quiet (s.) Copy link Outline I. Gen. sense, the absence of disturbance1. quĭēs, ētis, f.2. tranquillitas, ātis, f.3. rĕquĭes, ētis, eï, and ē, f. (after labour and trouble), a delicious q., r. plena oblectationis, Cic. Am. 27, 103. Phr.4. ōtĭum, n., (opp. to the pressure of affairs5. pax, pācis, f.6. sĭlentium, n.; v. SILENCE, STILLNESSII. In political sense1. quies2. esp. ōtium3. tranquillum, n. (not in nom.), a state of q. (free from civil disturbance)4. pax • quiet (s.): I. Gen. sense, the absence of disturbance: stillness: repose: rest. 1. quĭēs, ētis, f. 2. tranquillitas, ātis, f.: (usu. the calmness of the sea): Join: cf. locus quietis et tranquillitatis plenissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 1: cf. omnem tranquillitatem et quietem senectutis acceptam refert clementiae tuae, id. Deiot. 13, 38. Join: mira serenitas cum tranquillitate, i. e. the peculiar q. of a still, calm day, Liv. 26, 11: (cf., in the abstract, "Indulgent quiet, power serene," Hughes). Fig.: q. (or peace) of mind, cf. securitas, quae est animi tanquam tr., Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23: (with quietus): cf. quiet, adj. Join: tr. atque otium (q. and repose in one's daily life): cf. (Agricola) tranquillitatem atque otium penitus auxit, Tac. Agr. 40: v. calmness: stillness. Also the n. of the adj. used subs. (not in nom.), tranquillum, n., a state of q.: to live in q., esse in tranquillo, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 8: cf. (Deus) qui fluctibus e tantis vitam in tam tranquillo locavit, Lucr. 5, 12. 3. rĕquĭes, ētis, eï, and ē, f. (after labour and trouble), a delicious q., r. plena oblectationis, Cic. Am. 27, 103. Phr.: in q. resting places, in requie, Vulg. Is. xxxviii. 18: v. recreation: rest: repose. Also, in this sense, rĕmissio, ōnis, f.: used with quies, Cic. Coel. 17: every one ought to be allowed some interval of q., danda est omnibus aliqua remissio, Quint. 1, 3, 8: v. relaxation. 4. ōtĭum, n., (opp. to the pressure of affairs: v. leisure): to obtain q., in otium venire, Cic. Att. 1, 7: to enjoy q., otio frui, id. Off. 3, 1, 3: I'm so in love with q., sic enim sum complexus otium, ut ab eo divelli non queam, Cic. Att. 2, 6: in a bad sense, a lazy q., o. inertissimum et desidiosissimum, id. Agr. 2, 33: to waste (or, lounge away) one's q. (quiet time) in sloth, o. segne trahere, Tac. H. 4, 70. Expr. by adj. (subjectively): when he took up his pen in q., quum otiosus stilum prehenderat, Cic. Brut. 24, 93. To live in q., in otio vivere, id. Agr. 2, 37, 103. Join: ot. et tranquillitas: to seek for q. and tranquillity in life, ot. ac tranq. vitae sequi, id. Mur. 27, 55. 5. pax, pācis, f.: cf. temperantia pacem animis affert, Cic. Fin. 1, 14; to reign in q., in pace regnare, Vulg. 2 Paralip. xiv. 5. 6. sĭlentium, n.; v. silence, stillness: not only opp. to speaking, but to noise in gen., and, in wider sense, to disturbance: peace and q., Join: otium et s. est, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 35: in the q. (i. e. stillness) of night: cf. se vocem noctis silentio audisse clariorem humana, Liv. 5, 32: Plur. cf. severa silentia noctis, Lucr. 4, 461: cf. per muta silentia noctis, Ov. M. 7, 184: hence expr. "the land A dreadful q. felt, and, worser far Than arms, a sullen interval of war," Dryden. Join: sil. otiumque (q. and truce, or inaction) inter armatos, Liv. 2, 45: the q. of the fields or country (noiselessness): cf. nactus silentia ruris (when he reached the q. fields), Ov. M. 1, 235: to keep watch in q., cum silentio praestolari, Vulg. Jud. xvi. 2: the words of the wise are heard in q., verba sapientium audiuntur in silentio, id. Eccles. ix. 17: to pass one's life in q. (opp. to action), vitam silentio transire, Sall. C. 1: with gen.: a perpetual q. (of inaction) in the courts and forum, s. perpetuum judiciorum ac fori, Cic. Pis. 14, 32: just such was the q. course of his praetorship, idem praeturae tenor et silentium, Tac. Agr. 6. Also expr. in quiet by tacitus, etc. (v. quiet, adj.: quietly). Transf.: he reigned in q. at Amyclae (lit., over the q. A.), tacitis regnavit Amyclis, Virg. Aen. 10. 