waves

dēbĭlĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [debilis], to lame, cripple, maim; to debilitate, unnerve, disable, weaken (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Of personal objects:

gladiatores, qui debilitati fuerint,

Gai. Inst. 3, § 146:

contusi ac debilitati inter saxa rupesque,

Liv. 21, 40:

corpore debilitantur (saucii),

Cic. Caecin. 15, 42:

casu debilitatus,

Tac. A. 4, 63: lapsu debilitatus, * Suet. Aug. 43 (cf. shortly after, qui et ipse crus fregerat): qui filium debilitavit, ut inhabilis militiae sit, Dig. 49, 16, 4, § 12; Ov. M. 13, 112:

natantium manus lacerabant, donec debilitati, etc.,

Curt. 4, 3, 5.—

Of inanimate objects:

membra, quae debilitavit lapidibus, fustibus,

Cic. Fl. 30, 73:

vim ferro ac viribus,

id. Marc. 3: lingua Debilitata malis, * Lucr. 6, 1150:

opes adversariorum debilitatae,

Nep. Ages. 5, 2:

cibum etiam saepe subtrahunt, ut fame debilitetur eculeorum nimis effrenata vis,

Cic. Hortens. Frag. 78 Bait. (Non., p. 105, 7).— Poet.: (hiems) quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare Tyrrhenum, i. e. breaks its waves ( = collidit), Hor. Od. 1, 11, 5.

Trop.

Of personal objects: quo metu debilitaret nostros, Varr. ap. Non. 163, 30:

simulac me fractum ac debilitatum metu viderit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; cf.:

hunc cum afflictum, debilitatum, maerentem, viderem,

id. ib. 2, 47, 195:

recitatis literis debilitatus atque abjectus, conscientia convictus, repente conticuit,

disheartened, id. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

id. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

sin aestivorum timor te debilitat,

id. Fam. 7, 14:

quosdam continet metus, quosdam debilitat,

Quint. 1, 3, 6 et saep.: debilitati a jure cognoscendo, i. e. dispirited, discouraged ( = deterriti), Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142 (cf. shortly before, a discendo deterrent).—

Of inanimate objects:

membrum reip. fractum debilitatumque,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

animos,

id. Lael. 7; so Nep. Dat. 6:

animum luctu, metu,

Cic. Planc. 42, 103: nimis effrenatam vim fame, id. fragm. ap. Non. 105, 11; cf.: vires animi (senectus), * Verg. A. 9, 611:

fortitudinem, magnitudinem animi, patientiam (dolor),

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

veritatem multis incommodis,

id. Quint. 1, 4:

spem meam,

id. Att. 5, 4 et saep.:

versus,

id. de Or. 3, 50:

debilitatur ac frangitur eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 39.

dĭrĭmo, ēmi, emptum ( perf. dirempsi, cited as error, Charis. 220 P.), 3, v. a. [disĕmo, like diribeo, from dis-habeo], to take apart; to part, separate, divide (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—cf.: findo, scindo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).

Lit.:

dirimi corpus distrahive,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12; cf. Lucr. 6, 1075:

Tiberis Veientem agrum a Crustumino dirimens,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; cf.:

castris Ilerdam,

Luc. 4, 33: sontes justis (Minos), Claud. ap. Rufin. 2, 477:

oppida nostra unius diei itinere dirimuntur,

are separated from each other, Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2; cf.:

urbs Vulturno flumine dirempta,

Liv. 22, 15; and:

dirempta mari gens,

Plin. Pan. 32; and absol.:

dirimente amne,

Liv. 42, 39 et saep.— Poet., of cutting through the waves in a ship, Stat. Th. 5, 482.

Trop.

To break off, interrupt, to disturb, put off, delay (the fig. is taken from combatants who are parted asunder; transferred, like the opp. committere, to things; cf.:

dirimere infestas acies, dirimere iras,

Liv. 1, 13):

proelium tandem diremit nox,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 99; so,

proelium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40 fin.; Sall. J. 60 fin.; Liv. 37, 32; Verg. A. 5, 467 al.; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9:

pugnam,

Liv. 27, 13:

bellum,

id. 27, 30; 40, 52; Verg. A. 12, 79:

certamina,

Ov. M. 5, 314 et saep.:

controversiam,

i. e. to adjust, compose, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

seditionem,

Front. Strat. 1, 8, 6:

