quiet, to be
quiet, to be, to keep, to remain:
I. Obj.: to be at ease, at rest, at peace, undisturbed.
II. Subj.: to be peaceful, to abstain from action: (distinguish the meanings in the examples): v.TO REST : TO CEASE .
1. quĭesco, ēvi, ētum, 3: cf. (of Antenor) nunc placida compostus pace quiescit, Virg. Aen. 1, 249: ("and there in q. reigns," Dryden): of a country in a state of peace: quievit terra xl. annos, Vulg. Judic. viii. 28 (cf. 2 Paralip. xiv. 1): the realm was q., quievit regnum, id. 2 Paralip. xx. 30: urbs quievit, ib. xxiii. 21: revertetur Jacob et quiescet, id. Jer. xxx. 10. Subj. (to be at peace): cannot remain q., cf. (of Carthage) renovat pristina bella, nec potest q., Cic. Rep. 6, 11: Fig. (of an instrument of destruction): Join: q. with sileo: O mucro Domini, usquequo non quiesces (be q.)? Ingredere in vaginam tuam, refrigerare, et sile (rest and be still): quomodo quiescet, etc.? Vulg. Is. xlvii. 6, 7: to keep q (opp. to mischievous meddling), used with pass. impers. of a thing (opp. to keeping it up): how easily could we have given this matter its quietus if this fellow had kept q., quibus quidem quam facile potuerat quiesci, si hic quiesset, Ter. Andr. 4, 2, 8: of neutrality in civil war: to remain q., Cic. Att. 9, 10: cf. pro conditione temporum quieturus, Suet. Caes. 16: of things: cf. prato gravia arma quiescunt (lie q., i. e. unused), Virg. Aen. 10, 836: the waves are q., quierunt aequora, ib. 7, 6: Fig. of the sea (for a maritime state), prae sollicitudine q. non potuit, Vulg. Jer. xlix. 23: of silence: cf. quiescunt voces, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 27: Fig. of contentment: Join: nonne silui? nonne quievi? (at rest and q.), Vulg. Job iii. 26. Compds.: conquiesco, 3, to be perfectly at rest, to keep quite still: v.(AT) REST : cf. videmus igitur, ut c. ne infantes quidem possint, Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55: to let a person be q., cf. nec nocte nec interdiu virum conq. pati, Liv. 1, 47: of the senses: cf. ubi aures, convicio defessae, conquiescant, Cic. Arch. 6, 12: with in: to enjoy q.: cf. in nostris studiis libentissime conquiescimus, id. Fam. 9, 6: with ex: v. TO REST FROM : of a state: the city was in q., civitas conquievit, Vulg. 4 Reg. xi. 20 (cf. 2 Paralip. xxiii. 21): Fig. of inanimate nature: the whole earth is at rest and is q., Join: conquievit et siluit omnis terra, id. Is. xiv. 7: rĕquiesco, to take rest: v. TO REST : TO REST FROM : esp. in sleep and death: v. inf. s. v. sileo, No. III. 1: of peace of mind: shall be q. from fear of evil, absque terrore requiescet, Vulg. Prov. i. 33: Fig. requiescet indignatio mea in te, id. Ezek. xvi. 42.
2. ōtior, dep.: (opp. to occupation): cf. quum se Syracusas otiandi non negotiandi causa contulisset, Cic. Off. 3, 14: I remain q. (spend my time q.ly) at home, domesticus otior, Hor. S. 1, 6, 128.
3. văco, 1, with abl., to be free from any sort of disturbance: e. g. cura et negotio, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8: metu ac periculis, Liv. 7, 1: absol., rare: be q.! (= attend), cf. dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.
III. To be silent; hence to cease or refrain from noise, disturbance, or complaint:
1. sĭlĕo, ui, 2: be q. and silent and attend, Join: silete, et tacete, atque animum advortite, Pl. Poen. prol. 3: all sitting q. (in expectation), sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis, Suet. Claud. 21: to order or tell to be q., cf. obstrepentes forte ranas sil. jussit, Suet. Aug. 94, med.: with obj.: to be q. about, or to keep a thing q., cf. tu hoc silebis, Cic. Att. 2, 18, fin.: with rel. clause, qua tulerit mercede, silet, Ov. M. 7, 688: pass., that matter is kept q., ea res siletur, Cic. Fl. 3: and pass. impers., with de: cf. de jurgio siletur, Ter. Ph. 5, 2, 13: of freedom from anxiety: take heed and be q., fear not, vide ut sileas, noli timere, Vulg. Is. vii. 4: Join: sileo et requiesco, to be q. and at rest: cf. (of death), nunc enim dormiens silerem, et somno meo requiescerem, Vulg. Job iii. 13: of things (usu. poet.): v.STILL : cf. intempesta silet nox, Virg. G. 1, 247: sepes immotaeque silent frondes, silet humidus aër, Ov. M. 7, 186: silet aura, Col. 2, 21, 5: silent late loca, Virg. Aen. 9, 190: of the sea, s. aequor, Virg. E. 9, 57: s. mare, Val. Fl. 7, 542: (after a storm); siluerunt fluctus ejus: ... et laetati sunt quia siluerunt, Vulg. Ps. cvi. (cvii.) 29, 30.
