pensĭlis — Lewis & Short
pensĭlis, e, adj.pendeo,
I hanging, hanging down, pendent, pensile (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. pendulus).
I Lit.:
restim volo mihi emere, qui me faciam pensilem,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 86:
vehetur pensilibus plumis,i. e. in a bed, Juv. 1, 159:
lychnuchi,Plin. 34, 3, 8, § 14:
uva,which are hung up to be preserved during the winter, Hor. S. 2, 2, 121; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 15;
in a double sense, alluding to the hanging of one's self,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99:
libertas pensilis,Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 70.—
B Subst.: pensĭlĭa, ĭum, n.
1 Fruit hung up to be preserved:
pensilia, ut uvae, mala, et sorba,Varr. R. R. 1, 68; 1, 59, 3.—
2 (Sc. membra) = penis:
pulcre pensilibus peculiati,Auct. Priap. 53.—
II In archit., supported on arches, hanging, pensile:
fabrica,Col. 1, 6, 16:
horreum,id. 12, 50, 3:
ambulatio,Plin. 36, 13, 18, § 83:
urbs,id. 36, 15, 24, § 104:
horti,hanging gardens, id. 36, 14, 20, § 94; Curt. 5, 1, 32: balneae, shower-baths or vapor-baths, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; Val. Max. 9, 1, 1; Macr. S. 2, 11, 3: tribus, on movable seats (in the theatre), Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119.