quiet (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Free from motion and disturbance1. quĭētus2. tranquillus3. ōtĭōsus4. pācātus, at peace (sometimes, but not always, after a state of disturbance)5. plācātus6. plăcĭdus (v. CALM7. sēdātus (opp. to quick or violent motion)7. tacĭturnus (opp. to noisy, demonstrative8. concors, dis, undisturbed by quarrels9. Other adjs. may be used for the sense of calm, gentle, peaceable (q. v.) • quiet (adj.): I. Free from motion and disturbance: (both objectively and subjectively). (Note: these senses are so distributed among the Latin words, as to be best discerned by exx.). 1. quĭētus: (the subj. sense prevails): (i.) of persons: Join: vir rectus, integer, q., ac verecundus, Plin. Ep. 7, 31: integri, q., otiosi homines, Cic. Agr. 2, 28: Superl., homo quietissimus, id. Verr. 4, 19: a mind q. and unpreoccupied, q. et solutus animus, Cic. R. Com. 15: to let a person be q., (aliquem) quietum reddere: cf. sex ego te totos, Parmeno hos menses q. reddam, Ter. Andr. 2, 2, 46: to be q. and mind one's own business, cf. operam detis ut quieti sitis et ut vestrum negotium agatis, Vulg. 1 Thess. iv. 11: a meek and q. spirit, q. et modestus spiritus, id. 1 Pet. iii. 4: calm and q. talk or utterance, Join: q. et remissus sermo: decorus est sermo senis, q. et rem., Cic. Sen. 9, 28: a peaceful, tranquil, q., happy life, Join: placata, tranquilla, quieta, beata vita, Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71. Join: placida quietaque (calm and q.): cf. tranquillitas (animi) id est, pl. q.que constantia, id. Tusc. 4, 5, 10. Hence, peaceable, free from ambition, neutral (in civil commotions): he harasses the q., q. lacessit, Just. 7, 6: to keep q. at home, cf. quoad cum civibus dimicatum est, domi q. fuit, Nep. Pelop. 4: the q. reign of Numa, q. Pompili regnum, Hor. Od. 1, 12, 33: to lead an inactive and q. life, otiosam aetatem et q. sine ullo labore et contentione traducere, Cic. Sen. 23, 82: that we lead a q. and peaceable life, Join: ut q. et tranquillam vitam agamus, Vulg. 1 Tim. ii. 2: of a province (after an outbreak): cf. paulo habuit post id factum quietiorem Galliam, Caes. B. G. 5, 58. Join: pacatissima et quietissima pars (Galliae), ib. 24: a people q. and secure, Join: populum securum et q., Vulg. Judic. xviii. 7: cf. terram latissimam et q., id. 1 Paralip. iv. 40. (ii.) of animals: (gentle), cf. equi fiunt quietiores, Varr. R. R. 2, 7. (iii.) of things: (v. calm): cf. q. amnes (i. e. gently flowing), Hor. Od. 3, 29, 40: the q. air, q. aër, Virg. Aen. 5, 216: (and subs., quĭetum., n. Petr. 131): cf. quietiore nec feratur aequore, Hor. Ep. 10, 11. 2. tranquillus: esp. of persons, feelings, life: v. calm, tranquil. Comp.: when I hear that you are in a quieter state of mind, quum te tranquilliorem animo esse cognoro., Cic. Fam. 4, 5, fin. Sup.: a q. state of life: tr. res: cf. qui me hodie ex tranquillissima re conjecisti in nuptias, Ter. Andr. 3, 5, 14: (opp. to turbulentus) cf. illum meum turbulentissimum tempus profectionis tuo tranquillissimo praestat, Cic. Pis. 15, 35. To make q., expr. by this adj.: v. to quiet. 3. ōtĭōsus: at leisure, free from engagements and interruptions; also, indisposed to business: indifferent: neutral: when I was q. at home, quum essem ot. domi, Cic. Brut. 3: q. (i. e. unconcerned) spectators, etc., spectatores ot. Leuctricae calamitatis, Cic. Off. 2, 7: absol., cf. crudeliter otiosis minabantur (those who remained q., in the civil war) id. Fam. 9, 6, med. Fig.: (= gentle): cf. fons vel rivus huc conveniat otiosus, Plin. Ep. 9, 6. Also expr. by the subs.: or that you would at least keep q. (in the civil war), (ut) aut certe te in otium referres, Dolab. in Cic. Fam. 9, 9: in q. times, per otium: cf. studia per otium concelebrata, Cic. Inv. 1, 3. 