suspensus, suspensa, suspensum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
in a state of anxious uncertainty or suspense, light;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | suspensus | suspensi |
| Gen. | suspensi | suspensorum |
| Dat. | suspenso | — |
| Acc. | suspensum | suspensos |
| Voc. | suspense | suspensi |
| Abl. | suspenso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | suspensa | suspensae |
| Gen. | suspensae | suspensarum |
| Dat. | suspensae | — |
| Acc. | suspensam | suspensas |
| Voc. | suspensa | suspensae |
| Abl. | suspensa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | suspensum | suspensa |
| Gen. | suspensi | suspensorum |
| Dat. | suspenso | — |
| Acc. | suspensum | suspensa |
| Voc. | suspensum | suspensa |
| Abl. | suspenso | — |
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vivebam miser, ut hunc viderem, solaque superstitis expectatione suspensus avidissimam moriendi cupiditatem contentiosa mendicitate fallebam. pudet persuasionis! redisse..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ingemuit, uictorque furit per uiscera Nessus. nuntius exanimi suspensus pectora cursu Aepytus ad regem portae statione relicta tendit..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...deiecit equum, ducibusque relictis gurgite de medio frenis suspensus et armis, 'ite uiri,' clamat, 'sic uos in moenia..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...subiit longeque diem uitamque reliquit, si tremuit suspensus ager subitumque fragorem rupta dedit tellus, latet intus monte soluto..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ancipitemque manu tollens utraque securim institerat digitis pronos suspensus in ictus: occupat audentem, quaque est via proxima leto..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inter opera Romanorum, religata ad pinnam muri reste suspensus, manibus se demisisset, perpulit imperatorem ut vino epulisque sopitos..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...celebrabant. Seianus genu voltuque et manibus super Caesarem suspensus opposuit sese incidentibus atque habitu tali repertus..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...vitandum ne pervicacia quorundam inritaretur animus novo principatu suspensus et vultus quoque ac sermones omnium circumspectans. se meminisse..."