quiet (s.) Copy link Outline I. Gen. sense, the absence of disturbance1. quĭēs, ētis, f.2. tranquillitas, ātis, f.3. rĕquĭes, ētis, eï, and ē, f. (after labour and trouble), a delicious q., r. plena oblectationis, Cic. Am. 27, 103. Phr.4. ōtĭum, n., (opp. to the pressure of affairs5. pax, pācis, f.6. sĭlentium, n.; v. SILENCE, STILLNESSII. In political sense1. quies2. esp. ōtium3. tranquillum, n. (not in nom.), a state of q. (free from civil disturbance)4. pax • quiet (s.): I. Gen. sense, the absence of disturbance: stillness: repose: rest. 1. quĭēs, ētis, f. 2. tranquillitas, ātis, f.: (usu. the calmness of the sea): Join: cf. locus quietis et tranquillitatis plenissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 1: cf. omnem tranquillitatem et quietem senectutis acceptam refert clementiae tuae, id. Deiot. 13, 38. Join: mira serenitas cum tranquillitate, i. e. the peculiar q. of a still, calm day, Liv. 26, 11: (cf., in the abstract, "Indulgent quiet, power serene," Hughes). Fig.: q. (or peace) of mind, cf. securitas, quae est animi tanquam tr., Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23: (with quietus): cf. quiet, adj. Join: tr. atque otium (q. and repose in one's daily life): cf. (Agricola) tranquillitatem atque otium penitus auxit, Tac. Agr. 40: v. calmness: stillness. Also the n. of the adj. used subs. (not in nom.), tranquillum, n., a state of q.: to live in q., esse in tranquillo, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 8: cf. (Deus) qui fluctibus e tantis vitam in tam tranquillo locavit, Lucr. 5, 12. 3. rĕquĭes, ētis, eï, and ē, f. (after labour and trouble), a delicious q., r. plena oblectationis, Cic. Am. 27, 103. Phr.: in q. resting places, in requie, Vulg. Is. xxxviii. 18: v. recreation: rest: repose. Also, in this sense, rĕmissio, ōnis, f.: used with quies, Cic. Coel. 17: every one ought to be allowed some interval of q., danda est omnibus aliqua remissio, Quint. 1, 3, 8: v. relaxation. 4. ōtĭum, n., (opp. to the pressure of affairs: v. leisure): to obtain q., in otium venire, Cic. Att. 1, 7: to enjoy q., otio frui, id. Off. 3, 1, 3: I'm so in love with q., sic enim sum complexus otium, ut ab eo divelli non queam, Cic. Att. 2, 6: in a bad sense, a lazy q., o. inertissimum et desidiosissimum, id. Agr. 2, 33: to waste (or, lounge away) one's q. (quiet time) in sloth, o. segne trahere, Tac. H. 4, 70. Expr. by adj. (subjectively): when he took up his pen in q., quum otiosus stilum prehenderat, Cic. Brut. 24, 93. To live in q., in otio vivere, id. Agr. 2, 37, 103. Join: ot. et tranquillitas: to seek for q. and tranquillity in life, ot. ac tranq. vitae sequi, id. Mur. 27, 55. 5. pax, pācis, f.: cf. temperantia pacem animis affert, Cic. Fin. 1, 14; to reign in q., in pace regnare, Vulg. 2 Paralip. xiv. 5. 6. sĭlentium, n.; v. silence, stillness: not only opp. to speaking, but to noise in gen., and, in wider sense, to disturbance: peace and q., Join: otium et s. est, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 35: in the q. (i. e. stillness) of night: cf. se vocem noctis silentio audisse clariorem humana, Liv. 5, 32: Plur. cf. severa silentia noctis, Lucr. 4, 461: cf. per muta silentia noctis, Ov. M. 7, 184: hence expr. "the land A dreadful q. felt, and, worser far Than arms, a sullen interval of war," Dryden. Join: sil. otiumque (q. and truce, or inaction) inter armatos, Liv. 2, 45: the q. of the fields or country (noiselessness): cf. nactus silentia ruris (when he reached the q. fields), Ov. M. 1, 235: to keep watch in q., cum silentio praestolari, Vulg. Jud. xvi. 2: the words of the wise are heard in q., verba sapientium audiuntur in silentio, id. Eccles. ix. 17: to pass one's life in q. (opp. to action), vitam silentio transire, Sall. C. 1: with gen.: a perpetual q. (of inaction) in the courts and forum, s. perpetuum judiciorum ac fori, Cic. Pis. 14, 32: just such was the q. course of his praetorship, idem praeturae tenor et silentium, Tac. Agr. 6. Also expr. in quiet by tacitus, etc. (v. quiet, adj.: quietly). Transf.: he reigned in q. at Amyclae (lit., over the q. A.), tacitis regnavit Amyclis, Virg. Aen. 10. 564. II. In political sense: (of the state), freedom from war and commotion: (of persons), abstinence from political activity: neutrality in party strife: 1. quies: long q.: cf. (of Rome) ex summa laetitia atque lascivia, quae diuturna q. pepererat, Sall. C. 31: q. is distasteful to the people, ingrata genti q., Tac. G. 14. 2. esp. ōtium: (opp. to bellum) cf. multitudo insolens belli diuturnitate otii, Caes. B. C. 2, 36: cf. Hor. Od. 2, 16, 5-6: with ab; cf. otium ab hoste fuit, Liv. 3, 32: to give q. to: with ex (after a war): cf. ex maximo bello tantum otium toti insulae conciliavit, Nep. Timol. 3. Join: pax et otium (peace and q.); si civitas longa pace et otio torpeat, Tac. G. 14: to give (a people) q., o. afferre (with dat.). Join: id quod vobis affero, pacem, tranquillitatem, otium, peace, repose, q. (after civil dangers), Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102: to live in q., in otio esse, ib.: in that very q., sub ipso o., ib. 103: to maintain a q. purchased by blood, vita partum o. tenere, ib. 103: to live in q. (abstaining from political conflicts): those who live in q. for the sake of indulging sloth, ii, qui propter desidiam in otio vivunt, ib.: expr. by adj.: to confer perfect q. upon, otiosissimos reddere, ib. (see the play upon the words through the whole passage): v. neutrality. 3. tranquillum, n. (not in nom.), a state of q. (free from civil disturbance): cf. in urbe ex tranquillo nec opinata moles discordiarum exorta est, Liv. 4, 13: in q. (without further disturbance), cetera tribuni tranquillo peregere, id. 3, 14: q. being restored, republica in tranquillum redacta, ib. 40. 4. pax: v. peace: Fig., ventorum paces, Lucr. 6, 1229.