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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of suspendō.
Participle
suspēnsus (feminine suspēnsa, neuter suspēnsum); first/second-declension participle
- suspended
- restless, anxious
- in suspense
- doubtful, undecided
- Synonyms: incertus, dubius, vagus, anceps
- Antonyms: prōmptus, fixus, indubius
- dependent to, subordinate to
- Synonym: aptus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “suspensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suspensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suspensus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- suspensus 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)
- suspensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- on tiptoe: suspenso gradu
- to hover between hope and fear: inter spem metumque suspensum animi esse
- to be waiting in suspense for..: suspenso animo exspectare aliquid