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  • 1 tacenda

    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].
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    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. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.

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  • 2 taceo

    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].
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    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. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.

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  • 3 tacitum

    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].
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    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. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.

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  • 4 tacitus

        tacitus adj.    [P. of taceo], passed in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned: duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi relinquenda sunt: Quis te, Cato, tacitum relinquat? V.: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., L.— Done without words, assumed as of course, silent, implied, tacit: quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri: indutiae, L.— Done in silence, silent, secret, hidden, concealed: ut tacitum iudicium ante comitia fieret: tacito quodam sensu quae sint... recta ac prava diiudicant: pudor, O.: Dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā, unobserved, V.—As subst n., a secret: taciti volgator, O.— Not speaking, without utterance, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute: quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur: si quam coniecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura: si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus, i. e. without making a defence, L.: ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat, i. e. meditating, H.: pro sollicitis non tacitus reis, outspoken, H.: tacitā fistula cum lyrā, H.: totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis, with silent glances, V.: nemus, quiet, V.: limen, V.: nox, O.—As subst n.: surgens Per tacitum Ganges, in its silent course, V.
    * * *
    tacita, tacitum ADJ
    silent, secret

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  • 5 conibentia

    connivance, tacit permission/sanction; (coniventia)

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  • 6 coniventia

    connivance, tacit permission/sanction, overlooking/winking at an offense

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  • 7 decorum

    dĕcōrus, a, um, adj. [decor], Gr. euprepês.
    I.
    Becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous (class.).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    QVAE QVOIQVE DIVO DECORAE GRATAEQVE SINT HOSTIAE PROVIDENTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

    color albus praecipue decorus deo est,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 45:

    quod virginitati decorum,

    Liv. 2, 13; Quint. 11, 3, 101; cf. ib. § 104, and 11, [p. 523] 1, 33 al.:

    decorum erat tum ipsis capessere pugnam ducibus,

    Liv. 2, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 12. —
    * (β).
    With abl. (after the analogy of dignus):

    (facinora puerilia) neque te decora neque tuis virtutibus,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 24 (cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 43).—
    * (γ).
    With ad (after the analogy of aptus, accommodatus, etc.):

    nos auri venas invenimus et ad usum aptas et ad ornatum decoras,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—
    (δ).
    With pro:

    decorum pro causa ratus,

    Tac. H. 3, 7.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    decorus est senis sermo, quietus et remissus,

    Cic. de Sen. 9, 28; cf.:

    vox et actio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 17:

    silentium,

    Hor. Od. 4, 1, 35 et saep.:

    nihil nisi quod honestum decorumque sit admirari,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20:

    omnino si quicquam est decorum, nihil est profecto magis, quam aequabilitas universae vitae,

    id. ib. 1, 31, 111; Quint. 5, 10, 40 al.:

    actuariis minutis Patras accedere... non satis visum est decorum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 9; so with a subject-clause, id. ib. 4, 16, 3:

    dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,

    Hor. Od. 3, 2, 13; Ov. M. 9, 6 (opp. turpe); cf. ib. 13, 309 al.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕ-cōrum, i, n., in Cic. for the Gr. prepon, that which is seemly, suitable; seemliness, fitness, propriety, decorum (for which Quint. uses decor; cf.: decus init.): ut in vita, sic in oratione nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre. Prepon appellant hoc Graeci: nos dicamus sane decorum; Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.: id, quod Graece prepon dicitur, decorum dici Latine potest, etc., id. Off. 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. ib. 1, 35; Tac. H. 1, 71.— Plur.:

    vota pro reditu ejus et alia decora,

    id. ib. 3, 47:

    plura tribuere,

    id. ib. 3, 5.
    II.
    Absol., decorated, ornamented, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful, handsome (not so in Cic.; but freq. in the poets and historians, esp. in Hor. and Tacit.): delubra deum, * Lucr. 2, 352; cf.:

    aedes,

    Hor. Od. 1, 30, 3; and:

    supplicationes et alia decora,

    Tac. A. 3, 47:

    galeae ensesque,

    Verg. A. 11, 194:

    insigne clipei,

    id. ib. 2, 392:

    arma,

    Sall. C. 7, 4 al.:

    membra juventae,

    Verg. A. 4, 559; cf.:

    oculi,

    id. ib. 11, 480:

    pectus,

    id. ib. 4, 589:

    os,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 21:

    facies,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 87; Sall. J. 6, 1:

    caput,

    Ov. M. 6, 167:

    juventa,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    genus,

    id. A. 6, 27 al.:

    palaestra,

    noble, skilful, Hor. Od. 1, 10, 3:

    verba,

    id. S. 2, 7, 41; id. Ep. 2, 1, 73:

    temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia,

    Tac. A. 1, 1.— Sup.: Zeus decorissimus, Apul. Mag. 4, p. 276, 4.—
    (β).
    With abl., adorned with any thing; shining, beautiful with any thing:

    ductores ostro decori,

    Verg. A. 5, 133; cf. id. ib. 12, 126:

    Phoebus fulgente arcu,

    Hor. Carm. Sec. 61:

    Bacchus aureo cornu,

    id. Od. 2, 19, 30:

    Medi pharetrā,

    id. ib. 2, 16, 2:

    dea formāque armisque,

    Ov. M. 2, 773:

    satis decorus etiam Graeca facundia,

    Tac. H. 2, 80.— With ab:

    voces decorae ab aspectu,

    Col. 6, 1. Adv.: dĕcōrē.
    1.
    (Acc. to no. I.) Suitably, properly, decorously:

    ut ea si non decore, at quam minime indecore facere possimus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 1, 32, 144; 3, 47, 182; Sall. J. 100 fin. —
    * 2.
    (acc. to no. II.), elegantly, charmingly, beautifully: formata d. Jovis species, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20 (cf. above, decora delubra deum).

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  • 8 decorus

    dĕcōrus, a, um, adj. [decor], Gr. euprepês.
    I.
    Becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous (class.).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    QVAE QVOIQVE DIVO DECORAE GRATAEQVE SINT HOSTIAE PROVIDENTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

    color albus praecipue decorus deo est,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 45:

    quod virginitati decorum,

    Liv. 2, 13; Quint. 11, 3, 101; cf. ib. § 104, and 11, [p. 523] 1, 33 al.:

    decorum erat tum ipsis capessere pugnam ducibus,

    Liv. 2, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 12. —
    * (β).
    With abl. (after the analogy of dignus):

    (facinora puerilia) neque te decora neque tuis virtutibus,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 24 (cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 43).—
    * (γ).
    With ad (after the analogy of aptus, accommodatus, etc.):

    nos auri venas invenimus et ad usum aptas et ad ornatum decoras,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—
    (δ).
    With pro:

    decorum pro causa ratus,

    Tac. H. 3, 7.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    decorus est senis sermo, quietus et remissus,

    Cic. de Sen. 9, 28; cf.:

    vox et actio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 17:

    silentium,

    Hor. Od. 4, 1, 35 et saep.:

    nihil nisi quod honestum decorumque sit admirari,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20:

    omnino si quicquam est decorum, nihil est profecto magis, quam aequabilitas universae vitae,

    id. ib. 1, 31, 111; Quint. 5, 10, 40 al.:

    actuariis minutis Patras accedere... non satis visum est decorum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 9; so with a subject-clause, id. ib. 4, 16, 3:

    dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,

    Hor. Od. 3, 2, 13; Ov. M. 9, 6 (opp. turpe); cf. ib. 13, 309 al.—
    B.
    Subst.: dĕ-cōrum, i, n., in Cic. for the Gr. prepon, that which is seemly, suitable; seemliness, fitness, propriety, decorum (for which Quint. uses decor; cf.: decus init.): ut in vita, sic in oratione nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre. Prepon appellant hoc Graeci: nos dicamus sane decorum; Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.: id, quod Graece prepon dicitur, decorum dici Latine potest, etc., id. Off. 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. ib. 1, 35; Tac. H. 1, 71.— Plur.:

    vota pro reditu ejus et alia decora,

    id. ib. 3, 47:

    plura tribuere,

    id. ib. 3, 5.
    II.
    Absol., decorated, ornamented, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful, handsome (not so in Cic.; but freq. in the poets and historians, esp. in Hor. and Tacit.): delubra deum, * Lucr. 2, 352; cf.:

    aedes,

    Hor. Od. 1, 30, 3; and:

    supplicationes et alia decora,

    Tac. A. 3, 47:

    galeae ensesque,

    Verg. A. 11, 194:

    insigne clipei,

    id. ib. 2, 392:

    arma,

    Sall. C. 7, 4 al.:

    membra juventae,

    Verg. A. 4, 559; cf.:

    oculi,

    id. ib. 11, 480:

    pectus,

    id. ib. 4, 589:

    os,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 21:

    facies,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 87; Sall. J. 6, 1:

    caput,

    Ov. M. 6, 167:

    juventa,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    genus,

    id. A. 6, 27 al.:

    palaestra,

    noble, skilful, Hor. Od. 1, 10, 3:

    verba,

    id. S. 2, 7, 41; id. Ep. 2, 1, 73:

    temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia,

    Tac. A. 1, 1.— Sup.: Zeus decorissimus, Apul. Mag. 4, p. 276, 4.—
    (β).
    With abl., adorned with any thing; shining, beautiful with any thing:

    ductores ostro decori,

    Verg. A. 5, 133; cf. id. ib. 12, 126:

    Phoebus fulgente arcu,

    Hor. Carm. Sec. 61:

    Bacchus aureo cornu,

    id. Od. 2, 19, 30:

    Medi pharetrā,

    id. ib. 2, 16, 2:

    dea formāque armisque,

    Ov. M. 2, 773:

    satis decorus etiam Graeca facundia,

    Tac. H. 2, 80.— With ab:

    voces decorae ab aspectu,

    Col. 6, 1. Adv.: dĕcōrē.
    1.
    (Acc. to no. I.) Suitably, properly, decorously:

    ut ea si non decore, at quam minime indecore facere possimus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 1, 32, 144; 3, 47, 182; Sall. J. 100 fin. —
    * 2.
    (acc. to no. II.), elegantly, charmingly, beautifully: formata d. Jovis species, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20 (cf. above, decora delubra deum).

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  • 9 delator

    dēlātor, ōris, m. [id.], an accuser, informer, denouncer (only post-Aug.;

    esp. freq. in Tacit. and Suet.): judices... delatores,

    Quint. 9, 2, 74; cf.

    3, 10, 3: delatorum judicium, quasi latronum,

    Plin. Pan. 34, 1 sq.; 35, 1; Suet. Tib. 45; 61; Tac. A. 6, 40; id. H. 1, 2 et saep.:

    majestatis,

    i. e. of hightreason, Tac. A. 2, 50; cf.:

    Papiae legis,

    i. e. one who denounces a violation of it, Suet. Ner. 10.

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  • 10 elephantinus

    ĕlĕphantĭnus, a, um, adj. [elephas].
    I.
    Belonging to the elephant:

    tergum,

    Mel. 1, 5, 2.—
    II.
    = elephantinos, pure Lat. eburnĕus, of ivory:

    liber,

    consisting of ivory tablets, Vop. Tacit. 8:

    atramentum,

    ivoryblack, Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 42:

    compositio (emplastri),

    Cels. 5, 19, 24 Daremb.

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  • tacit — [tas′it] adj. [< Fr or L: Fr tacite < L tacitus, pp. of tacere, to be silent < IE base * takē , to be silent > Goth thahan, ON thegja] 1. Now Rare saying nothing; still 2. unspoken; silent 3. not expressed or declared openly, but… …   English World dictionary

  • tacit — (n.) c.1600, from Fr. tacite, from L. tacitus that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed, silent, prop. pp. of tacere to be silent, from PIE root *tak to be silent (Cf. Goth. þahan, O.N. þegja to be silent, O.N. þagna to grow… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Tacit — Tàcit, Publije Kornelije (o.55 o.120) DEFINICIJA rimski povjesničar; u glavnim, vrlo obimnim ali nepotpuno sačuvanim djelima Anali (povijest Rimskog Carstva 14 68) i Historije (razdoblje 69 96) na rijetko uspješan način prožimaju se akribija… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • tacit — [adj] taken for granted; not said aloud alluded to, allusive, assumed, hinted at, implicit, implied, inarticulate, indirect, inferred, intimated, silent, suggested, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unvoiced,… …   New thesaurus

  • tacit — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ understood or implied without being stated. DERIVATIVES tacitly adverb. ORIGIN Latin tacitus silent , from tacere be silent …   English terms dictionary

  • tacit — /taesat/ Existing, inferred, or understood without being openly expressed or stated; implied by silence or silent acquiescence, as a tacit agreement or a tacit understanding. State v. Chadwick, 150 Or. 645, 47 P.2d 232, 234. Done or made in… …   Black's law dictionary

  • tacit — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French tacite, from Latin tacitus silent, from past participle of tacēre to be silent; akin to Old High German dagēn to be silent Date: 1576 1. expressed or carried on without words or speech …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tacit — tacitly, adv. tacitness, n. /tas it/, adj. 1. understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval. 2. silent; saying nothing: a tacit partner. 3. unvoiced or unspoken: a tacit prayer. [1595 1605; < L tacitus silent, ptp. of tacere… …   Universalium

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