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.
hanging (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. pensĭlis, e2. pendŭlus (of a nature to hang down, pendulous3. pendens, ntis (actually h., at the time4. dēmissus (allowed to hang down)5. fluens, ntis (loosely h.) • hanging (adj.): 1. pensĭlis, e: h. chandeliers, p. lychnuchi, Plin. 34, 3, 8: pensilis is also used of all structures not on the ground-floor, as in pensiles horti, Curt. 5, 1, med.: Plin.: Vitr. 2. pendŭlus (of a nature to hang down, pendulous: chiefly poet.): h. cheeks, p. genae, Plin. 14, 22, 28: h. dewlap (of oxen), p. palearia, Ov. Met. 7, 117: Hor.: Mart. 3. pendens, ntis (actually h., at the time: part.): v. to hang (B). 4. dēmissus (allowed to hang down): arms h. down (awkwardly), d. brachia. Quint. 2, 13, 8: Pl.: comp. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 44. 5. fluens, ntis (loosely h.): h. cheeks, f. buccae, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266: Virg. See also drooping, flabby.
HANGING Copy link • HANGING 1. s. Suspension, suspendium. For “to deserve hanging” [Vid: GALLOWS]. Hangings, tapes, etis, m. (τάπης), or Latinized, tapetum: ☞ “tapetes” of the ancients were generally shaggy, with figures worked in them, with which both the walls and the floor were covered. 2. adj., pensilis: pendulus (e.g., horti pensilis): flaccidus (e.g., aures): dependens (hanging down). Hanging ears, fiaccidae praegravantesque aures.