564. II. In political sense: (of the state), freedom from war and commotion: (of persons), abstinence from political activity: neutrality in party strife: 1. quies: long q.: cf. (of Rome) ex summa laetitia atque lascivia, quae diuturna q. pepererat, Sall. C. 31: q. is distasteful to the people, ingrata genti q., Tac. G. 14. 2. esp. ōtium: (opp. to bellum) cf. multitudo insolens belli diuturnitate otii, Caes. B. C. 2, 36: cf. Hor. Od. 2, 16, 5-6: with ab; cf. otium ab hoste fuit, Liv. 3, 32: to give q. to: with ex (after a war): cf. ex maximo bello tantum otium toti insulae conciliavit, Nep. Timol. 3. Join: pax et otium (peace and q.); si civitas longa pace et otio torpeat, Tac. G. 14: to give (a people) q., o. afferre (with dat.). Join: id quod vobis affero, pacem, tranquillitatem, otium, peace, repose, q. (after civil dangers), Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102: to live in q., in otio esse, ib.: in that very q., sub ipso o., ib. 103: to maintain a q. purchased by blood, vita partum o. tenere, ib. 103: to live in q. (abstaining from political conflicts): those who live in q. for the sake of indulging sloth, ii, qui propter desidiam in otio vivunt, ib.: expr. by adj.: to confer perfect q. upon, otiosissimos reddere, ib. (see the play upon the words through the whole passage): v. neutrality. 3. tranquillum, n. (not in nom.), a state of q. (free from civil disturbance): cf. in urbe ex tranquillo nec opinata moles discordiarum exorta est, Liv. 4, 13: in q. (without further disturbance), cetera tribuni tranquillo peregere, id. 3, 14: q. being restored, republica in tranquillum redacta, ib. 40. 4. pax: v. peace: Fig., ventorum paces, Lucr. 6, 1229.
quiet (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Free from motion and disturbance1. quĭētus2. tranquillus3. ōtĭōsus4. pācātus, at peace (sometimes, but not always, after a state of disturbance)5. plācātus6. plăcĭdus (v. CALM7. sēdātus (opp. to quick or violent motion)7. tacĭturnus (opp. to noisy, demonstrative8. concors, dis, undisturbed by quarrels9. Other adjs. may be used for the sense of calm, gentle, peaceable (q. v.) • quiet (adj.): I. Free from motion and disturbance: (both objectively and subjectively). (Note: these senses are so distributed among the Latin words, as to be best discerned by exx.). 1. quĭētus: (the subj. sense prevails): (i.) of persons: Join: vir rectus, integer, q., ac verecundus, Plin. Ep. 7, 31: integri, q., otiosi homines, Cic. Agr. 2, 28: Superl., homo quietissimus, id. Verr. 4, 19: a mind q. and unpreoccupied, q. et solutus animus, Cic. R. Com. 15: to let a person be q., (aliquem) quietum reddere: cf. sex ego te totos, Parmeno hos menses q. reddam, Ter. Andr. 2, 2, 46: to be q. and mind one's own business, cf. operam detis ut quieti sitis et ut vestrum negotium agatis, Vulg. 1 Thess. iv. 11: a meek and q. spirit, q. et modestus spiritus, id. 1 Pet. iii. 4: calm and q. talk or utterance, Join: q. et remissus sermo: decorus est sermo senis, q. et rem., Cic. Sen. 9, 28: a peaceful, tranquil, q., happy life, Join: placata, tranquilla, quieta, beata vita, Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71. Join: placida quietaque (calm and q.): cf. tranquillitas (animi) id est, pl. q.que constantia, id. Tusc. 4, 5, 10. Hence, peaceable, free from ambition, neutral (in civil commotions): he harasses the q., q. lacessit, Just. 7, 6: to keep q. at home, cf. quoad cum civibus dimicatum est, domi q. fuit, Nep. Pelop. 