ease (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A state of rest1. ōtium (the state of one who has no business to do; freedom from anxiety)2. sēcūrĭtas (freedom from care)3. quies, ētis, f.II. Absence of stiffness or constraint1. perh. lĕpos or lĕpor, ōris2. (in speaking) făcĭlĭtas (perfect command of the resources of oratory)III. EasinessIV. Phr. • ease (subs.): I. A state of rest: 1. ōtium (the state of one who has no business to do; freedom from anxiety): to live in e., in otio vivere., Cic. Join: pax., tranquillitas., otium, Cic.: v. leisure, repose. 2. sēcūrĭtas (freedom from care): cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42. 3. quies, ētis, f.: v. rest, quiet. Phr.: at one's e., otiosus, Cic. (v. idle): I take my e. at home, domesticus otior, Hor.: (domi otiosus sum, Cic. Brut. 3, 10): to live at one's e., otiose, bene (in comfort) vivere, Cic.; facile agere, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 56; facile vivere, Pl. Curc. 5, 2, 6; facile agitare, poet. in Suet. vit. Ter. 1: in all possible e. (of the gods of Epicurus)., summa cum pace, Lucr.: e. after toil, requies laborum., Plin.: to have a mind at e., tranquillo animo esse, Cic.: to set any one's mind at e., alicujus animum sedare, tranquillum reddere (v. to calm): take thine e., eat, drink, and be merry, requiesce, comede, bibe, epulare, Vulg. Luc. xii 19: I am somehow ill at e., nescio quid meo animo aegre est, Pl. II. Absence of stiffness or constraint: 1. perh. lĕpos or lĕpor, ōris: v. grace. 2. (in speaking) făcĭlĭtas (perfect command of the resources of oratory): Sen. Ep. 40, 11: cf. Suet. Gr. 23 (f. sermonis). Phr.: there was an elegant e. about his manner, *inerat ei suavitas quaedam morum atque concinnitas: there was a lack of e. about his manner, *mores ejus duriores ac paene vasti (v. awkward): to dance with e., membra molliter movere, Hor. S. 1, 9, 24. III. Easiness: făcĭlĭtas: e. in bringing forth children, f. pariendi, Plin.: v. facility. Phr.: with e., facile (v. easily): to speak with e. and readiness, solute prompteque eloqui, Tac.: Cic.; expedite loqui., Suet. IV. Phr.: chapel of e., *ecclesia (capella) parochialis subsidiaria (?).
ease (v.) Copy link Outline I. To unburdenII. To relaxIII. To assuage, mitigate • ease (v.): I. To unburden: lĕvo, exŏnĕro, 1: v. to unburden. Phr.: to e. oneself, alvum exonerare, Plin.: to e. any one of some portion of his toil, *laborem alicui minuere. II. To relax: laxo, 1: v. to slacken. III. To assuage, mitigate: lĕvo, lēnio: v. to relieve, assuage.
EASE Copy link • EASE 1. s. Rest, etc., quies (rest absolutely): requies (rest after previous exertion): otium (state of being free from the calls of business): tranquillitas (freedom from the storms of life, from what is agitating); sometimes inertia: desidia (laziness, languor). A life of ease, otiosa vita (free from engrossing business). To enjoy not a moment of ease, nullam partem quietis capere: to seek a life of ease (i. e., withdrawn from public business), in otium se conferre (general term); a negotiis publicis se removere. To be at one’s ease (i. e., without agitation of mind), tranquillo animo et quieto frui: to set anybody’s mind at ease, alicujus animum tranquillare or sedare (opposed to alicujus animum perturbare); exonerare aliquem metu (e.g., civitatem, Liv.); levare aliquem (e.g., me levarat adventus tuus, Cic.). To set one’s conscience at ease, exonerare conscientiam (Curt.), or liberare et exonerare fidem suam (Liv.). PROV. To take one’s ease, and be merry, delicate et molliter vivere: facere sibi suaviter: benigne se tractare (general terms); largiter se invitare (also with cibo vinoque, Cort., Fragm. Sall., 4, 3, 13, p. 991); pelliculam or cutem (bene) curare (Schmid, Hor., Ep., 1, 2, 29). To be at one’s ease (= in good circumstances), in rebus secundis esse; in bona conditione esse; bene, beate or commode vivere: to consult one’s ease, to take one’s ease, dedere se desidiae; dare se languori: fond of his ease, in labore remissus nimis parumque patiens (Nep.); iners, deses. Unconstraint, etc., facilitas (e.g., of pronunciation or delivery, Quint.): levitas (e.g., verborum, natural and unaffected smoothness): simplicitas (e.g., morum). Easiness (opposed to difficulty), facilitas. With ease [Vid: EASILY]. Chapel of ease, *ecclesiae parochialis filia (Eccl.). 2. v. exonerare (to disburden; e.g., conscientiam, fidem suam, one’s conscience): levare, allevare (lighten the pressure of anything, levare inopiam, curam, sollicitudinem, aliquem metu; allevare aerumnas, sollicitudines): sublevare (res adversas, etc.; also to support): laxare (to diminish the tension of anything, PROP. and figuratively; e.g., vim morbi, Curt.; also animum, Cic.; laborem, Liv.; iram, Stat.): expedire: explicare (to facilitate the progress of anything; e.g., expedire negotia; explicare et expedire negotia, Caes.; expedire onera, Hirtius). Assuage, lenire: mitigare: mollire: allevare: sublevare: temperare. [SYN. in ALLEVIATE.] To ease pain, dolorem lenire or mitigare; grief or sorrow, levare luctum or aliquem luctu; anybody’s trouble, vexation, etc., levare or expedire aliquem molestia or molestiis (Cic.). With “of before the thing, levare aliquem aliqua re (e.g., metu, luctu, from fear, sorrow, etc.). [Vid: To FREE.] To ease anybody of some portion of his toil, partem laboris alicui minuere.