lull (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. To compose, quietIII. Intrans.1. rĕlanguesco, gui, 3 (rare)2. expr. by pass. refl. of sēdo, 13. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 • lull (v.): I. Trans.: to compose to sleep by a pleasing sound: Phr.: it will l. with light, whispering noise, levi somnum suadebit inire susurro, Virg. E. 1, 54: so, somnum suadere, Stat. Th. 5, 616. II. To compose, quiet: sēdo, 1: to l. a tempest, tempestatem s., cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, 46: to l. pains, dolores s., Plin.: v. to assuage, mitigate. III. Intrans.: 1. rĕlanguesco, gui, 3 (rare): Sen. Q. N. 5, 8, fin. (of the wind). 2. expr. by pass. refl. of sēdo, 1: the storm l.s, tempestas sedatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, 46: the winds having l.'d, sedatis ventis, Ov. 3. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3: the violence of the wind was l.'d, venti vis omnis cecidit, Liv. 26, 39: v. to subside. Phr.: the winds l.'d, venti posuere (poet.), Virg. Aen. 7, 27.
lull (subs.) Copy link • lull (subs.): expr. by verb: there is a l. in the wind, venti sedantur, relanguescunt: v. to lull.
LULL Copy link • LULLv. TRANS., PROP. To sing to sleep, (infantem) *cantando sopire. Figuratively. To calm, pacify, tranquillare: pacare; tranquillum facere. INTRANS., (of the wind), (ventus) cadit (Liv.), concidit (Hor.), remittit, intermittitur (Caes.). The wind had lulkd, venti vis omnis cecidit: when the wind had lulled a little, ut lenita paulum vis venti est (Liv.): the wind had suddenly so completely lulled, that, tanta subito malacia exstitit, ut (Caes.).