4: the q. reign of Numa, q. Pompili regnum, Hor. Od. 1, 12, 33: to lead an inactive and q. life, otiosam aetatem et q. sine ullo labore et contentione traducere, Cic. Sen. 23, 82: that we lead a q. and peaceable life, Join: ut q. et tranquillam vitam agamus, Vulg. 1 Tim. ii. 2: of a province (after an outbreak): cf. paulo habuit post id factum quietiorem Galliam, Caes. B. G. 5, 58. Join: pacatissima et quietissima pars (Galliae), ib. 24: a people q. and secure, Join: populum securum et q., Vulg. Judic. xviii. 7: cf. terram latissimam et q., id. 1 Paralip. iv. 40. (ii.) of animals: (gentle), cf. equi fiunt quietiores, Varr. R. R. 2, 7. (iii.) of things: (v. calm): cf. q. amnes (i. e. gently flowing), Hor. Od. 3, 29, 40: the q. air, q. aër, Virg. Aen. 5, 216: (and subs., quĭetum., n. Petr. 131): cf. quietiore nec feratur aequore, Hor. Ep. 10, 11. 2. tranquillus: esp. of persons, feelings, life: v. calm, tranquil. Comp.: when I hear that you are in a quieter state of mind, quum te tranquilliorem animo esse cognoro., Cic. Fam. 4, 5, fin. Sup.: a q. state of life: tr. res: cf. qui me hodie ex tranquillissima re conjecisti in nuptias, Ter. Andr. 3, 5, 14: (opp. to turbulentus) cf. illum meum turbulentissimum tempus profectionis tuo tranquillissimo praestat, Cic. Pis. 15, 35. To make q., expr. by this adj.: v. to quiet. 3. ōtĭōsus: at leisure, free from engagements and interruptions; also, indisposed to business: indifferent: neutral: when I was q. at home, quum essem ot. domi, Cic. Brut. 3: q. (i. e. unconcerned) spectators, etc., spectatores ot. Leuctricae calamitatis, Cic. Off. 2, 7: absol., cf. crudeliter otiosis minabantur (those who remained q., in the civil war) id. Fam. 9, 6, med. Fig.: (= gentle): cf. fons vel rivus huc conveniat otiosus, Plin. Ep. 9, 6. Also expr. by the subs.: or that you would at least keep q. (in the civil war), (ut) aut certe te in otium referres, Dolab. in Cic. Fam. 9, 9: in q. times, per otium: cf. studia per otium concelebrata, Cic. Inv. 1, 3. 4. pācātus, at peace (sometimes, but not always, after a state of disturbance): (i.) of countries, states, provinces, etc.: Join: p. tranquillaeque civitates, Cic. de Or. 1., 8: Sup., in provincia pacatissima, id. Lig. 2. (ii.) of things: cf. pacati status aëris, Lucr. 3, 293: p. mare, Hor. Od. 4, 5, 19: p. vultus, Ov. F. 1, 3. Comp., a quieter style, oratio pacatior, Cic. Brut. 31. 5. plācātus: a calm and q. state of mind, Join: animi quietus et p. status, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6: in oratory: to speak about things of a q. sort and not disturbing, de rebus placatis ac minime turbulentis loqui, id. Or. 19, 63: of things: pl. maria, Virg. Aen. 3, 69. Sup., most q. rest: cf. mors ei somno similis est, qui nonnunquam, etiam sine visis somniorum, placatissimam quietem affert, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97. 6. plăcĭdus (v. calm: gentle: mild: undisturbed): of persons: gentle and q., Join: clemens, placidus, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10: cf. Cic. Caecin. 10: of things: pl. coelum, Sil. 12, 667: pl. mare, Pl. Ep. 9, 26: pl. amnis, Ov. M. 1, 702: pl. vita, Lucr. 5, 1121: pl. somnus, Ov. F. 3, 185: pl. mors, Virg. Aen. 6, 522: a q. style, pl. oratio, Cic. de Or. 2, 43: a q. and gentle old age, Join: pl. ac lenis senectus, id. Sen. 5. 