litem,

Ov. M. 1, 21:

rem arbitrio,

id. F. 6, 98 et saep.; also, to separate, dissolve, break off a connection:

conjunctionem civium,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

societatem,

id. Sull. 2, 6; Liv. 8, 23:

nuptias,

Suet. Caes. 43:

affinitatem,

Tac. A. 12, 4:

amicitias,

id. ib. 6, 29; cf. Cic. Lael. 10, 34:

caritatem quae est inter natos et parentes,

id. ib. 8, 27:

pacem,

Liv. 9, 8; Quint. 2, 16, 7:

conubium,

Liv. 4, 6 et saep.—So too, to interrupt, disturb, break up a conversation, deliberation, etc.:

colloquium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4:

sermonem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 11:

concilia populi,

Liv. 1, 36 fin.:

comitia,

id. 40, 59 al.; cf. absol.:

actum est eo die nihil: nox diremit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.—

In gen., to destroy, frustrate, bring to naught:

natura animaï morte dirempta,

Lucr. 1, 114:

auspicium,

Liv. 8, 23 fin.; cf.:

rem susceptam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31: dirimere [p. 585] tempus et proferre diem, id. Div. 1, 39, 85:

ea res consilium diremit,

Sall. C. 18 fin.— Absnl., to dissuade, to be unfavorable:

dirimen tibus auspicibus,

Amm. 14, 10, 9.

ēlātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. effero], a carrying out.

Lit. (post-class.): FERRI, Inscr. Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. 43 and 402.—

In partic.

A carrying to the grave, a burial:

mortui,

Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 3.—

A lifting or raising up:

onerum,

Vitr. 8, 10:

maris,

i. e. high waves, Vulg. Psa. 92, 6. —

Trop. (class.).

A being carried away or hurried along; transport, passion:

laetitia quasi gestientis animi elatio voluptaria,

Cic. Fin. 3, 10 fin. (cf.: efferri laetitiā, under effero, II. B.).—

Exaltation, elevation:

elatio et magnitudo animi,

Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64; cf.:

elatio atque altitudo orationis,

id. Brut. 17, 66:

parium autem comparatio nec elationem habet nec submissionem,

id. Top. 18, 71.—

Self-exaltation, pride, elation (cf.:

superbia, insolentia, arrogantia, vanitas, fastus, fastidium),

Ambros. Psa. 4, 8; Serm. 17, 36 fin.; Arn. 2, 63; Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 21.

ex-undo, āvi, 1, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to flow out or over, to overflow ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

fons,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 229:

per quos (rivos) exundat piscina,

Col. 8, 17, 6:

trunco cruor exundat,

Sen. Agam. 903.—

Transf.

To be washed up, thrown out by the waves:

tura balsamaque vi tempestatum in adversa litora exundant,

Tac. G. 45.—

To pour forth abundantly, to rush forth; to overflow with any thing:

flammarum exundat torrens,

Sil. 14, 62; cf.:

exundant diviso vertice flammae,

Stat. Th. 12, 431:

spiritus (morientis) exundans perflavit campum,

Sil. 5, 455:

inde Medusaeis terram exundasse chelydris,

id. 3, 316:

exundans ingenii fons,

Juv. 10, 119:

exundat et exuberat eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 30: temperare iram; eoque detracto quod exundat, ad salutarem modum cogere, which superabounds, is in excess, Sen. de Ira, 1, 7.—

Act., to pour forth abundantly:

fumum,

Sil. 2, 631.

fluctŭōsus, a, um, adj. [fluctus], full of waves, billowy (very rare).

Lit.:

in mari fluctuoso,

i. e. stormy, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 5.—

Transf., with wave-like streaks:

smaragdi,

Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 71.

fulmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from fulgimen, v. fulgeo], lightning that strikes or sets on fire, a thunderbolt (opp. fulgur, lightning).

