suspensus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of suspendō.

Participle

suspēnsus (feminine suspēnsa, neuter suspēnsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. suspended
  2. restless, anxious
  3. in suspense
  4. doubtful, undecided
    Synonyms: incertus, dubius, vagus, anceps
    Antonyms: prōmptus, fixus, indubius
  5. dependent to, subordinate to
    Synonym: aptus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative suspēnsus suspēnsa suspēnsum suspēnsī suspēnsae suspēnsa
Genitive suspēnsī suspēnsae suspēnsī suspēnsōrum suspēnsārum suspēnsōrum
Dative suspēnsō suspēnsō suspēnsīs
Accusative suspēnsum suspēnsam suspēnsum suspēnsōs suspēnsās suspēnsa
Ablative suspēnsō suspēnsā suspēnsō suspēnsīs
Vocative suspēnse suspēnsa suspēnsum suspēnsī suspēnsae suspēnsa

Descendants
  • Catalan: suspens
  • → English: suspense
  • Spanish: suspenso

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
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