7. sēdātus (opp. to quick or violent motion): cf. oderunt sedatum celeres, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90: (to a riotous mob), ye ought to be q., and to do nothing rashly, oportet vos sedatos esse, et nihil temere agere, Vulg. Act. xix. 36: sedato gradu in castra abeunt, Liv. 25, 37: a q. river (as a fig. of style): cf. alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sed. amnis fluit, alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur, Cic. Or. 12, fin. Comp.: of oratorical rhythm: (contrasted with tranquillior) cf. (Isocrates) est, ut in transferendis faciendisque verbis tranquillior (less daring), sic in ipsis numeris sedatior, id. ib. 52, 176: at a somewhat q. time (of less public excitement), paulo sedatiore tempore, id. Clu. 37, 103. Sup., to speak in a very q. and subdued voice, sedatissima et depressissima voce uti, Auct. Her. 3, 14. 7. tacĭturnus (opp. to noisy, demonstrative: more often than actually silent): cf. tristem semper, quia t. videbant, Cic. Sest. 9., 21: q. (or still) silence, t. silentia: cf. Lucr. 4, 584-5 (of the Satyrs, Nymphs, and Fauns):-- "Quorum noctivago strepitu ludoque jocanti Affirmant volgo taciturna silentia rumpi." Also tăcĭtus (prop. silent): to obtrude one's idle talk on a person when he's reading or wanting to be q., legentem aut tacitum impellere quovis sermone, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65: to keep anything q. (secret), tacitum (n. acc. of obj.) tenere; cf. tantum eos admoneamus, ut illud, etiam si est verissimum, tacitum tamen, tanquam mysterium, teneant, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 64: to be q. under (ill treatment), tacitum (acc. of subj.) ferre, pati: v. quietly. 8. concors, dis, undisturbed by quarrels: v. peaceful: harmonious: a settled and q. condition of the state, moderatus et concors civitatis status, Cic. Leg. 3, 11, 28. Comp., ut multo fiat civitas concordior, Pl. Aul. 3, 5, 7. Fig. (of q. things): c. aquae, Plin. 5, 9, 10: c. anni, Ov. M. 8, 708. 9. Other adjs. may be used for the sense of calm, gentle, peaceable (q. v.): e. g. clemens, facilis, mitis, sĕrēnus: and objectively, sēcurus.
quiet (v. a.) Copy link Outline 1. tranquillo, 12. pāco, 13. plāco, 14. sēdo, 15. Expr. by other verbs signifying TO SOOTHE • quiet (v. a.): 1. tranquillo, 1: v. to calm: to compose. Also expr. by adj. with facere: to q. a person when angry, tranquillum facere ex irato, Pl. Cist. 3, 21. Comp., they quieted the plebs, tranquilliorem plebem fecerunt, Liv. 2, 63: cf. ita hanc canem faciam tibi oleo tranquilliorem, Pl. Poen. 5, 4, 66. 2. pāco, 1: of persons and countries (gen., after war or insurrection): v. to subdue: of emotions: dolores p., Claud. de Apono, fin.: to q. the wavering tides of feeling, incertos animi aestus p., id. IV. Cons. Honor. 225. 3. plāco, 1: v. to calm: to appease: cf. benevolos objurgatores pl., Cic. N. D. 1, 3: of emotions: cf. non perturbare animos, sed pl. potius, Cic. Or. 19, 65. Join: animos pl. et lenire, id. Fin. 1, 14: invidiam pl., Hor. S. 2, 3, 13: of things: to q. a ravening belly with food, esca ventrem iratum pl., ib. 2, 8, 5. Poet., quum vult aequora placat, Ov. M. 11, 432: not to be quieted, implācābĭlis: v. implacable. 4. sēdo, 1: v. to allay: to appease: to assuage: to check: rare of persons: cf. tumultuantes deinde milites ipse sedavit, Just. 12, 15: of noise and disturbance, sedato tandem fremitu, Liv. 21, 20: tumultum s., Caes. B. C. 3, 18: discordias, Cic. Phil. 1, 1: seditionem, id. Rep. 1, 38: contentionem, Liv. 19, 39: of storms; v. to lull: of emotions and their utterance: animos militum s., Liv. 26, 21: rabiem s., Hor. Epod. 12, 9: pavorem s., Liv. 1, 16: lamentationem s., id. 25, 37: fletus s., Prop. 2, 16, 31; appetitus omnes s., Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103: opp. to incitare and excitare: cf. quorum sedare animos malunt, quam incitare, Cic. Or. 19, 65 (after perturbare and placare, v. sup. No. 3): cf. in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare, id. de Or. 1, 46, 202 to q. the voice of envy and calumny, invidiam et infamiam sed., Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 1. 5. Expr. by other verbs signifying to soothe: to lull: to mitigate: and the like: e. g. lēnĭo, 4: permulcĕo, 2: sōpĭo, 4 (esp. to lull to sleep, e. g. conscience, scruples): and by facio, with adjs. signifying quiet (q. v.): and with subs.: to q. a noise, silentium (classico) fac., Liv. 2, 25: and with verbs signifying to be q.: e. g. requiescere fecerunt spiritum meum, Vulg. Zech. vi. 8.
