propendeo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈpen.de.oː/, [proːˈpɛn̪d̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈpen.de.o/, [proˈpɛn̪d̪eo]

Verb

prōpendeō (present infinitive prōpendēre, perfect active prōpendī, supine prōpēnsum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to hang down, forth or forward
2. (figurative) to weigh more, preponderate
3. (figurative) to be inclined, disposed to, favourable

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōpendeō (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōpendeō	prōpendēs	prōpendet	prōpendēmus	prōpendētis	prōpendent
	imperfect	prōpendēbam	prōpendēbās	prōpendēbat	prōpendēbāmus	prōpendēbātis	prōpendēbant
	future	prōpendēbō	prōpendēbis	prōpendēbit	prōpendēbimus	prōpendēbitis	prōpendēbunt
	perfect	prōpendī	prōpendistī	prōpendit	prōpendimus	prōpendistis	prōpendērunt, prōpendēre
	pluperfect	prōpenderam	prōpenderās	prōpenderat	prōpenderāmus	prōpenderātis	prōpenderant
	future perfect	prōpenderō	prōpenderis	prōpenderit	prōpenderimus	prōpenderitis	prōpenderint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōpendeam	prōpendeās	prōpendeat	prōpendeāmus	prōpendeātis	prōpendeant
	imperfect	prōpendērem	prōpendērēs	prōpendēret	prōpendērēmus	prōpendērētis	prōpendērent
	perfect	prōpenderim	prōpenderīs	prōpenderit	prōpenderīmus	prōpenderītis	prōpenderint
	pluperfect	prōpendissem	prōpendissēs	prōpendisset	prōpendissēmus	prōpendissētis	prōpendissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōpendē	—	—	prōpendēte	—
	future	—	prōpendētō	prōpendētō	—	prōpendētōte	prōpendentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōpendēre	prōpendisse	prōpēnsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		prōpendēns	—	prōpēnsūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōpendendī	prōpendendō	prōpendendum	prōpendendō	prōpēnsum	prōpēnsū

Derived terms

• prōpendulus
• prōpēnsē
• prōpēnsiō

Related terms

• circumpendeō
• dēpendeō
• impendeō
• pendeō
• praependeō

Descendants

• Catalan: propendir
• Galician: propender
• Italian: propendere
• Portuguese: propender
• Sicilian: prupènniri
• Spanish: propender

References

• “propendeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “propendeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propendeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.