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.