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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.

testūdo, ĭnis, f. [testa], a tortoise.

Lit., Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35; 32, 4, 14, § 32; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; 2, 52, 129; Liv. 36, 32, 6; Sen. Ep. 121, 9; Phaedr. 2, 6, 5 al.—Prov.:

testudo volat, of any thing impossible,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—

Transf., tortoise-shell.

Used for overlaying or veneering, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; Verg. G. 2, 463; Ov. M. 2, 737; Mart. 12, 66, 5; Luc. 10, 120; Juv. 14, 308. —

From the arched shape of a tortoise-shell.

Of any stringed instrument of music of an arched shape, a lyre, lute, cithern, Verg. G. 4, 464; Hor. C. 3, 11, 3; 4, 3, 17; id. Epod. 14, 11; id. A. P. 395; Val. Fl. 1, 187; 1, 277. —

An arch, vault in buildings (syn.:

fornix, camera),

Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 79 and 161 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 5, 1; 3, 6, 4; Cic. Brut. 22, 87; Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 16; Verg. A. 1, 505. —

In milit. lang., a tortoise, i. e. a covering, shed, shelter so called (cf.: vinea, pluteus), viz.,

Made of wood, for the protection of besiegers, Caes. B. G. 5, 43; 5, 52; Vitr. 10, 19 sq. —

Formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads, Liv. 34, 39, 6; 44, 9, 6; Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 3, 31; 3, 27; 4, 23; Verg. A. 9, 505; 9, 514 al. —

The covering of the hedgehog, Mart. 13, 86, 1. —

A head-dress in imitation of a lyre, Ov. A. A. 3, 147.

thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.

Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.

Lit.:

TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 3247:

thensaurum effodere,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

thesaurum defodere... invenire,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

id. Sen. 7, 21:

non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—

Law t. t., treasure trove:

thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—

Trop. (very rare):

thesaurus mali,

a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

thensaurum inde pariunt,

id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —

Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

thensaurus copiarum,

id. As. 3, 3, 67.—

A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).

Lit.:

monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

Liv. 39, 50, 3:

Proserpinae,

id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—

Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

apertis thesauris suis,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—

Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

thesauri argumentorum,

Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—

The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.

thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.

Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.

Lit.:

TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 3247:

thensaurum effodere,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

thesaurum defodere... invenire,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

id. Sen. 7, 21:

non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—

Law t. t., treasure trove:

thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—

Trop. (very rare):

thesaurus mali,

a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

thensaurum inde pariunt,

id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —

Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

thensaurus copiarum,

id. As. 3, 3, 67.—

A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).

Lit.:

monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

Liv. 39, 50, 3:

Proserpinae,

id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—

Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

apertis thesauris suis,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—

Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

thesauri argumentorum,

Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—

The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.