, 7:

oratio fit longa et impedita,

Quint. 8, 6, 42:

bellum (with arduum),

Tac. A. 4, 46:

cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

saltus artior et impeditior,

Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

silvae undique impeditissimae,

i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

itinera,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).

Lit. (rare):

impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

et illis crura quoque impediit,

id. M. 12, 392:

ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

impedita cassibus dama,

Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—

Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

Ov. M. 2, 433:

nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

crines (vitta),

Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

cornua sertis,

id. M. 2, 868:

remos (hederae),

id. ib. 3, 664:

medium crus pellibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

equos frenis,

to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

orbes orbibus,

id. ib. 5, 585:

plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—

Trop.

To entangle, embarrass (class.):

impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

tot me impediunt curae,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

mentem dolore,

Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.

With the simple acc.:

me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

aetate et morbo impeditus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

iter,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

navigationem (Corus),

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

magnas utilitates amicorum,

Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

res magnas,

id. ib.; cf.:

belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—

With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

aliquem a suo munere,

id. Rep. 5, 3:

aliquem ab opere,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

aliquem a vero bonoque,

Sall. J. 30, 2:

non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

Tac. A. 1, 39.—

With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—

With inf.:

quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—

With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—

Absol.:

omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.

Of persons:

neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

agmen,

Liv. 43, 23, 1:

itinere impediti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

silvae,

id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

Liv. 9, 19, 16:

vineae nexu traducum,

Tac. H. 2, 25:

navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

impedito animo,

i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

omnium impeditis animis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

tempora rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

Gell. 4, 9, 5:

disceptatio,

Liv. 37, 54, 7:

oratio fit longa et impedita,

Quint. 8, 6, 42:

bellum (with arduum),

Tac. A. 4, 46:

cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

saltus artior et impeditior,

Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

silvae undique impeditissimae,

i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

itinera,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).

Lit. (rare):

impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

et illis crura quoque impediit,

id. M. 12, 392:

ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

impedita cassibus dama,

Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—

Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

Ov. M. 2, 433:

nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

crines (vitta),

Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

cornua sertis,

id. M. 2, 868:

remos (hederae),

id. ib. 3, 664:

medium crus pellibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

equos frenis,

to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

orbes orbibus,

id. ib. 5, 585:

plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—

Trop.

To entangle, embarrass (class.):

impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

tot me impediunt curae,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

mentem dolore,

Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.

With the simple acc.:

me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

aetate et morbo impeditus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

iter,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

navigationem (Corus),

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

magnas utilitates amicorum,

Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

res magnas,

id. ib.; cf.:

belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—

With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

aliquem a suo munere,

id. Rep. 5, 3:

aliquem ab opere,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

aliquem a vero bonoque,

Sall. J. 30, 2:

non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

Tac. A. 1, 39.—

With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—

With inf.:

quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—

With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—

Absol.:

omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.

Of persons:

neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

agmen,

Liv. 43, 23, 1:

itinere impediti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

silvae,

id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

Liv. 9, 19, 16:

vineae nexu traducum,

Tac. H. 2, 25:

navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

impedito animo,

i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

omnium impeditis animis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

tempora rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

Gell. 4, 9, 5:

disceptatio,

Liv. 37, 54, 7:

oratio fit longa et impedita,

Quint. 8, 6, 42:

bellum (with arduum),

Tac. A. 4, 46:

cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

saltus artior et impeditior,

Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

silvae undique impeditissimae,

i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

itinera,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

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.