2. Also expr. by the subs. sĭlentium: be quiet! fac silentium, Pl. Pers. 4, 3, 50: to keep q., sil. tenere, facere: to order a person to keep q. (impers.), silentium fieri jubere (opp. to excitari), Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59: when all were q. (silent), silentio facto, Liv. 24, 7: cf. Quint. 2, 5, 6: to be q. about a thing, silentio praeterire, Cic. Sull. 21, fin.; id. Phil. 13, 6: s. transire, id. Att. 2, 19: Plin. Ep. 5, 20: v.SILENCE : SILENT : STILL .
3. tăcĕo, ŭi, ītum, 2 (to be silent, more strictly than sileo; but also in wider sense): be q.! tace: cf. ne obturba, ac tace! Pl. Poen. 1, 2, 9: with acc., to keep a thing q.: cf. tum demum Liscus, quod antea tacuerat, proponit, Caes. B. G. 1, 17: with de: to keep q. about a thing: cf. an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis? Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 9, 27: pass. impers.; with dat. of pers.: whom he wished to keep q. about, etc., quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4: absol., if you want the matter to be kept q., taceri si vis, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26: of animals and (fig.) natural objects: cf. canis ipse tacet, Tib. 2, 4, 34: nox erat, quum tacet omnis ager, pictaeque volucres, Virg. Aen. 4, 525. Compds.: contĭcesco (and -cisco), tĭcŭi. 3: cf. sed conticiscam, nam audio aperiri fores, Pl. Bac. 4, 6, 28: of things: conticuere undae, Ov. M. 5, 574: retĭcĕo, ŭi, 2: with obj. of thing, to keep q. about, Cic. Fam. 5, 2: quae audierat, Sall. C. 23: v.(TO KEEP) SILENCE .
4. favēre linguis, ore, etc.: prop. to abstain from words of evil omen (at a religious rite): hence, not to interrupt, to be silent and quiet: (the worshippers) were warned to be q., ut faverent linguis imperabatur, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102: pass. impers. (custos) qui faveri linguis jubeat, Plin. 28, 2, 3: keep q., favete linguis, Hor. Od. 3, 1, 2: Join: linguis animisque favete, Ov. F. 1, 71: ore favete, Virg. Aen. 5, 71. Phr.: can't you be q.? potin' ut desinas, to be q. under (a wrong, etc.). v.QUIETLY .
5. expr. by pax! as interj.: be q.! (= hold your tongue), pax! Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 213: Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49.
I. Obj.: to be at ease, at rest, at peace, undisturbed.
II. Subj.: to be peaceful, to abstain from action: (distinguish the meanings in the examples): v.
1. quĭesco, ēvi, ētum, 3: cf. (of Antenor) nunc placida compostus pace quiescit, Virg. Aen. 1, 249: ("and there in q. reigns," Dryden): of a country in a state of peace: quievit terra xl. annos, Vulg. Judic. viii. 28 (cf. 2 Paralip. xiv. 1): the realm was q., quievit regnum, id. 2 Paralip. xx. 30: urbs quievit, ib. xxiii. 21: revertetur Jacob et quiescet, id. Jer. xxx. 10. Subj. (to be at peace): cannot remain q., cf. (of Carthage) renovat pristina bella, nec potest q., Cic. Rep. 6, 11: Fig. (of an instrument of destruction): Join: q. with sileo: O mucro Domini, usquequo non quiesces (be q.)? Ingredere in vaginam tuam, refrigerare, et sile (rest and be still): quomodo quiescet, etc.? Vulg. Is. xlvii. 6, 7: to keep q (opp. to mischievous meddling), used with pass. impers. of a thing (opp. to keeping it up): how easily could we have given this matter its quietus if this fellow had kept q., quibus quidem quam facile potuerat quiesci, si hic quiesset, Ter. Andr. 4, 2, 8: of neutrality in civil war: to remain q., Cic. Att. 9, 10: cf. pro conditione temporum quieturus, Suet. Caes. 16: of things: cf. prato gravia arma quiescunt (lie q., i. e. unused), Virg. Aen. 10, 836: the waves are q., quierunt aequora, ib. 7, 6: Fig. of the sea (for a maritime state), prae sollicitudine q. non potuit, Vulg. Jer. xlix. 23: of silence: cf. quiescunt voces, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 27: Fig. of contentment: Join: nonne silui? nonne quievi? (at rest and q.), Vulg. Job iii. 26. Compds.: conquiesco, 3, to be perfectly at rest, to keep quite still: v.