4. pācātus, at peace (sometimes, but not always, after a state of disturbance): (i.) of countries, states, provinces, etc.: Join: p. tranquillaeque civitates, Cic. de Or. 1., 8: Sup., in provincia pacatissima, id. Lig. 2. (ii.) of things: cf. pacati status aëris, Lucr. 3, 293: p. mare, Hor. Od. 4, 5, 19: p. vultus, Ov. F. 1, 3. Comp., a quieter style, oratio pacatior, Cic. Brut. 31. 5. plācātus: a calm and q. state of mind, Join: animi quietus et p. status, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6: in oratory: to speak about things of a q. sort and not disturbing, de rebus placatis ac minime turbulentis loqui, id. Or. 19, 63: of things: pl. maria, Virg. Aen. 3, 69. Sup., most q. rest: cf. mors ei somno similis est, qui nonnunquam, etiam sine visis somniorum, placatissimam quietem affert, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97. 6. plăcĭdus (v. calm: gentle: mild: undisturbed): of persons: gentle and q., Join: clemens, placidus, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10: cf. Cic. Caecin. 10: of things: pl. coelum, Sil. 12, 667: pl. mare, Pl. Ep. 9, 26: pl. amnis, Ov. M. 1, 702: pl. vita, Lucr. 5, 1121: pl. somnus, Ov. F. 3, 185: pl. mors, Virg. Aen. 6, 522: a q. style, pl. oratio, Cic. de Or. 2, 43: a q. and gentle old age, Join: pl. ac lenis senectus, id. Sen. 5. 7. sēdātus (opp. to quick or violent motion): cf. oderunt sedatum celeres, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90: (to a riotous mob), ye ought to be q., and to do nothing rashly, oportet vos sedatos esse, et nihil temere agere, Vulg. Act. xix. 36: sedato gradu in castra abeunt, Liv. 25, 37: a q. river (as a fig. of style): cf. alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sed. amnis fluit, alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur, Cic. Or. 12, fin. Comp.: of oratorical rhythm: (contrasted with tranquillior) cf. (Isocrates) est, ut in transferendis faciendisque verbis tranquillior (less daring), sic in ipsis numeris sedatior, id. ib. 52, 176: at a somewhat q. time (of less public excitement), paulo sedatiore tempore, id. Clu. 37, 103. Sup., to speak in a very q. and subdued voice, sedatissima et depressissima voce uti, Auct. Her. 3, 14. 7. tacĭturnus (opp. to noisy, demonstrative: more often than actually silent): cf. tristem semper, quia t. videbant, Cic. Sest. 9., 21: q. (or still) silence, t. silentia: cf. Lucr. 4, 584-5 (of the Satyrs, Nymphs, and Fauns):-- "Quorum noctivago strepitu ludoque jocanti Affirmant volgo taciturna silentia rumpi." Also tăcĭtus (prop. silent): to obtrude one's idle talk on a person when he's reading or wanting to be q., legentem aut tacitum impellere quovis sermone, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65: to keep anything q. (secret), tacitum (n. acc. of obj.) tenere; cf. tantum eos admoneamus, ut illud, etiam si est verissimum, tacitum tamen, tanquam mysterium, teneant, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 64: to be q. under (ill treatment), tacitum (acc. of subj.) ferre, pati: v. quietly. 8. concors, dis, undisturbed by quarrels: v. peaceful: harmonious: a settled and q. condition of the state, moderatus et concors civitatis status, Cic. Leg. 3, 11, 28. Comp., ut multo fiat civitas concordior, Pl. Aul. 3, 5, 7. Fig. (of q. things): c. aquae, Plin. 5, 9, 10: c. anni, Ov. M. 8, 708. 9. Other adjs. may be used for the sense of calm, gentle, peaceable (q. v.): e. g. clemens, facilis, mitis, sĕrēnus: and objectively, sēcurus.