The corpus record — Latin

dependo

dependo · v. a

to pay

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Where it lives

Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Helius 1 · 6.97/10k
Florida 2 · 2.54/10k
De Scorpiace 2 · 2.51/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
Apologia 4 · 1.86/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 1 · 1.79/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dē-pendo — Lewis & Short

dē-pendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

I Act. (orig., to weigh out; hence), to pay (rare but class.).

A Lit.: mi abjurare certius est quam dependere, Cic. Att. 1, 8 fin.; Col. 5, 1, 8; Just. 22, 8, 8; Dig. 12, 6, 42 al.: dependendum tibi est, quod mihi pro illo spopondisti, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9: cf. Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 25.—

B Trop.: reipublicae poenas aut praesenti morte aut turpi exsilio, Cic. Sest. 67, 140: poenas reip., id. Cat. 4, 5, 10.—

II Transf., to spend, expend, lay out, bestow upon a thing (postAug.): plus in operis servorum avocandis quam in pretio rerum hujusmodi dependitur, Col. 11, 1, 20; incassum impenditur opera, id. 4, 22, 7: tempora Niliaco amori, Luc. 10, 80; cf.: caput felicibus armis, to give up, abandon, id. 8, 101.

Where it came from

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