QUIET Copy link • QUIET 1. adj., Denoting a state when one is without motion and without physical exertion, quietus (general term, being at rest, taking repose, in as far as it implies a notion contrary to that of exertion): tranquillus (still, without strong motion, especially of the sea, that is not disturbed by any external cause). (The words are found in this connection and order.) tranquillus et quietus: pacatus (at peace, tranquillized, especially of countries in which a war, insurrection, etc., has been waging): sedatus (without stormy motion, sedate; e.g., step, gradus; time, tempus): placidus (placid, soft, without disturbance or any violent motion, e.g. river, amnis; flumen [opposed to rapidus amnis]; weather, caelum; day, dies; sleep, somnus): otiosus (at rest, not engaged in any business, idle): a quiet life, vita quieta, or tranquilla, or tranquilla et quieta; vita placida; vita otiosa: to lead a quiet life, vitam tranquillam, or placidam, or otiosam degere; quiete vivere; otiose vivere: a quiet province, provincia quieta (general term); provincia pacata (in which a war has been carried on before): quiet sea, mare tranquillum or placidum: to be quiet, quietum, etc., esse: to remain quiet, quiescere (also = to remain neuter); silentium tenere (to observe silence †): to remain quiet at anything, otiosum spectatorem esse alicujus rei (to be a quiet spectator; e.g., pugnae): se non admiscere or se non immiscere alicui rei (not to mix one’s self up with anything): be quiet! favete linguis! silentium teneatis: to make quiet [Vid :, To CALM]. Relating to a state without mental agitation, and to whatever manifests such tranquillity, quietus (not taking a share or an interest in anything, not moved by anything): tranquillus (quiet disposition of mind or temper, not excited by anything external): placidus (placid, peaceable, in contradistinction to tempestuous or hasty temper): placatus (become quiet again after violent irritation): sedatus (pacified, sedate; all these speaking of the “animus;” i. e., the mind). (The words are found in this connection and order.) placidus quietusque; placatus et tranquillus; sedatus et quietus; sedatus placidusque: a quiet or calm speech, oratio placida or sedata (e.g., mariner of delivery, or elocution); temperatum orationis genus; quietum disputandi genus (in conversation): to do anything with a quiet mind or in a quiet temper, placatiore animo facere aliquid: to write in a quiet disposition of mind, sedatiore animo scribere: to be quiet, animo esse quieto, or tranquillo, or placato; animo non moveri: one can never be quiet, numqtiam quieta mente consistere licet: be quiet! bono sis animo or benum habe auimum (be of good cheer): to be quiet by anything, placide or sedate ferre aliquid (to bear anything quietly): not to be quiet at or under anything, aliquid aegre ferre (not to bear it with indifference): sollicitum esse de aliqua re (to be annoyed at or alarmed about anything). 2. s. Vid: QUIETNESS. 3. v. tranquillare (PROP. mare, figuratively animos): pacare (to establish peace; e.g., in a province): sedare, placare (to still, appease): permulcere (to soothe): lenire (to cause to abate, mitigate, allay).