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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	suspēnsus	suspēnsa	suspēnsum		suspēnsī	suspēnsae	suspēnsa
genitive	suspēnsī	suspēnsae	suspēnsī		suspēnsōrum	suspēnsārum	suspēnsōrum
dative	suspēnsō	suspēnsae	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^[1], 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