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Latin
Etymology
From in- + pendeō (“I am suspended, hang”).
Pronunciation
Verb
impendeō (present infinitive impendēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to hang over, overhang
- to hover over, threaten, impend; to be imminent
Conjugation
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See also
References
- “impendeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impendeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impendeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a sword hangs over his neck: gladius cervicibus impendet
- (ambiguous) dangers threaten a man: pericula alicui impendent, imminent
- (ambiguous) to expend great labour on a thing: operam (laborem, curam) in or ad aliquid impendere
- (ambiguous) the house threatens to fall in (vid. sect. X. 5, note 'Threaten'...): domus ruina impendet
- (ambiguous) a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat