suspense Copy link Outline 1. dŭbĭtātio, ōnis, f.2. sollĭcĭta expectātio3. obscūra spes • suspense: 1. dŭbĭtātio, ōnis, f.: Cic.: Caes.: Tac. 2. sollĭcĭta expectātio: Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 52. 3. obscūra spes: id. Agr. 2, 25, 66. Phr.: to keep a man in s., suspensum aliquem tenere, id. Att. 10, 1: to be in s., pendere, id. Agr. 2, 25, 66: animi pendere, Pl. Merc. 1, 2, 18: we passed a night of s. and doubt, suspensam dubiamque noctem spe ac metu exegimus, Plin. Ep. 6, 20: the mind is in s., in dubio est animus, Ter. And. 1, 5, 31: animus pendet, id. Ad. 2, 2, 18: nor let me waver in s., neu fluitem spe pendulus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 10.