appease Copy link Outline 1. plāco, 1 (with reference to angry or hostile feeling)2. sēdo, 1 (to quiet any agitated feeling)3. compōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to bring together; adjust; reconcile)4. mulcĕo, si, sum, 2 (v. TO CARESS, SOOTHE)5. mītĭgo, 16. expĭo, 1 (only in certain phr.) • appease: 1. plāco, 1 (with reference to angry or hostile feeling): to a. the gods, numen deorum p., Caes.: to a. and soften the feelings, animos p. ac lenire, Cic.: Hor. 2. sēdo, 1 (to quiet any agitated feeling): to a. thirst, sitim s., Lucr.: Phaedr. (v. to quench): to a. hunger, famem s., Plin.: to a. the feelings of the soldiers, animos militum s., Liv.: to a. rage, rabiem s., Hor. 3. compōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to bring together; adjust; reconcile): to a. the agitated waves, motos c. fluctus, Virg.: to a. a tumult, tumultum c., Lucan. 4. mulcĕo, si, sum, 2 (v. to caress, soothe): to a. any one by words, aliquem dictis m., Virg.: to a. the waves, fluctus m., Virg.: Vell. 5. mītĭgo, 1: to a. resentments, iras m., Ov.: to a. any one with money, aliquem pecunia m., Tac.: v. to mitigate, mollify, assuage. 6. expĭo, 1 (only in certain phr.): to a. the manes of the dead, manes mortuorum ex., Cic.: v. to allay, to propitiate.
APPEASE Copy link • APPEASEplacare (general term to pacify; e.g., numen divinum scelere vio latum precibus; iram deorum; hostes reipublicae): expiare (to appease by expiatory rites: numen; manes): mitigare, linire (to soothe, to soften down; ut eum tibi ordinem aut reconcilies aut mitiges, Cic.). To appease any body who is angry with another. animum alicujus in aliquem offensiorem recolligere: to appease any body toward another, placare aliquem alicui or in aliquem; aliquem cum aliquo, or aliquem or alicujus animum alicui reconciliare; aliquemcum aliquo reconciliare. To appease one’s hunger or thirst, famem or sitim explere or depellere (depulsare more poetical): sitim reprimere.