pendulus

Latin

Etymology

From pendeō (“I 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

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

Synonyms

• (hanging): pensilis

Related terms

• pendeō
• pendō

Descendants

• Albanian: pezull
• English: pendulum, pendulous
• Icelandic: pendúll
• Italian: pendolo, pendulo, penzolo

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.