be silent respecting

sĭlĕo, ŭi ( perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere).

Lit.

Absol.:

silete et tacete atque animum advortite,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20:

optimum quemque silere,

Liv. 39, 27 fin.:

muta silet virgo,

Ov. M. 10, 389:

lingua, sile,

id. P. 2, 2, 61:

sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis,

Suet. Claud. 21:

obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit,

id. Aug. 94.—

With de:

cum ceteri de nobis silent,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

de dracone silet,

id. Div. 2, 30, 65:

de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.— Impers. pass.:

de jurgio siletur,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.—

With acc.:

quae hoc tempore sileret omnia,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

tu hoc silebis,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3:

neque te silebo, Liber,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31:

fortia facta,

Ov. M. 12, 575:

alium silere quod voles,

Sen. Hippol. 876:

nulla me tellus silet,

id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.:

facti culpa silenda mihi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 208.— Pass.:

ea res siletur,

Cic. Fl. 3, 6:

quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur,

Liv. 27, 10, 7:

per quem tria verba silentur,

Ov. F. 1, 47:

mala causa silenda est,

id. P. 3, 1, 147:

quisquis ille, sileatur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.— Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.—

With rel.clause:

quā tulerit mercede, silet,

Ov. M. 7, 688.—

With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.—

Of things (mostly poet.):

intempesta silet nox,

Verg. G. 1, 247:

silet aequor,

id. E. 9, 57:

mare,

Val. Fl. 7, 542:

immotae frondes,

Ov. M. 7, 187:

umidus aër,

id. ib.:

aura,

Col. 2, 21, 5:

venti,

id. 12, 25, 4:

tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus,

Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.:

silent late loca,

id. ib. 9, 190:

tempus erat quo cuncta silent,

Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.:

si chartae sileant quod bene feceris,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.—

Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf.

quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent,

Lucr. 2, 506:

silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

silent leges inter arma,

id. Mil. 4, 10:

si quando ambitus sileat,

id. Leg. 3, 17, 39:

ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas,

Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons:

fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā,

Val. Fl. 4, 281:

nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere),

Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente;

but -ti,

Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. ( poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent:

nocte silenti,

Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527:

silenti nocte,

Liv. 26, 5, 9;

Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte,

Tib. 1, 5, 16:

silente caelo,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

silenti agmine ducam vos,

Liv. 25, 38; so,

silenti agmine,

id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4:

per lucos silentes,

Verg. G. 1, 476:

vultu defixus uterque silenti,

Val. Fl. 7, 407:

umbrae silentes,

i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264;

called populus silens,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead:

umbrae silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 797; so,

rex silentum,

id. ib. 5, 356:

sedes,

id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.:

Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit,

Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras:

coetus silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 66;

hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

sarmentum,

not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1:

vineae,

id. 4, 27, 1:

surculi,

id. 11, 2, 26:

flos,

id. 12, 7, 1:

ova,

in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab:

dies silens a ventis,

Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5.

sĭlĕo, ŭi ( perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere).

Lit.

Absol.:

silete et tacete atque animum advortite,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20:

optimum quemque silere,

Liv. 39, 27 fin.:

muta silet virgo,

Ov. M. 10, 389:

lingua, sile,

id. P. 2, 2, 61:

sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis,

Suet. Claud. 21:

obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit,

id. Aug. 94.—

With de:

cum ceteri de nobis silent,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

de dracone silet,

id. Div. 2, 30, 65:

de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.— Impers. pass.:

de jurgio siletur,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.—

With acc.:

quae hoc tempore sileret omnia,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

tu hoc silebis,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3:

neque te silebo, Liber,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31:

fortia facta,

Ov. M. 12, 575:

alium silere quod voles,

Sen. Hippol. 876:

nulla me tellus silet,

id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.:

facti culpa silenda mihi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 208.— Pass.:

ea res siletur,

Cic. Fl. 3, 6:

quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur,

Liv. 27, 10, 7:

per quem tria verba silentur,

Ov. F. 1, 47:

mala causa silenda est,

id. P. 3, 1, 147:

quisquis ille, sileatur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.— Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.—