Lit.:

placet Stoicis, eos anhelitus terrae cum se in nubem induerint ejusque tenuissimam quamque partem coeperint dividere atque dirumpere, tum et fulgores et tonitrua exsistere: si autem nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44; cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

non enim te puto esse eum, qui Jovi fulmen fabricatos esse Cyclopas in Aetna putes,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43:

inter fulmina et tonitrua,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15; cf.

under II.: Phaëthon ictu fulminis deflagravit,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94; cf.:

Romulus lactens fulmine ictus,

id. ib. 2, 21, 47 (for which more usually:

e caelo ictus,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16):

fulmine tactus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 144:

fulminis ictu concidere,

id. ib. 2, 20, 45:

fulmine percussus,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf. id. ib. 3, 35, 84:

fulmina emittere... fulmen jacere,

id. ib. 2, 19, 44 sq.:

fulminis ictus evadere,

Juv. 12, 17:

fulmine justo ruere,

id. 8, 92:

ideo plurima aestate fiunt fulmina, qua plurimum calidi est,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 2:

validum,

Lucr. 6, 228:

igniferum,

id. 6, 379:

caducum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

qualem ministrum fulminis alitem, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 4, 1:

quem (Periclem) fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparant comici,

Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf.

fulgeo, I. B.: ipse Pater corusca fulmina molitur dextra,

Verg. G. 1, 330:

fulmen erat, Genitor quae plurima caelo deicit,

id. A. 8, 427:

fulmina pauper creditur atque deos,

Juv. 3, 145.—Respecting the nature of lightnings, and their religious interpretation [p. 791] among the Etruscans and Romans, cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 12 sq.; Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 43; 230.—

Trop., a thunderbolt, i. q. destructive power, crushing calamity:

non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus ac paene fulminibus ipsis obvium ferre conservandorum civium causa,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4 (so we should read, and not fluminibus; cf. the passage quoted above from Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43; besides, if the figure were that of waves, it would be expressed not by fluminibus, but by fluctibus; v. fluctus, II. B.); cf.:

fulmina fortunae contemnere,

id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66:

juro per mea mala, has me in illo (puero) vidisse virtutes ingenii, ut prorsus posset hinc esse tanti fulminis (i. e. mortis pueri) metus, quod observatum fere est, celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem,

Quint. 6 praef. § 10; cf. Liv. 45, 41, 1:

quam fulmine justo Et Capito et Numitor ruerint, damnante senatu,

Juv. 8, 92; cf. Liv. 6, 39, 7.—Of oratory:

ain' tandem? insanire tibi videris (Paetus), quod imitere verborum meorum, ut scribis, fulmina? etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

(stilus) nec acumine posteriorum nec fulmine utens superiorum (al. flumine),

id. Or. 6, 21.— Poet.:

fulmen habent acres in aduncis dentibus apri,

i. e. destructive power, Ov. M. 10, 550; cf. id. ib. 1, 305:

(aper) Erectus setis et aduncae fulmine malae,

Stat. Th. 2, 470; see fulmineus, II.: tune illum (Hannibalem), cum frons propior lumenque corusco Igne micat, tune illa viri, quae vertice fundit, Fulmina pertuleris, fiery flashings (of the eye), Sil. 11, 342.—Applied to the Scipios, as heroes and conquerors of the Carthaginians:

Scipiades, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror,

Lucr. 3, 1034;

imitated: duo fulmina belli Scipiadae,

Verg. A. 6, 843:

ubi nunc sunt fulmina gentis Scipiadae?

Sil. 7, 106:

duo fulmina nostri imperii, Cn. et P. Scipiones,

these two thunderbolts of our empire, Cic. Balb. 15, 34.—Prov.:

Fulmen est, ubi cum potestate habitat iracundia,

Pub. Syr. 184 Rib.

Lū̆crīnus, i, m., with or without lacus, the Lucrine Lake, on the coast of Campania, in the neighborhood of Baiæ (now Lago Lucrino), Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 1; Hor. C. 2, 15, 3. Cæsar, or, acc. to Suetonius, Augustus, connected it with Lake Avernus, and threw up dikes to ward off the waves of the sea:

Lucrinoque addita claustra,

Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. Suet. Aug. 16; Tac. A. 14, 5. The surrounding scenery was celebrated for its beauty: dum nos [p. 1081] blanda tenent lascivi stagna Lucrini, Mart. 4, 57, 1:

hic mihi Baiani colles mollisque Lucrinus,

id. 6, 43, 5.—Hence,

Lū̆crīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lake Lucrinus, Lucrine:

aqua,

the Lucrine Lake, Prop. 1, 11, 10: ostrea Lucrina, the Lucrine oysters, celebrated for their delicious flavor, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; cf.:

Lucrinum ad saxum... ostrea,

Juv. 4, 141;

called also Lucrina conchylia,

Hor. Epod. 2, 49; and absol.: Lū̆crīna, ōrum, n., Mart. 6, 11, 5; 12, 48, 4.—Near the lake was a temple of Venus;

hence: Lucrina Venus,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 150.—

Lū̆crīnensis, e, adj., Lucrine:

res Puteolanae et Lucrinenses,

i. e. oysters, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1.

