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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• quiet (v. a.):
      1. 1. tranquillo, 1: v. to calm: to compose. Also expr. by adj. with facere: to q. a person when angry, tranquillum facere ex irato, Pl. Cist. 3, 21. Comp., they quieted the plebs, tranquilliorem plebem fecerunt, Liv. 2, 63: cf. ita hanc canem faciam tibi oleo tranquilliorem, Pl. Poen. 5, 4, 66.
      2. 2. pāco, 1: of persons and countries (gen., after war or insurrection): v. to subdue: of emotions: dolores p., Claud. de Apono, fin.: to q. the wavering tides of feeling, incertos animi aestus p., id. IV. Cons. Honor. 225.
      3. 3. plāco, 1: v. to calm: to appease: cf. benevolos objurgatores pl., Cic. N. D. 1, 3: of emotions: cf. non perturbare animos, sed pl. potius, Cic. Or. 19, 65. Join: animos pl. et lenire, id. Fin. 1, 14: invidiam pl., Hor. S. 2, 3, 13: of things: to q. a ravening belly with food, esca ventrem iratum pl., ib. 2, 8, 5. Poet., quum vult aequora placat, Ov. M. 11, 432: not to be quieted, implācābĭlis: v. implacable.
      4. 4. sēdo, 1: v. to allay: to appease: to assuage: to check: rare of persons: cf. tumultuantes deinde milites ipse sedavit, Just. 12, 15: of noise and disturbance, sedato tandem fremitu, Liv. 21, 20: tumultum s., Caes. B. C. 3, 18: discordias, Cic. Phil. 1, 1: seditionem, id. Rep. 1, 38: contentionem, Liv. 19, 39: of storms; v. to lull: of emotions and their utterance: animos militum s., Liv. 26, 21: rabiem s., Hor. Epod. 12, 9: pavorem s., Liv. 1, 16: lamentationem s., id. 25, 37: fletus s., Prop. 2, 16, 31; appetitus omnes s., Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103: opp. to incitare and excitare: cf. quorum sedare animos malunt, quam incitare, Cic. Or. 19, 65 (after perturbare and placare, v. sup. No. 3): cf. in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare, id. de Or. 1, 46, 202 to q. the voice of envy and calumny, invidiam et infamiam sed., Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 1.
      5. 5. Expr. by other verbs signifying to soothe: to lull: to mitigate: and the like: e. g. lēnĭo, 4: permulcĕo, 2: sōpĭo, 4 (esp. to lull to sleep, e. g. conscience, scruples): and by facio, with adjs. signifying quiet (q. v.): and with subs.: to q. a noise, silentium (classico) fac., Liv. 2, 25: and with verbs signifying to be q.: e. g. requiescere fecerunt spiritum meum, Vulg. Zech. vi. 8.