hanging (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Death by hangingII. Only in pl., hanging drapery • hanging (subs.): I. Death by hanging: suspendium: (a person) killed by h., suspendio interemptus, Plin. 28, 1, 2: Cic.: Suet.: v. to hang (A, 1, phr.). II. Only in pl., hanging drapery: aulaea, orum (curtains, awnings, etc.): a bedstead with splendid h.s, aulaeis superbis sponda, Virg. Aen. 1, 697: Hor. S. 2, 8, 54: v. curtain, drapery.