retirement Copy link Outline I. The act of retiringII. Seclusion1. secrētum (used in both sing. and pl.)2. sēcessus, ūs3. sōlĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (solitariness4. ōtium (leisure, repose5. quies, ētis, f. (rest)6. sĭlentium • retirement: I. The act of retiring: v. foll. art. II. Seclusion: 1. secrētum (used in both sing. and pl.): deep and close r., altum abditumque s., Plin. Ep. 2, 17: to withdraw from the stage of the world into r., se a vulgo et scena in secreta removere, Hor. S. 2, 1, 71. 2. sēcessus, ūs: quiet and r., silentium et s., Quint. 10, 3, 28: to pass one's time in repose and r., tempus in otio s.que agere, Suet. Vesp. 4. 3. sōlĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (solitariness: used in both sing. and pl.): to withdraw from the society of men into r., e coetu hominum in s. se recipere, Cic. Off. 3, 1, 2: so, secedere, Tac. Or. 9, extr.: to court r., solitudines sequi, Cic. Att. 12, 26. Join: s. et recessus, id. Att. 12, 26: he also connects it with otium, Off. 3, 1, 1 (q. v.). 4. ōtium (leisure, repose: poet. in pl.): to go into r., in otium venire, Cic. Att. 1, 7: to withdraw into secure r., in o. tuta recedere, Hor. S. 1, 1, 31: Sen. 5. quies, ētis, f. (rest): their r. is useful to mankind, quies eorum prodest hominibus, Sen. Ot. Sap. 6, 5. Join: q. et otium, Tac. Agr. 6. 6. sĭlentium: Tac. Agr. 3 (an enforced r.). Phr.: a place of r., sēcessus, ūs: v. retreat: a life of r., vita privata et quieta, Cic. Sen. 7, 22: to pass one's life in r., aetatem procul a republica habere, Sall. C. 4: to live in r. in the country, rure et procul coetu hominum vivere, Liv. 7, 5, extr.: he lives in the deepest r. in the country, latet abditus agro, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5; so latēre, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 25; fallĕre, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 10; secubare, Prop. 2, 19, 41: I escape into the r. of my library, abdo me in bibliothecam, Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2.
RETIREMENT Copy link • RETIREMENTAct of retiring, by the verbs. Retirement from office, abdicatio muneris. Retired place, solitudo: locus desertus; locus ab arbitris remotus (Cic.). Retired state or life, solitudo: vita solitaria; otium (freedom from business, leisure). A person living in retirement in the country, solitarius homo et in agro vitam agens: to live in retirement, vitam solitariam agere (in solitude): habere or agere aetatem procul a republica (far from political life): to spend one’s youth in retirement, juventutem procul a coetu hominum agere: to withdraw into retirement, vitam solitudini mandare; a turba in otium et solitudinem se conferre (to go into solitude): a negotiis publicis se removere; de foro decedere (to withdraw from political life).