pendulus

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Latin

Etymology

From pendeō (“I hang”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pendulus (feminine pendula, neuter pendulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended
  2. 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

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Descendants

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.
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