Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dē- +‎ pendeō (I am suspended, hang).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dēpendeō (present infinitive dēpendēre, perfect active dēpendī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to hang down, from or on
  2. to wait for
  3. to be dependent on or governed by
  4. to depend on, to be derived from

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of dēpendeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēpendeō dēpendēs dēpendet dēpendēmus dēpendētis dēpendent
imperfect dēpendēbam dēpendēbās dēpendēbat dēpendēbāmus dēpendēbātis dēpendēbant
future dēpendēbō dēpendēbis dēpendēbit dēpendēbimus dēpendēbitis dēpendēbunt
perfect dēpendī dēpendistī dēpendit dēpendimus dēpendistis dēpendērunt,
dēpendēre
pluperfect dēpenderam dēpenderās dēpenderat dēpenderāmus dēpenderātis dēpenderant
future perfect dēpenderō dēpenderis dēpenderit dēpenderimus dēpenderitis dēpenderint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēpendeam dēpendeās dēpendeat dēpendeāmus dēpendeātis dēpendeant
imperfect dēpendērem dēpendērēs dēpendēret dēpendērēmus dēpendērētis dēpendērent
perfect dēpenderim dēpenderīs dēpenderit dēpenderīmus dēpenderītis dēpenderint
pluperfect dēpendissem dēpendissēs dēpendisset dēpendissēmus dēpendissētis dēpendissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēpendē dēpendēte
future dēpendētō dēpendētō dēpendētōte dēpendentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēpendēre dēpendisse
participles dēpendēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēpendendī dēpendendō dēpendendum dēpendendō

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: depender
  • Spanish: depender
  • Proto-Brythonic: *dibɨnnɨd

Reflexes of an assumed variant *dēpendĕre:

See also edit

References edit

  • dependeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dependeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dependeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to suffer punishment: poenas dependere, expendere, solvere, persolvere