With rel.clause:

quā tulerit mercede, silet,

Ov. M. 7, 688.—

With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.—

Of things (mostly poet.):

intempesta silet nox,

Verg. G. 1, 247:

silet aequor,

id. E. 9, 57:

mare,

Val. Fl. 7, 542:

immotae frondes,

Ov. M. 7, 187:

umidus aër,

id. ib.:

aura,

Col. 2, 21, 5:

venti,

id. 12, 25, 4:

tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus,

Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.:

silent late loca,

id. ib. 9, 190:

tempus erat quo cuncta silent,

Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.:

si chartae sileant quod bene feceris,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.—

Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf.

quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent,

Lucr. 2, 506:

silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

silent leges inter arma,

id. Mil. 4, 10:

si quando ambitus sileat,

id. Leg. 3, 17, 39:

ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas,

Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons:

fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā,

Val. Fl. 4, 281:

nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere),

Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente;

but -ti,

Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. ( poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent:

nocte silenti,

Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527:

silenti nocte,

Liv. 26, 5, 9;

Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte,

Tib. 1, 5, 16:

silente caelo,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

silenti agmine ducam vos,

Liv. 25, 38; so,

silenti agmine,

id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4:

per lucos silentes,

Verg. G. 1, 476:

vultu defixus uterque silenti,

Val. Fl. 7, 407:

umbrae silentes,

i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264;

called populus silens,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead:

umbrae silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 797; so,

rex silentum,

id. ib. 5, 356:

sedes,

id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.:

Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit,

Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras:

coetus silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 66;

hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

sarmentum,

not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1:

vineae,

id. 4, 27, 1:

surculi,

id. 11, 2, 26:

flos,

id. 12, 7, 1:

ova,

in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab:

dies silens a ventis,

Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5.

sĭlĕo, ŭi ( perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere).

Lit.

Absol.:

silete et tacete atque animum advortite,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20:

optimum quemque silere,

Liv. 39, 27 fin.:

muta silet virgo,

Ov. M. 10, 389:

lingua, sile,

id. P. 2, 2, 61:

sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis,

Suet. Claud. 21:

obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit,

id. Aug. 94.—

With de:

cum ceteri de nobis silent,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

de dracone silet,

id. Div. 2, 30, 65:

de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.— Impers. pass.:

de jurgio siletur,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.—

With acc.:

quae hoc tempore sileret omnia,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

tu hoc silebis,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3:

neque te silebo, Liber,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31:

fortia facta,

Ov. M. 12, 575:

alium silere quod voles,

Sen. Hippol. 876:

nulla me tellus silet,

id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.:

facti culpa silenda mihi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 208.— Pass.:

ea res siletur,

Cic. Fl. 3, 6:

quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur,

Liv. 27, 10, 7:

per quem tria verba silentur,

Ov. F. 1, 47:

mala causa silenda est,

id. P. 3, 1, 147:

quisquis ille, sileatur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.— Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.—

With rel.clause:

quā tulerit mercede, silet,

Ov. M. 7, 688.—

With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.—

Of things (mostly poet.):

intempesta silet nox,

Verg. G. 1, 247:

silet aequor,

id. E. 9, 57:

mare,

Val. Fl. 7, 542:

immotae frondes,

Ov. M. 7, 187:

umidus aër,

id. ib.:

aura,

Col. 2, 21, 5:

venti,

id. 12, 25, 4:

tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus,

Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.:

silent late loca,

id. ib. 9, 190:

tempus erat quo cuncta silent,

Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.:

si chartae sileant quod bene feceris,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.—

Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf.

quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent,

Lucr. 2, 506:

silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

silent leges inter arma,

id. Mil. 4, 10:

si quando ambitus sileat,

id. Leg. 3, 17, 39:

ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas,

Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons:

fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā,

Val. Fl. 4, 281:

nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere),

Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente;

but -ti,

Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. ( poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent:

nocte silenti,

Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527:

silenti nocte,

Liv. 26, 5, 9;

Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte,

Tib. 1, 5, 16:

silente caelo,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

silenti agmine ducam vos,

Liv. 25, 38; so,

silenti agmine,

id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4:

per lucos silentes,

Verg. G. 1, 476:

vultu defixus uterque silenti,

Val. Fl. 7, 407:

umbrae silentes,

i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264;

called populus silens,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead:

umbrae silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 797; so,

rex silentum,

id. ib. 5, 356:

sedes,

id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.:

Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit,

Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras:

coetus silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 66;

hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

sarmentum,

not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1:

vineae,

id. 4, 27, 1:

surculi,

id. 11, 2, 26:

flos,

id. 12, 7, 1:

ova,

in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab:

dies silens a ventis,

Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5.

tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].

Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one ' s peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.:

silete et tacete,

id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:

taceamne an praedicem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25:

ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62:

ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,

id. As. 3, 1, 15:

tacendo loqui videbantur,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40:

hic Abdera, non tacente me,

id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.:

nobis tacentibus,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 101:

an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?

id. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

taceamus,

Liv. 40, 9, 5:

tacere nondum volumus,

Sid. Ep. 8, 16.— Impers. pass.:

taceri si vis, vera dicito,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26:

ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—

Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.):

canis ipse tacet,

Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.:

vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 271:

nox erat... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,

Verg. A. 4, 525; cf.

nox,

Cat. 7, 7:

nec diu taceat procax locutio,

id. 61, 126:

non oculi tacuere tui,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent;

muta dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

tacet stridor litui,

Sen. Thyest. 575:

essedo tacente,

noiseless, Mart. 4, 64, 19:

Ister tacens,

i. e. standing still, frozen, id. 7, 84, 3:

solitudo et tacentes loci,

hushed, still, Tac. H. 3, 85:

loca tacentia,

the under world, the silent land, Verg. A. 6, 265:

aquae tacentes,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49:

tacere indolem illam Romanam,

i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared, Liv. 9, 6, 12:

blanditiae taceant,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.—

Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.):

et tu hoc taceto,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

enuntiabo... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119:

quid dixit aut quid tacuit?

Hor. Epod. 5, 49:

commissa tacere Qui nequit,

id. S. 1, 4, 84:

ut alios taceam,

not to speak of others, Ov. M. 13, 177; so,

Narcissum,

Verg. G. 4, 123:

novercas,

Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.:

tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?

Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.— Pass.:

ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:

aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,

Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36:

vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,

Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, rhêta kai arrêta, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.:

gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,

Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned:

prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

aliquid tacitum tenere,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.:

quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,

Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841:

tacitum erit,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,

i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me, id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.:

cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,

Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:

ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,

Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5:

tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,

silence, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7. —

Transf.

In jurid. lang., that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit:

non omnia scriptis, sed quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

conventio,

Dig. 20, 2, 3:

condicio,

ib. 23, 3, 68:

jus,

ib. 29, 2, 66:

substitutio,

ib. 28, 5, 25:

indutiae,

Liv. 2, 18; 2, 64; 23, 46:

fideicommissum,

Quint. 9, 2, 74.—

That is done or exists in silence; silent, secret, hidden, concealed:

senatus decrevit, ut tacitum judicium ante comitia fierit,

Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 Bait.:

aures ipsae tacito eum (modum) sensu sine arte definiunt,

id. Or. 60, 203:

omnes enim tacito quodam sensu sine ullā arte aut ratione quae sint... recta ac prava dijudicant,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:

ob tacitas cum Marcello offensiones,

Vell. 2, 93, 2:

tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

Verg. A. 4, 67; so,

affectus,

Ov. M. 7, 147:

pudor,

id. ib. 7, 743:

ira,

id. ib. 6, 623:

dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā,

secretly, unobserved, Verg. A. 4, 306.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., a secret:

taciti vulgator,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 51. —

Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute:

quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

tacitus tace modo,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

mulier,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.:

lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59:

quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26:

vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180:

quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas;

quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,

id. Caecin. 18, 53; id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:

nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,

id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

tacita vestra exspectatio,

id. Clu. 23, 63:

assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,

implied, tacit, id. Mil. 5, 12:

si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,

i. e. without making a defence, Liv. 40, 9, 5:

contumeliam tacitus tulit,

id. 35, 19, 1:

ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,

i. e. meditating, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

eloquent, outspoken, id. C. 4, 1, 14:

tacitus pasci si posset corvus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:

tacitā fistula cum lyrā,

id. C. 3, 19, 20:

totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,

with silent glances, Verg. A. 4, 364:

fulmen,

i. e. without thunder, Luc. 1, 533 et saep.:

per tacitum nemus ire,

still, silent, quiet, Verg. A. 6, 386; so,

unda,

id. ib. 8, 87:

caelum,

id. ib. 3, 515:

aër,

Mart. 8, 32, 1:

domus,

id. 9, 62, 12:

limen,

Verg. A. 7, 343:

nox,

Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence:

septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,

in its silent course, flowing silently, Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.:

trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,

i. e. through subterranean passages, Luc. 10, 253:

somnus per tacitum allapsus,

silently, in silence, Sil. 10, 354:

erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,

id. 12, 554; 17, 216.—

As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence:

ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,

Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.— Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.):

auscultemus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42:

tacite rogare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,

id. Mil. 4, 11:

perire tacite obscureque,

id. Quint. 15, 50:

non tulit verecundiam senatus,

Liv. 5, 28, 1:

exsecrari praetereuntem,

id. 2, 58, 8:

annus labens,

Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.

tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].

Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one ' s peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.:

silete et tacete,

id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:

taceamne an praedicem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25:

ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62:

ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,

id. As. 3, 1, 15:

tacendo loqui videbantur,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40:

hic Abdera, non tacente me,

id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.:

nobis tacentibus,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 101:

an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?

id. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

taceamus,

Liv. 40, 9, 5:

tacere nondum volumus,

Sid. Ep. 8, 16.— Impers. pass.:

taceri si vis, vera dicito,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26:

ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—

Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.):

canis ipse tacet,

Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.:

vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 271:

nox erat... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,

Verg. A. 4, 525; cf.

nox,

Cat. 7, 7:

nec diu taceat procax locutio,

id. 61, 126:

non oculi tacuere tui,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent;

muta dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

tacet stridor litui,

Sen. Thyest. 575:

essedo tacente,

noiseless, Mart. 4, 64, 19:

Ister tacens,

i. e. standing still, frozen, id. 7, 84, 3:

solitudo et tacentes loci,

hushed, still, Tac. H. 3, 85:

loca tacentia,

the under world, the silent land, Verg. A. 6, 265:

aquae tacentes,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49:

tacere indolem illam Romanam,

i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared, Liv. 9, 6, 12:

blanditiae taceant,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.—

Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.):

et tu hoc taceto,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

enuntiabo... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119:

quid dixit aut quid tacuit?

Hor. Epod. 5, 49:

commissa tacere Qui nequit,

id. S. 1, 4, 84:

ut alios taceam,

not to speak of others, Ov. M. 13, 177; so,

Narcissum,

Verg. G. 4, 123:

novercas,

Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.:

tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?

Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.— Pass.:

ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:

aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,

Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36:

vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,

Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, rhêta kai arrêta, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.:

gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,

Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned:

prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

aliquid tacitum tenere,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.:

quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,

Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841:

tacitum erit,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,

i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me, id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.:

cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,

Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:

ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,

Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5:

tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,

silence, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7. —

Transf.

In jurid. lang., that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit:

non omnia scriptis, sed quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

conventio,

Dig. 20, 2, 3:

condicio,

ib. 23, 3, 68:

jus,

ib. 29, 2, 66:

substitutio,

ib. 28, 5, 25:

indutiae,

Liv. 2, 18; 2, 64; 23, 46:

fideicommissum,

Quint. 9, 2, 74.—

That is done or exists in silence; silent, secret, hidden, concealed:

senatus decrevit, ut tacitum judicium ante comitia fierit,

Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 Bait.:

aures ipsae tacito eum (modum) sensu sine arte definiunt,

id. Or. 60, 203:

omnes enim tacito quodam sensu sine ullā arte aut ratione quae sint... recta ac prava dijudicant,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:

ob tacitas cum Marcello offensiones,

Vell. 2, 93, 2:

tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

Verg. A. 4, 67; so,

affectus,

Ov. M. 7, 147:

pudor,

id. ib. 7, 743:

ira,

id. ib. 6, 623:

dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā,

secretly, unobserved, Verg. A. 4, 306.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., a secret:

taciti vulgator,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 51. —

Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute:

quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

tacitus tace modo,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

mulier,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.:

lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59:

quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26:

vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180:

quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas;

quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,

id. Caecin. 18, 53; id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:

nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,

id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

tacita vestra exspectatio,

id. Clu. 23, 63:

assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,

implied, tacit, id. Mil. 5, 12:

si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,

i. e. without making a defence, Liv. 40, 9, 5:

contumeliam tacitus tulit,

id. 35, 19, 1:

ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,

i. e. meditating, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

eloquent, outspoken, id. C. 4, 1, 14:

tacitus pasci si posset corvus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:

tacitā fistula cum lyrā,

id. C. 3, 19, 20:

totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,

with silent glances, Verg. A. 4, 364:

fulmen,

i. e. without thunder, Luc. 1, 533 et saep.:

per tacitum nemus ire,

still, silent, quiet, Verg. A. 6, 386; so,

unda,

id. ib. 8, 87:

caelum,

id. ib. 3, 515:

aër,

Mart. 8, 32, 1:

domus,

id. 9, 62, 12:

limen,

Verg. A. 7, 343:

nox,

Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence:

septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,

in its silent course, flowing silently, Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.:

trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,

i. e. through subterranean passages, Luc. 10, 253:

somnus per tacitum allapsus,

silently, in silence, Sil. 10, 354:

erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,

id. 12, 554; 17, 216.—

As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence:

ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,

Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.— Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.):

auscultemus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42:

tacite rogare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,

id. Mil. 4, 11:

perire tacite obscureque,

id. Quint. 15, 50:

non tulit verecundiam senatus,

Liv. 5, 28, 1:

exsecrari praetereuntem,

id. 2, 58, 8:

annus labens,

Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.

tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].

Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one ' s peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.:

silete et tacete,

id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:

taceamne an praedicem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25:

ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62:

ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,

id. As. 3, 1, 15:

tacendo loqui videbantur,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40:

hic Abdera, non tacente me,

id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.:

nobis tacentibus,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 101:

an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?

id. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

taceamus,

Liv. 40, 9, 5:

tacere nondum volumus,

Sid. Ep. 8, 16.— Impers. pass.:

taceri si vis, vera dicito,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26:

ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—

Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.):

canis ipse tacet,

Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.:

vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 271:

nox erat... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,

Verg. A. 4, 525; cf.

nox,

Cat. 7, 7:

nec diu taceat procax locutio,

id. 61, 126:

non oculi tacuere tui,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent;

muta dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

tacet stridor litui,

Sen. Thyest. 575:

essedo tacente,

noiseless, Mart. 4, 64, 19:

Ister tacens,

i. e. standing still, frozen, id. 7, 84, 3:

solitudo et tacentes loci,

hushed, still, Tac. H. 3, 85:

loca tacentia,

the under world, the silent land, Verg. A. 6, 265:

aquae tacentes,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49:

tacere indolem illam Romanam,

i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared, Liv. 9, 6, 12:

blanditiae taceant,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.—

Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.):

et tu hoc taceto,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

enuntiabo... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119:

quid dixit aut quid tacuit?

Hor. Epod. 5, 49:

commissa tacere Qui nequit,

id. S. 1, 4, 84:

ut alios taceam,

not to speak of others, Ov. M. 13, 177; so,

Narcissum,

Verg. G. 4, 123:

novercas,

Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.:

tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?

Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.— Pass.:

ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:

aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,

Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36:

vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,

Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, rhêta kai arrêta, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.:

gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,

Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned:

prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

aliquid tacitum tenere,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.:

quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,

Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841:

tacitum erit,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,

i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me, id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.:

cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,

Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:

ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,

Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5:

tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,

silence, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7. —

Transf.

In jurid. lang., that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit:

non omnia scriptis, sed quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

conventio,

Dig. 20, 2, 3:

condicio,

ib. 23, 3, 68:

jus,

ib. 29, 2, 66:

substitutio,

ib. 28, 5, 25:

indutiae,

Liv. 2, 18; 2, 64; 23, 46:

fideicommissum,

Quint. 9, 2, 74.—

That is done or exists in silence; silent, secret, hidden, concealed:

senatus decrevit, ut tacitum judicium ante comitia fierit,

Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 Bait.:

aures ipsae tacito eum (modum) sensu sine arte definiunt,

id. Or. 60, 203:

omnes enim tacito quodam sensu sine ullā arte aut ratione quae sint... recta ac prava dijudicant,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:

ob tacitas cum Marcello offensiones,

Vell. 2, 93, 2:

tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

Verg. A. 4, 67; so,

affectus,

Ov. M. 7, 147:

pudor,

id. ib. 7, 743:

ira,

id. ib. 6, 623:

dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā,

secretly, unobserved, Verg. A. 4, 306.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., a secret:

taciti vulgator,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 51. —

Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute:

quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

tacitus tace modo,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

mulier,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.:

lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59:

quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26:

vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180:

quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas;

quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,

id. Caecin. 18, 53; id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:

nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,

id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

tacita vestra exspectatio,

id. Clu. 23, 63:

assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,

implied, tacit, id. Mil. 5, 12:

si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,

i. e. without making a defence, Liv. 40, 9, 5:

contumeliam tacitus tulit,

id. 35, 19, 1:

ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,

i. e. meditating, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

eloquent, outspoken, id. C. 4, 1, 14:

tacitus pasci si posset corvus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:

tacitā fistula cum lyrā,

id. C. 3, 19, 20:

totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,

with silent glances, Verg. A. 4, 364:

fulmen,

i. e. without thunder, Luc. 1, 533 et saep.:

per tacitum nemus ire,

still, silent, quiet, Verg. A. 6, 386; so,

unda,

id. ib. 8, 87:

caelum,

id. ib. 3, 515:

aër,

Mart. 8, 32, 1:

domus,

id. 9, 62, 12:

limen,

Verg. A. 7, 343:

nox,

Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence:

septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,

in its silent course, flowing silently, Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.:

trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,

i. e. through subterranean passages, Luc. 10, 253:

somnus per tacitum allapsus,

silently, in silence, Sil. 10, 354:

erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,

id. 12, 554; 17, 216.—

As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence:

ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,

Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.— Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.):

auscultemus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42:

tacite rogare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,

id. Mil. 4, 11:

perire tacite obscureque,

id. Quint. 15, 50:

non tulit verecundiam senatus,

Liv. 5, 28, 1:

exsecrari praetereuntem,

id. 2, 58, 8:

annus labens,

Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.

mussĭto, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [musso].

Neutr., to be silent, keep quiet, not let one's self be heard; to speak in an undertone, to mutter, grumble (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

si sapis, mussitabis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 65:

sub lectis latentes metu mussitant,

id. Cas. 3, 5, 33:

ita clam quidam mussitantes,

Liv. 1, 50:

cum David vidisset servos suos mussitantes,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 19:

contra nos,

id. Exod. 16, 7.—

Act., to say in a low tone, to mutter, murmur any thing: to be silent respecting, to take no notice of a thing:

ego (haec) mecum mussito,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 119; id. Truc. 2, 2, 57; 2, 6, 10.— With rel.-clause:

malo ambigere bonos, quam ob rem id non meruerim, quam, quod est gravius, cur impetraverim, mussitare,

Amm. 14, 6, 8:

accipienda et mussitanda injuria adulescentium est,

is to be borne in silence, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 53:

timorem,

App. Mag. p. 320.

musso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. (depon. collat. form: discumbimus mussati, Varr. ap. Non. 249, 10) [root mu-, shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. muaô, muôps; cf. mustêrion; Lat. mutus], to say in a low tone, to mutter, murmur; to be silent respecting a thing (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: mutio, murmuro).

Lit.: mussare murmurare. Ennius: in occulto mussabant. Vulgo vero pro tacere dicitur, ut idem Ennius: non decet mussare bonos, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 185; 348; 426;

Trag. v. 432 Vahl.): soli Aetoli id decretum clam mussantes carpebant,

Liv. 33, 31:

flent maesti mussantque patres,

Verg. A. 11, 454; Anthol. Lat. 1, 170, 108: aequum non est occultum id haberi, neque per metum mussari, to bear or brook in silence, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 12: egomet mecum mussito: Bona [p. 1180] mea inhiant, id. Mil. 3, 1, 118:

quidquid est, mussitabo potius quam inteream,

keep it to myself, id. ib. 2, 3, 40:

ergo si sapis, mussitabis,

id. ib. 2, 5, 67.— Poet., of bees, to murmur, hum, Verg. G. 4, 188.—

Transf., to be afraid to say or do any thing, to be in fear or uncertainty:

mussat rex ipse Latinus, Quos generos vocet,

i. e. deliberates in silence, Verg. A. 12, 657:

dicere mussant,

id. ib. 11, 345:

medici,

Plin. Ep. 7, 1:

juvencae,

are silent, expect in silence, Verg. A. 12, 718.

Harpŏcrătēs, is, m., = Harpokratês,

The Egyptian god of silence, represented with his finger on his mouth; acc. to others, a Greek philosopher, who enjoined silence respecting the nature of the gods, Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll. N. cr. (cf. Ov. M. 9, 692).—

Transf., a silent person, Cat. 74, 4.