serenĭtas

sĕrēnĭtas, ātis, f. [serenus], clearness, serenity.

Lit., of the weather, clear, fair, or serene weather; with gen.: cum sit tum serenitas, tum perturbatio caeli, * Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

diei solisque, Auct. B. Hisp. 29, 4: auctumni,

Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353.— Absol.:

tranquilla serenitas (opp. foeda tempestas),

Liv. 2, 62, 2; 2, 26, 11:

serenitatem praesagire,

Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 362; 10, 67, 86, § 188.— Plur.:

(vinea) imbribus magis quam serenitatibus offenditur,

Col. 3, 1, 10.—

Trop.

Fairness, serenity of fortune, of disposition, etc. (rare;

perh. not ante-Aug.): praesentis fortunae,

Liv. 42, 62, 4:

minor es, quam ut serenitatem meam obducas,

Sen. Ira, 3, 25, 4:

quantam tempestatem subitā serenitate discussit (principis ortus),

Curt. 10, 9, 5.—

Serenitas, a title of the Roman emperors, = Serene Highness, Veg. Mil. 3 epil.; Inscr. Grut. 286, 2.

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mŏdĕrāmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], a means of managing or governing, e. g. a rudder, helm ( poet. and in post-class. prose).

Lit.

Innixus moderamine navis, Ov. M. 15, 726; so in plur., id. ib. 3, 644.—

Management, direction, control:

equorum,

Ov. M. 2, 48.—

Trop.: rerum, the helm, i. e. the management of affairs, the government of the state, Ov. M. 6, 677; also, a means of moderating, mitigating, controlling: verum serenitas nostra certum moderamen invenit, Cod. Th. 11, 30, 64.

perturbātĭo, ōnis, f. [perturbo], confusion, disorder, disturbance.

Lit.:

caeli (opp. serenitas),

Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

hostium,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 16.—

Trop.

In gen., political disturbance, disorder, revolution:

quid est enim aliud tumultus nisi perturbatio tanta, ut major timor oriatur?

Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 3:

quantas perturbationes et quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum?

id. Mur. 17, 35:

cum enim omnes post interitum Caesaris novarum perturbationum causae quaeri viderentur,

id. Fat. 1, 2:

videtis, quo in motu temporum, quantā in conversione rerum ac perturbatione versemur,

id. Fl. 37, 94:

magna totius exercitūs perturbatio facta est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28.—

Mental or personal disturbance, disquiet, perturbation:

motus atque perturbatio animorum atque rerum,

Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 24:

vitae et magna confusio,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 3:

rationis,

id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

valetudinis,

id. Fam. 9, 3, 9.—

In partic., an emotion, passion: quae Graeci pathê vocant, nobis perturbationes appellari magis placet, quam morbos, Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 10:

est igitur Zenonis haec definitio, ut perturbatio sit aversa a rectā ratione, contra naturam animi commotio: quidam brevius perturbationem esse appetitum vehementiorem,

id. ib. 4, 6, 11:

ex quā (vitiositate) concitantur perturbationes, quae sunt turbidi animorum concitatique motus, aversi a ratione et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

id. ib. 4, 15, 34:

perturbationes sunt genere quatuor, partibus plures, aegritudo, formido, libido, laetitia,

id. Fin. 3, 10, 35:

impetu quodam animi et perturbatione magis, quam judicio aut consilio regi,

id. de Or. 2, 42, 178:

perturbationem afferre,

id. Div. 1, 30, 62:

in perturbationes atque exanimationes incidere,

id. Off. 1, 7, 36;

opp. to tranquillitas,

id. ib. 1, 17, 66.

rĕ-purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit., to clean, cleanse, or clear again (not anteAug.):

iter,

Liv. 44, 4 fin.:

alveum Tiberis,

Suet. Aug. 30:

ergastula,

id. Tib. 8:

os, mox dentes,

Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 90:

nomas,

id. 23, 4, 38, § 78:

vulnera,

id. 34, 15, 46, § 155:

humum, Ov. de Nuce, 125: hortum repurgare steriles herbas eligens,

Curt. 4, 1, 21:

repurgato fugiebant nubila caelo,

Ov. M. 5, 286:

serenitas caeli non recipit majorem claritatem in sincerissimum nitorem repurgata,

Sen. Ep. 66, 46.—

Transf., to purge away; to take away, remove, for the sake of cleaning:

quicquid in Aeneā fuerat mortale repurgat,

Ov. M. 14, 603:

fetus,

Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217:

aurum venis,

Flor. 4, 12, 12.

tranquillĭtas, ātis, f. [tranquillus], quietness, stillness, tranquillity.