Lū̆crīnus, i, m., with or without lacus, the Lucrine Lake, on the coast of Campania, in the neighborhood of Baiæ (now Lago Lucrino), Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 1; Hor. C. 2, 15, 3. Cæsar, or, acc. to Suetonius, Augustus, connected it with Lake Avernus, and threw up dikes to ward off the waves of the sea:

Lucrinoque addita claustra,

Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. Suet. Aug. 16; Tac. A. 14, 5. The surrounding scenery was celebrated for its beauty: dum nos [p. 1081] blanda tenent lascivi stagna Lucrini, Mart. 4, 57, 1:

hic mihi Baiani colles mollisque Lucrinus,

id. 6, 43, 5.—Hence,

Lū̆crīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lake Lucrinus, Lucrine:

aqua,

the Lucrine Lake, Prop. 1, 11, 10: ostrea Lucrina, the Lucrine oysters, celebrated for their delicious flavor, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; cf.:

Lucrinum ad saxum... ostrea,

Juv. 4, 141;

called also Lucrina conchylia,

Hor. Epod. 2, 49; and absol.: Lū̆crīna, ōrum, n., Mart. 6, 11, 5; 12, 48, 4.—Near the lake was a temple of Venus;

hence: Lucrina Venus,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 150.—

Lū̆crīnensis, e, adj., Lucrine:

res Puteolanae et Lucrinenses,

i. e. oysters, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1.

Lū̆crīnus, i, m., with or without lacus, the Lucrine Lake, on the coast of Campania, in the neighborhood of Baiæ (now Lago Lucrino), Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 1; Hor. C. 2, 15, 3. Cæsar, or, acc. to Suetonius, Augustus, connected it with Lake Avernus, and threw up dikes to ward off the waves of the sea:

Lucrinoque addita claustra,

Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. Suet. Aug. 16; Tac. A. 14, 5. The surrounding scenery was celebrated for its beauty: dum nos [p. 1081] blanda tenent lascivi stagna Lucrini, Mart. 4, 57, 1:

hic mihi Baiani colles mollisque Lucrinus,

id. 6, 43, 5.—Hence,

Lū̆crīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lake Lucrinus, Lucrine:

aqua,

the Lucrine Lake, Prop. 1, 11, 10: ostrea Lucrina, the Lucrine oysters, celebrated for their delicious flavor, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; cf.:

Lucrinum ad saxum... ostrea,

Juv. 4, 141;

called also Lucrina conchylia,

Hor. Epod. 2, 49; and absol.: Lū̆crīna, ōrum, n., Mart. 6, 11, 5; 12, 48, 4.—Near the lake was a temple of Venus;

hence: Lucrina Venus,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 150.—

Lū̆crīnensis, e, adj., Lucrine:

res Puteolanae et Lucrinenses,

i. e. oysters, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1.

mōles, is, f. [prob. for mog-les; root magh-; cf. magnus; Gr. mochthos, mogein, mogis; cf.: mochlos, molīri, molestus; Germ. Mühe], a shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.

Lit.

In gen. ( poet.):

Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles,

Ov. M. 1, 7:

vastā se mole moventem Pastorem Polyphemum,

Verg. A. 3, 656:

taurus et ipsa mole piger,

Juv. 12, 12:

stetit aequore moles Pinea,

i. e. a fleet of large ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 19.—

Esp.

A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock:

in mole sedens,

Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.—

A mass or pile of waves:

venti, tantas audetis tollere moles,

Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.—

A huge, massive structure, esp. of stone; a dam, pier, mole; a foundation, etc. (freq. and class.):

molem atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris jaciebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

moles oppositae fluctibus,

moles, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

aditus insulae muniti mirificis molibus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

exstructa moles opere magnifico, incisaeque litterae, virtutis testes sempiternae,

a monument, id. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

moles propinqua nubibus,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 10:

insanae substructionum moles,

huge buildings, piles, Cic. Mil. 31, 85; Hor. C. 3, 1, 34:

sepulcri moles,

i. e. a tomb, Luc. 8, 865:

molem aggeris ultra venire,

Juv. 16, 26.—

A huge engine or machine, used at sieges:

velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem,

Verg. A. 5, 439.—

Warlike apparatus, munitions of war:

belli,

Tac. H. 1, 61:

non alias majore mole concursum,

with a greater mass, id. A. 2, 46.—

Trop.

Greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity, heap:

moles pugnae,

Liv. 26, 6:

molem invidiae austinere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; cf.:

moles mali,

id. ib. 3, 7, 17: vis consili expers mole ruit suā, Hor. [p. 1158] C. 3, 4, 65:

rerum,

Suet. Aug. 84:

fortunae,

Tac. A. 15, 52:

Herculea,

Sil. 12, 143:

densā ad muros mole feruntur,

a vast crowd, immense body, Verg. A. 12, 575:

curarum,

multitude, crowd, Tac. A. 12, 66:

tantae corporum moles in fugam consternati sunt,

Liv. 38, 46, 4.—

Difficulty, labor, trouble:

transveham naves haud magnā mole,

without great difficulty, Liv. 25, 11:

tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem,

so much labor did it cost, Verg. A. 1, 33:

Corbuloni plus molis adversus ignaviam militum, quam, etc.,

Tac. A. 13, 35.

planctus, ūs, m. [plango].

In gen., a striking or beating accompanied by a loud noise, a banging, rustling, roaring (postAug. and mostly poet.): unum omnes incessere planctibus, of the flappings of the Harpies' wings, Val. Fl. 4, 494:

tremuit perterritus aether Planctibus insolitis,

Petr. 136: planctus illisae cautibus undae, of the roaring of the waves, Luc. 6, 690.—

In partic., a beating of the breast, arms, and face in mourning; a wailing, lamentation, lament (syn.:

plangor, lamentum, ploratus): clamor barbaro ululatu planctuque permixtus,

Curt. 3, 12, 3:

lamentis et planctibus tota regia personabat,

id. 10, 5, 7; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 6, 2; Val. Max. 2, 6, 7; Sen. Troad. 92:

pectora illiso sonent Contusa planctu,

id. Thyest. 1045:

verberabam aegrum planctibus pectus,

Petr. 81; Luc. 2, 23:

gemitus ac planctus,

groans and lamentations, Tac. A. 1, 41; Flor. 4, 1 med.:

et factus est planctus magnus in Israel,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 1, 26 et saep.

quĭesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (the uncontr. Part., QVIESCITA, Inscr. Don. cl. 10, n. 11), v. n. and a. [quies], to rest, repose, keep quiet.

Lit.:

placida compostus pace quiescit,

Verg. A. 1, 249:

felicius ossa quiescant,

Ov. Ib. 305:

patrono meo ossa bene quiescant,

Petr. 39:

numquam hodie quiescet,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 59:

renovat pristina bella, nec potest quiescere,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

non somno quiescere,

to get no rest, Curt. 4, 13, 18:

non aure quiescit, Non oculis,

Val. Fl. 2, 43: quoniam in propriā non pelle quiessem, Hor S. 1, 6, 22.— Impers. pass.:

quibus quidem quam facile potuerat quiesci, si hic quiesset,

which we might easily have been spared, Ter. And. 4, 2, 8; Symm. Ep. 1, 8.—

In partic.

In polit. or milit. affairs, to keep quiet, remain neutral, abstain from action, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 10:

pro condicione temporum quieturus,

Suet. Caes. 16:

quieverant per paucos dies,

Liv. 22 4, 1; Curt. 10, 8, 16.—

To rest, sleep:

quievi in navi noctem perpetem,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 100; id. Merc. 2, 3, 36; Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

eo cum venio, praetor quiescebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

somnum humanum quievi,

I slept like a human being, App. M. 9, p. 218, 14.—

Of inanim. things, to rest, lie still, be still or quiet:

et prato gravia arma quiescunt,

Verg. A. 10, 836:

flamma,

ceases to burn, id. ib. 6, 226:

quiērunt Aequora,

the waves are at rest, do not rise, id. ib. 7, 6: felicius ossa quiescant, Ov. Ib. 305; Petr. 39:

molliter ossa quiescant,

Verg. E. 10, 33:

quiescentes Nili aquae,

standing waters, Plin. 13, 11, 22, § 71:

venti,

id. 17, 22, 35 §

170: quiescit terra,

rests, lies fallow, id. 17, 5, 3, § 39:

humus,

Petr. 123:

quiescunt voces,

are still, silent, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 27.—

To make a pause in speaking: quiescere, id est, hêsuchazein, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93.—

Trop.

