impendeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpendeō

Etymology

From in- +‎ pendeō (“I am suspended, hang”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /imˈpen.de.oː/, [ɪmˈpɛn̪d̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈpen.de.o/, [imˈpɛn̪d̪eo]

Verb

impendeō (present infinitive impendēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. to hang over, overhang
2. to hover over, threaten, impend; to be imminent

Conjugation

Conjugation of impendeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impendeō	impendēs	impendet	impendēmus	impendētis	impendent
	imperfect	impendēbam	impendēbās	impendēbat	impendēbāmus	impendēbātis	impendēbant
	future	impendēbō	impendēbis	impendēbit	impendēbimus	impendēbitis	impendēbunt
passive	present	impendeor	impendēris, impendēre	impendētur	impendēmur	impendēminī	impendentur
	imperfect	impendēbar	impendēbāris, impendēbāre	impendēbātur	impendēbāmur	impendēbāminī	impendēbantur
	future	impendēbor	impendēberis, impendēbere	impendēbitur	impendēbimur	impendēbiminī	impendēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impendeam	impendeās	impendeat	impendeāmus	impendeātis	impendeant
	imperfect	impendērem	impendērēs	impendēret	impendērēmus	impendērētis	impendērent
passive	present	impendear	impendeāris, impendeāre	impendeātur	impendeāmur	impendeāminī	impendeantur
	imperfect	impendērer	impendērēris, impendērēre	impendērētur	impendērēmur	impendērēminī	impendērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	impendē	—	—	impendēte	—
	future	—	impendētō	impendētō	—	impendētōte	impendentō
passive	present	—	impendēre	—	—	impendēminī	—
	future	—	impendētor	impendētor	—	—	impendentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		impendēre	—	—	impendērī	—	—
participles		impendēns	—	—	—	—	impendendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		impendendī	impendendō	impendendum	impendendō	—	—

Related terms

• circumpendeō
• dēpendeō
• pendeō
• praependeō
• prōpendeō

Descendants

• English: impend

See also

• impendō

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^[1], 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