Lit., calmness of wind or weather, a calm:

tanta subito malacia ac tranquillitas exstitit, ut se ex loco movere non possent (naves),

Caes. B. G. 3, 15:

si proficiscatur hac tranquillitate,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

maris tranquillitas intellegitur nullā ne minimā quidem aurā fluctus commovente,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

mira serenitas cum tranquillitate oriebatur,

Liv. 26, 11, 3:

summā tranquillitate consecutā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23:

insidiosa,

Plin. Pan. 66, 3; and in plur.:

nos longis navibus tranquillitates aucupaturi eramus,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

securitas quae est animi tamquam tranquillitas,

id. Fin. 5, 8, 23. —

Trop., calmness, quiet, serenity, tranquillity of mind or affairs (a favorite trope of Cic.):

locus quietis et tranquillitatis plenissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

tranquillitas (animi), id est placida quietaque constantia,

id. Tusc. 4, 5, 10:

summa tranquillitas pacis et otii,

id. Agr. 1, 8, 21; cf. Sen. Tranq. 2, 3 sq.:

tranquillitas animi et securitas... tranquillitatem expetere,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 69; cf.:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae sequi,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

et jam ibi nequaquam eadem quies ac tranquillitas erat,

Liv. 24, 27, 7:

non multum ad tranquillitatem locus confert,

Sen. Ep. 55, 8: illa tranquillitas vera est, in quam bona mens explicatur. id. ib. 56, 6:

tranquillitatem et otium penitus auxit,

Tac. Agr. 40 fin.:

ad carminis tranquillitatem tamquam ad portum confugerunt,

Petr. 118.—

In partic.

De Tranquillitate Animi, the title of a work of Seneca the philosopher. —

Tranquillitas tua, Your Serenity, Your Serene Highness, a later title of the Roman emperors, Eutr. praef.:

vestra,

id. 1, 11.

tranquillus, a. um. adj., quiet, calm, still, tranquil, opp. to motion or excitement (syn. serenus).

Lit., chiefly of calmness of weather:

ut mare, quod suā naturā tranquillum sit, ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

Cic. Clu. 49, 138:

tranquillo mari gubernare,

Liv. 24, 8, 12; 38, 10, 5; 28, 17. 12:

leni ac tranquillo mari,

Curt. 4, 2, 8:

aequora,

Val. Fl. 2, 609:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 8:

caelum,

calm, tranquil, Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 192; cf.

dies,

id. 2, 45, 44, § 114:

serenitas,

Liv. 2, 62, 2:

sic tranquillum mare dicitur, cum leviter movetur neque in unam partem inclinatur... scito illud non stare, sed succuti leviter et dici tranquillum, quia neque huc neque illo impetum faciat,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 1.—

Subst.: tranquillum, i, n., a calm; a quiet sea:

tranquillum est, Alcedonia sunt circum forum,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 26; cf.:

qui te ad scopulum e tranquillo auferat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8:

in tranquillo tempestatem adversam optare dementis est,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

ita aut tranquillum aut procellae in vobis sunt,

Liv. 28, 27, 11:

tranquillo pervectus Chalcidem,

on the calm, tranquil sea, Liv. 31, 23, 4:

classicique milites tranquillo in altum evecti,

id. 26, 51, 6:

non tranquillo navigamus,

id. 24, 8, 13 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

tranquillo, ut aiunt, quilibet gubernator est,

Sen. Ep. 85, 30:

alia tranquillo velut oscitatio,

Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.— Plur.:

testudines eminente dorso per tranquilla fluitantes,

Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35:

immoti jacent tranquilla pelagi,

Sen. Troad. 200.—

Transf.:

tranquilla et serena frons,

calm, not disturbed, Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

tranquillo serenoque vultu,

Suet. Aug. 79. —

Trop., calm, quiet, peaceful, placid, composed, untroubled, undisturbed, serene, tranquil (cf. quietus):

efficiendum est, ut appetitus sint tranquilli atque omni perturbatione animi careant,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

tranquillum facere ex irato,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 21; so (opp. irata) id. Poen. 1, 2, 145:

locus,

id. Ep. 3, 4, 8:

ut liqueant omnia et tranquilla sint,

id. Most. 2, 1, 70:

tranquillam concinna viam,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 13:

placata, tranquilla, quieta, beata vita,

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; cf.:

pacatae tranquillaeque civitates,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

nihil quieti videre, nihil tranquilli,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 38:

tutae tranquillaeque res omnes,

Sall. C. 16, 5; so,

res,

Liv. 38, 28, 1:

tranquillo animo esse potest nemo,

Cic. Sen. 20, 74; cf.:

tranquillo pectore vultuque sereno,

Lucr. 3, 294:

senectus,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 57:

otia sine armis,

Luc. 2, 266:

pax,

id. 1, 171.— Comp.:

ita hanc canem faciam tibi oleo tranquilliorem,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 66:

tranquilliorem plebem fecerunt,

Liv. 2, 63, 3:

esse tranquillior animo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6.—Of an orator:

in transferendis faciendisque verbis tranquillior (Isocrates),

Cic. Or. 52, 176.— Sup.:

illud meum turbulentissimum tempus profectionis tuo tranquillissimo praestat,

Cic. Pis. 15, 33:

cetera videntur esse tranquilla: tranquillissimus autem animus meus,

id. Att. 7, 7, 4:

tranquillissima res,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 14:

otium,

Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 2.—

Subst.: tranquillum, i, n., calmness, quiet, tranquillity, etc.:

vitam... in tam tranquillo... locare,

Lucr. 5, 12; cf.:

esse in tranquillo,

Ter. Eun. 5 (8), 9, 8:

in urbe ex tranquillo nec opinata moles discordiarum... exorta est,

Liv. 4, 43, 3:

seditionem in tranquillum conferre,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16:

republicā in tranquillum redactā,

Liv. 3, 40, 11.— Plur.:

tranquilla tuens nec fronte timendus,

Val. Fl. 1, 38.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

tranquillē, calmly, quietly, tranquilly:

inclamare,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 112:

tranquille placideque,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

dicere, with leniter, definite, etc.,

id. Or. 28, 99.— Comp.:

tranquillius manere,

Sen. Ep. 71, 15.— Sup.:

tranquillissime senuit,

Suet. Aug. 2 med. —

tranquillō, quietly, without disturbance (very rare):

nec cetera modo tribuni tranquillo peregere,

Liv. 3, 14, 6; cf. supra, I. b.—

Transf., tranquillizing, bringing peaceful news:

tranquillae tuae quidem litterae,

Cic. Att. 14, 3, 1.

tranquillus, a. um. adj., quiet, calm, still, tranquil, opp. to motion or excitement (syn. serenus).

Lit., chiefly of calmness of weather:

ut mare, quod suā naturā tranquillum sit, ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

Cic. Clu. 49, 138:

tranquillo mari gubernare,

Liv. 24, 8, 12; 38, 10, 5; 28, 17. 12:

leni ac tranquillo mari,

Curt. 4, 2, 8:

aequora,

Val. Fl. 2, 609:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 8:

caelum,

calm, tranquil, Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 192; cf.

dies,

id. 2, 45, 44, § 114:

serenitas,

Liv. 2, 62, 2:

sic tranquillum mare dicitur, cum leviter movetur neque in unam partem inclinatur... scito illud non stare, sed succuti leviter et dici tranquillum, quia neque huc neque illo impetum faciat,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 1.—

Subst.: tranquillum, i, n., a calm; a quiet sea:

tranquillum est, Alcedonia sunt circum forum,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 26; cf.:

qui te ad scopulum e tranquillo auferat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8:

in tranquillo tempestatem adversam optare dementis est,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

ita aut tranquillum aut procellae in vobis sunt,

Liv. 28, 27, 11:

tranquillo pervectus Chalcidem,

on the calm, tranquil sea, Liv. 31, 23, 4:

classicique milites tranquillo in altum evecti,

id. 26, 51, 6:

non tranquillo navigamus,

id. 24, 8, 13 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

tranquillo, ut aiunt, quilibet gubernator est,

Sen. Ep. 85, 30:

alia tranquillo velut oscitatio,

Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.— Plur.:

testudines eminente dorso per tranquilla fluitantes,

Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35:

immoti jacent tranquilla pelagi,

Sen. Troad. 200.—

Transf.:

tranquilla et serena frons,

calm, not disturbed, Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

tranquillo serenoque vultu,

Suet. Aug. 79. —

Trop., calm, quiet, peaceful, placid, composed, untroubled, undisturbed, serene, tranquil (cf. quietus):

efficiendum est, ut appetitus sint tranquilli atque omni perturbatione animi careant,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

tranquillum facere ex irato,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 21; so (opp. irata) id. Poen. 1, 2, 145:

locus,

id. Ep. 3, 4, 8:

ut liqueant omnia et tranquilla sint,

id. Most. 2, 1, 70:

tranquillam concinna viam,

id. Stich. 2, 1, 13:

placata, tranquilla, quieta, beata vita,

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; cf.:

pacatae tranquillaeque civitates,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

nihil quieti videre, nihil tranquilli,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 38:

tutae tranquillaeque res omnes,

Sall. C. 16, 5; so,

res,

Liv. 38, 28, 1:

tranquillo animo esse potest nemo,

Cic. Sen. 20, 74; cf.:

tranquillo pectore vultuque sereno,

Lucr. 3, 294:

senectus,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 57:

otia sine armis,

Luc. 2, 266:

pax,

id. 1, 171.— Comp.:

ita hanc canem faciam tibi oleo tranquilliorem,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 66:

tranquilliorem plebem fecerunt,

Liv. 2, 63, 3:

esse tranquillior animo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6.—Of an orator:

in transferendis faciendisque verbis tranquillior (Isocrates),

Cic. Or. 52, 176.— Sup.:

illud meum turbulentissimum tempus profectionis tuo tranquillissimo praestat,

Cic. Pis. 15, 33:

cetera videntur esse tranquilla: tranquillissimus autem animus meus,

id. Att. 7, 7, 4:

tranquillissima res,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 14:

otium,

Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 2.—

Subst.: tranquillum, i, n., calmness, quiet, tranquillity, etc.:

vitam... in tam tranquillo... locare,

Lucr. 5, 12; cf.:

esse in tranquillo,

Ter. Eun. 5 (8), 9, 8:

in urbe ex tranquillo nec opinata moles discordiarum... exorta est,

Liv. 4, 43, 3:

seditionem in tranquillum conferre,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16:

republicā in tranquillum redactā,

Liv. 3, 40, 11.— Plur.:

tranquilla tuens nec fronte timendus,

Val. Fl. 1, 38.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

tranquillē, calmly, quietly, tranquilly:

inclamare,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 112:

tranquille placideque,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

dicere, with leniter, definite, etc.,

id. Or. 28, 99.— Comp.:

tranquillius manere,

Sen. Ep. 71, 15.— Sup.:

tranquillissime senuit,

Suet. Aug. 2 med. —

tranquillō, quietly, without disturbance (very rare):

nec cetera modo tribuni tranquillo peregere,

Liv. 3, 14, 6; cf. supra, I. b.—

Transf., tranquillizing, bringing peaceful news:

tranquillae tuae quidem litterae,

Cic. Att. 14, 3, 1.