To suffer or allow quietly, to peaceably permit a thing to be done:

quiescere rem adduci ad interregnum,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2.—With in and abl., to rest in, be content with:

ne victos quidem in miserā et inopi senectā quiescere,

Just. 14, 3, 10.—

Neutr., to cease, leave off, desist from any thing:

quiesce hanc rem modo petere,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 51:

statuere atque ediscere,

Gell. 2, 28, 2: manibus significare coepit utrisque, quiescerent, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 8:

indoctus discive trochive,

Hor. A. P. 380.—

Act., to cause to cease, render quiet, stop, etc.:

laudes,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1584.—Hence, quĭētus, a, um, P. a., at rest, calm, quiet (syn. tranquillus).

Enjoying rest, keeping quiet, quiet:

aliquem quietum reddere,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 46:

animus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 2:

quietus et solutus animus,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 43:

integri, quieti, otiosi homines,

id. Agr. 2, 28, 77:

homo quietissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40:

regnum,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 33:

de istoc quietus esto,

be at ease, rest contented, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 6.—

In partic.

Taking no part in war, peaceful, neutral: ipse acer, bellicosus;

at is quem petebat, quietus, imbellis,

Sall. J. 20, 2:

quoad cum civibus dimicatum est, domi quietus fuit,

Nep. Pelop. 4, 1:

quietos lacessit,

Just. 7, 6, 13:

nihilo quietiores postea res habuit,

Liv. 33, 19.—

Of the mind, calm, tranquil, free from ambition:

ad quam spem (praeturae) quietissimus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7):

vir rectus, integer, quietus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 1:

vir ingenio mitis, moribus quietus,

Vell. 2, 117, 2; Tac. H. 1, 52.—

Tame, gentle:

equi fiunt quietiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7.—

Resting, sleeping:

quos simul vescentes dies, simul quietos nox habuerat,

Tac. A. 1, 49.—Hence, subst.: quĭēti, ōrum, m.:

si sentire datur post fata quietis,

i. e. the dead, Nemes. Ecl. 1, 38.—

Of things, calm, quiet:

amnes,

gently flowing, Hor. C. 3, 29, 40:

quietiore aequore ferri,

id. Epod. 10, 11:

aër,

Verg. A. 5, 216:

baca,

that has lain a while, Col. 12, 50, 19:

res publica (opp. perturbata),

Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19:

aetas,

id. Sen. 23, 82:

quietus et remissus sermo,

calm, not vehement, id. ib. 9, 28.— Subst.

quĭētum, i, n., the still, tranquil, motionless air, Petr 131, 9. —

Quĭēta, ae, f., a woman ' s name, Inscr. Grut. 754, 2. — Adv.: quĭētē, calmly, quietly:

quod aptissimum est ad quiete vivendum,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 52:

quiete acta aetas,

id. Sen. 5, 13.— Comp.:

quietius tranquilliusque,

Liv. 27, 12: quietius edere (opp. avidius vorare), Macr S. 7, 12, 21.— Sup.:

quietissime se receperunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin.

quĭesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (the uncontr. Part., QVIESCITA, Inscr. Don. cl. 10, n. 11), v. n. and a. [quies], to rest, repose, keep quiet.

Lit.:

placida compostus pace quiescit,

Verg. A. 1, 249:

felicius ossa quiescant,

Ov. Ib. 305:

patrono meo ossa bene quiescant,

Petr. 39:

numquam hodie quiescet,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 59:

renovat pristina bella, nec potest quiescere,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

non somno quiescere,

to get no rest, Curt. 4, 13, 18:

non aure quiescit, Non oculis,

Val. Fl. 2, 43: quoniam in propriā non pelle quiessem, Hor S. 1, 6, 22.— Impers. pass.:

quibus quidem quam facile potuerat quiesci, si hic quiesset,

which we might easily have been spared, Ter. And. 4, 2, 8; Symm. Ep. 1, 8.—

In partic.

