suspendium

suspendĭum, ii, n. [suspendo],

• a hanging of one’s self, a hanging (class.), Plaut. Cas. 1, 23 (111): utinam me Divi adaxint ad suspendium, id. Aul. 1, 1, 11 (50): injuriae remedium morte ac suspendio quaerere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129: suspendio vitam finire, Suet. Aug. 65: suspendio interemptus, Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 71 et saep.—Plur.: praebuit illa arbor misero suspendia collo, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 17: proscriptiones miserorumque suspendia, Amm.19, 11, 3.

suspendium, iī, n. (suspendo), das Aufhängen, Erhängen, alqm adigere ad suspendium, Plaut.: suspendio perire, Cic.: suspendio vitam finire, Suet.: suspendio mortem sibi consciscere, Hyg.: ex suspendio detrahi, Cels. – Plur., praebuit illa arbor misero suspendia collo, hat zum Erhängen gedient, Ov. am. 1, 12, 17: proscriptiones miserorumque suspendia, Amm. 19, 11, 3.

1 suspendium v. suppedium

2 suspendium [CL] 1 a suspension by the neck, hanging (in process of execution, esp. until dead). b suspension on the cross, crucifixion. c (by conf. of senses of AS hengenne, understood as) imprisonment. a occiderunt hominem veneno vel ~io et ‥ non est sanguis effusus Bede Gen. 109A; si quis hominem cirliscum injuste ‥ in ~io [AS: on hengenne] mittat, xxx sol. emendet (Quad.) GAS 69; 1172 Galterum ‥ archidiabolus judicibus ‥ corruptis adegit ~io J. Sal. Ep. 305 (307); non cruce torquendi redimas suspendia furis D. Bec. 588; ab eadem [arbore] secunda uxor mea elegit ~ium P. Blois Ep. 79; 1201 dies datus est Gilberto de S. posito loco abbatis de S. Eadmundo et Johanni de K. ‥ de placito ~ii CurR I 450; 1214 propter ~ium clericorum a vobis commissum MunAcOx 1; s1381 Johannem B. ‥ traccioni, ~io, decollacioni, exentracioni, et quarterizacioni ‥ Robertus adjudicavit Wals. HA II 32; repente impulsus suo se pondere illaqueare coactus est mortemque subire ~io Mir. Hen. VI II 40 p. 110.  b sunt crucis atque alii [martyres] suspendia plurima passi Wulf. Brev. 453; Christus ‥ ferens suspendia crucis Exp. Hymn. 51. 2; peccatori cui de longo jam ~io crucis necdum femoris ‥ nervus emarcuit J. Ford Serm. 99. 4; [Christus] ductus est ‥ ad ~ium [ME: vorte hongen] AncrR 37.  c si quis ‥ fidejussorem habere nequeat ‥ subeat ~ium [AS: hengenne] et ibi prestoletur donec adeat Dei judicium (Cons. Cnuti) GAS 339 (cf. (Quad.) ib.: ponatur in carcanno; (Inst. Cnuti) ib.: subeat captionem regis). 2 ? delay, suspension. a1407 caveant procuratores ut debitam faciant execucionem ‥ contra impetrantes pacis ~ium per triennium StatOx 197.

suspendĭum, (13) ĭī, n. (suspendo), action de se pendre, pendaison : suspendio perire Cic. Scauro 10, mettre fin à ses jours en se pendant, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 129 ; Suet. Aug. 65 ; suspendium mandare alicui Apul. M. 9, 36, envoyer qqn se faire pendre.

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suspendium ī, n

• subs (see sub)+PAND-, a hanging, hanging oneself: perire suspendio: Praebuit illa arbor misero suspendia collo, O.