pendens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of pendeō.

Pronunciation

Participle

pendēns (genitive pendentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. pending
  2. depending
  3. hanging down

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative pendēns pendentēs pendentia
genitive pendentis pendentium
dative pendentī pendentibus
accusative pendentem pendēns pendentēs
pendentīs 		pendentia
ablative pendente
pendentī1 		pendentibus
vocative pendēns pendentēs pendentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • Catalan: pendent
  • English: pendant
  • Galician: pendente
  • Italian: pendente
  • Portuguese: pendente
  • Romanian: pendinte
  • Spanish: pendiente

References

  • “pendens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "pendens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “pendens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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