2. ōtior, dep.: (opp. to occupation): cf. quum se Syracusas otiandi non negotiandi causa contulisset, Cic. Off. 3, 14: I remain q. (spend my time q.ly) at home, domesticus otior, Hor. S. 1, 6, 128.
3. văco, 1, with abl., to be free from any sort of disturbance: e. g. cura et negotio, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8: metu ac periculis, Liv. 7, 1: absol., rare: be q.! (= attend), cf. dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.
III. To be silent; hence to cease or refrain from noise, disturbance, or complaint:
1. sĭlĕo, ui, 2: be q. and silent and attend, Join: silete, et tacete, atque animum advortite, Pl. Poen. prol. 3: all sitting q. (in expectation), sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis, Suet. Claud. 21: to order or tell to be q., cf. obstrepentes forte ranas sil. jussit, Suet. Aug. 94, med.: with obj.: to be q. about, or to keep a thing q., cf. tu hoc silebis, Cic. Att. 2, 18, fin.: with rel. clause, qua tulerit mercede, silet, Ov. M. 7, 688: pass., that matter is kept q., ea res siletur, Cic. Fl. 3: and pass. impers., with de: cf. de jurgio siletur, Ter. Ph. 5, 2, 13: of freedom from anxiety: take heed and be q., fear not, vide ut sileas, noli timere, Vulg. Is. vii. 4: Join: sileo et requiesco, to be q. and at rest: cf. (of death), nunc enim dormiens silerem, et somno meo requiescerem, Vulg. Job iii. 13: of things (usu. poet.): v.
2. Also expr. by the subs. sĭlentium: be quiet! fac silentium, Pl. Pers. 4, 3, 50: to keep q., sil. tenere, facere: to order a person to keep q. (impers.), silentium fieri jubere (opp. to excitari), Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59: when all were q. (silent), silentio facto, Liv. 24, 7: cf. Quint. 2, 5, 6: to be q. about a thing, silentio praeterire, Cic. Sull. 21, fin.; id. Phil. 13, 6: s. transire, id. Att. 2, 19: Plin. Ep. 5, 20: v.
3. tăcĕo, ŭi, ītum, 2 (to be silent, more strictly than sileo; but also in wider sense): be q.! tace: cf. ne obturba, ac tace! Pl. Poen. 1, 2, 9: with acc., to keep a thing q.: cf. tum demum Liscus, quod antea tacuerat, proponit, Caes. B. G. 1, 17: with de: to keep q. about a thing: cf. an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis? Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 9, 27: pass. impers.; with dat. of pers.: whom he wished to keep q. about, etc., quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4: absol., if you want the matter to be kept q., taceri si vis, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26: of animals and (fig.) natural objects: cf. canis ipse tacet, Tib. 2, 4, 34: nox erat, quum tacet omnis ager, pictaeque volucres, Virg. Aen. 4, 525. Compds.: contĭcesco (and -cisco), tĭcŭi. 3: cf. sed conticiscam, nam audio aperiri fores, Pl. Bac. 4, 6, 28: of things: conticuere undae, Ov. M. 5, 574: retĭcĕo, ŭi, 2: with obj. of thing, to keep q. about, Cic. Fam. 5, 2: quae audierat, Sall. C. 23: v.
4. favēre linguis, ore, etc.: prop. to abstain from words of evil omen (at a religious rite): hence, not to interrupt, to be silent and quiet: (the worshippers) were warned to be q., ut faverent linguis imperabatur, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102: pass. impers. (custos) qui faveri linguis jubeat, Plin. 28, 2, 3: keep q., favete linguis, Hor. Od. 3, 1, 2: Join: linguis animisque favete, Ov. F. 1, 71: ore favete, Virg. Aen. 5, 71. Phr.: can't you be q.? potin' ut desinas, to be q. under (a wrong, etc.). v.
5. expr. by pax! as interj.: be q.! (= hold your tongue), pax! Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 213: Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49.