In polit. or milit. affairs, to keep quiet, remain neutral, abstain from action, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 10:

pro condicione temporum quieturus,

Suet. Caes. 16:

quieverant per paucos dies,

Liv. 22 4, 1; Curt. 10, 8, 16.—

To rest, sleep:

quievi in navi noctem perpetem,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 100; id. Merc. 2, 3, 36; Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

eo cum venio, praetor quiescebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

somnum humanum quievi,

I slept like a human being, App. M. 9, p. 218, 14.—

Of inanim. things, to rest, lie still, be still or quiet:

et prato gravia arma quiescunt,

Verg. A. 10, 836:

flamma,

ceases to burn, id. ib. 6, 226:

quiērunt Aequora,

the waves are at rest, do not rise, id. ib. 7, 6: felicius ossa quiescant, Ov. Ib. 305; Petr. 39:

molliter ossa quiescant,

Verg. E. 10, 33:

quiescentes Nili aquae,

standing waters, Plin. 13, 11, 22, § 71:

venti,

id. 17, 22, 35 §

170: quiescit terra,

rests, lies fallow, id. 17, 5, 3, § 39:

humus,

Petr. 123:

quiescunt voces,

are still, silent, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 27.—

To make a pause in speaking: quiescere, id est, hêsuchazein, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93.—

Trop.

To suffer or allow quietly, to peaceably permit a thing to be done:

quiescere rem adduci ad interregnum,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2.—With in and abl., to rest in, be content with:

ne victos quidem in miserā et inopi senectā quiescere,

Just. 14, 3, 10.—

Neutr., to cease, leave off, desist from any thing:

quiesce hanc rem modo petere,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 51:

statuere atque ediscere,

Gell. 2, 28, 2: manibus significare coepit utrisque, quiescerent, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 8:

indoctus discive trochive,

Hor. A. P. 380.—

Act., to cause to cease, render quiet, stop, etc.:

laudes,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1584.—Hence, quĭētus, a, um, P. a., at rest, calm, quiet (syn. tranquillus).

Enjoying rest, keeping quiet, quiet:

aliquem quietum reddere,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 46:

animus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 2:

quietus et solutus animus,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 43:

integri, quieti, otiosi homines,

id. Agr. 2, 28, 77:

homo quietissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40:

regnum,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 33:

de istoc quietus esto,

be at ease, rest contented, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 6.—

In partic.

Taking no part in war, peaceful, neutral: ipse acer, bellicosus;

at is quem petebat, quietus, imbellis,

Sall. J. 20, 2:

quoad cum civibus dimicatum est, domi quietus fuit,

Nep. Pelop. 4, 1:

quietos lacessit,

Just. 7, 6, 13:

nihilo quietiores postea res habuit,

Liv. 33, 19.—

Of the mind, calm, tranquil, free from ambition:

ad quam spem (praeturae) quietissimus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7):

vir rectus, integer, quietus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 1:

vir ingenio mitis, moribus quietus,

Vell. 2, 117, 2; Tac. H. 1, 52.—

Tame, gentle:

equi fiunt quietiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7.—

Resting, sleeping:

quos simul vescentes dies, simul quietos nox habuerat,

Tac. A. 1, 49.—Hence, subst.: quĭēti, ōrum, m.:

si sentire datur post fata quietis,

i. e. the dead, Nemes. Ecl. 1, 38.—

Of things, calm, quiet:

amnes,

gently flowing, Hor. C. 3, 29, 40:

quietiore aequore ferri,

id. Epod. 10, 11:

aër,

Verg. A. 5, 216:

baca,

that has lain a while, Col. 12, 50, 19:

res publica (opp. perturbata),

Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19:

aetas,

id. Sen. 23, 82:

quietus et remissus sermo,

calm, not vehement, id. ib. 9, 28.— Subst.

quĭētum, i, n., the still, tranquil, motionless air, Petr 131, 9. —

Quĭēta, ae, f., a woman ' s name, Inscr. Grut. 754, 2. — Adv.: quĭētē, calmly, quietly:

quod aptissimum est ad quiete vivendum,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 52:

quiete acta aetas,

id. Sen. 5, 13.— Comp.:

quietius tranquilliusque,

Liv. 27, 12: quietius edere (opp. avidius vorare), Macr S. 7, 12, 21.— Sup.:

quietissime se receperunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin.