pendulus
Latin
Etymology
From pendeō (“to hang”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛn.dʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛn.du.lus]
Adjective
pendulus (feminine pendula, neuter pendulum); first/second-declension adjective
- hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended
- doubtful, uncertain, hesitating
- neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | pendulus | pendula | pendulum | pendulī | pendulae | pendula | |
| genitive | pendulī | pendulae | pendulī | pendulōrum | pendulārum | pendulōrum | |
| dative | pendulō | pendulae | pendulō | pendulīs | |||
| accusative | pendulum | pendulam | pendulum | pendulōs | pendulās | pendula | |
| ablative | pendulō | pendulā | pendulō | pendulīs | |||
| vocative | pendule | pendula | pendulum | pendulī | pendulae | pendula | |
Synonyms
- (hanging): pensilis
Related terms
Descendants
- Albanian: pezull
- English: pendulum, pendulous
- Icelandic: pendúll
- Italian: pendolo, pendulo, penzolo
- → Spanish: péndulo
References
- “pendulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pendulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pendulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.