suspendia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →suspendium, suspendi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
act of hanging oneself;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...uolo nocte nigriorem, formica, pice, graculo, cicada. Iam suspendia saeua cogitabas: si noui bene te, Procille, uiues..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...puras non habuisse manus. praebuit illa arbor misero suspendia collo, carnifici diras praebuit illa cruces; illa dedit turpes..."