calm (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. sēdo, 1 (to still, quiet, allay2. tranquillo, 1 (to render smooth, unruffled)3. plāco, 1 (fig.)4. lēnio, 4II. Fig.1. sēdo, 12. tranquillo, 13. plāco, 1 (i. e. to reduce to peace and quietness) • calm (v.): I. Lit.: to still the sea, etc.: 1. sēdo, 1 (to still, quiet, allay: q. v.): the tempest is c.'d, tempestas sedatur, Cic. 2. tranquillo, 1 (to render smooth, unruffled): "to c. the troubled waters," mare t. (of oil), Plin. 3. plāco, 1 (fig.): Aeolus c.s the seas, Hippotades aequora p., Ov. 4. lēnio, 4: v. to appease. II. Fig.: 1. sēdo, 1: to c. anger, iram s., Pl.: Cic.: v. to allay. 2. tranquillo, 1: to c. the feelings, animos t., Cic. (Tranquillo is a more fig. expression than sedo: cf. supr. 2.) 3. plāco, 1 (i. e. to reduce to peace and quietness): to c. and appease the feelings, animos p. ac lenire, Cic.: v. also to soothe.