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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (4 entries · 7 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (3)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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silence (subs.) Copy link
• silence (subs.): sĭlentium (stillness, where nothing is said: applicable either to persons or inanimate things): having obtained s. by sound of trumpet, quum s. classico fecisset, Liv. 2, 45: to attend in s., cum s. animadvertere, Ter. Heaut. prol. 44: to pass over in s., silentio praeterire, Cic. Sull. 21, fin.: in profound s., magno s., id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, init.: in the s. of night, silentio noctis, Caes. B. G. 7, 36: to observe long s., diuturno s. uti, Cic. Marc. init. Poet.: oft. pl. for the metre: to keep s., silentia tenere, Ov. M. 1, 206. (N.B.--Not taciturnitas: which denotes habitual reserve and unwillingness to speak.) To keep s., tacēre, silēre: v. silent, to be. Phr.: I cannot pass this over in s., hoc tacitus nullo modo praeterire possum, Cic. Marc. init.
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• silence (v.):
    1. I. Lit.: to cause s.: Phr.: silentium facere (v. silence, subs.): to s. applause by waving the hand, manu murmura [clamores] comprimere, Ov. M. 1, 206. So fig., to s. conscience, conscientiam comprimere, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54.
    2. II. To put to s., by rebuke or refutation:
      1. 1. confūto, 1 (to put down by words): I would s. those fellows who now find fault with me! ego istos qui nunc me culpant confutaverim! Pl. Truc. 2, 3, 28: the master was s.d with his own argument, magister suo sibi argumento confutatus est, Gell.
      2. 2. rĕfūto, 1 (with ref. to arguments: to beat back and overthrow): v. to refute.
      3. 3. contundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3 (to beat back and confound by force): to s. the proud menace of kings, tumidas regum minas c., Hor. Od. 4, 3, 8: Cic. Join: (calumniam) obterere et contundere, Cic. Caec. 7, 18.
      4. 4. comprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (to check and control): cf. Cic. Mur. 11, 24, tribunicios furores dicendo comprimere: he s.d their entreaties by quiet firmness, preces taciturna sua obstinatione compressit, Nep. Att. 22: v. to check.
      5. 5. expr. pass. by contĭcesco, tĭcui, 3: cf. Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10, conscientia convictus repente conticuit.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SILENCE
1. s. silentium (stillness, when everything is still; e.g., the stillness of the night, silentium noctis): taciturnitas (silence, as natural disposition, or as the result of a determination to be silent; taciturnity, forbearance of speech; Vid: Cic., ad Quint. Fr., 2, 1, 1: “Lupus ex praesenti silentio, quid senatus sentiret, se intelligere dixit. Tum Marcellinus, Noli, inquit, ex taciturnitate nostra, Lupe, quid aut probemus hoc tempore, aut improbemus, judicare”): intermissio, cessatio (silence; e.g., litterarum, in answering a letter): silence gives consent, *qui tacet, consentit: to keep silence, silere; silentium tenere or obtinere: to keep a lasting silence, diuturno uti silentio: to observe silence respecting anything, tacere de aliqua re; silere de aliqua re; reticere de aliqua re or aliquid (the latter more in the sense of concealing): to pass over in silence, silentio or tacitum praeterire aliquid: to order, or to enjoin, or impose silence, silentium fieri jubere; silentium imperare; by nodding, or waving one’s hand, manu poscere silentium: they ordered the most profound silence to be kept respecting the circumstance, rem summa ope taceri jubent: in silence, silentio; per silentium; cum silentio: to look at anything in silence, aliquid silentio transmittere: to put to silence, alicujus linguam retundere (of a person who complains with a loud voice; Vid: Liv., 33, 31, extr.): comprimere (to quell, to make quiet; anybody, aliquem; Plaut., Rud., 4, 4, 81, etc.); one’s conscience, conscientiam animi (Cic., De Fin., 2, 17, in.); confutare (to check, to stop, to suppress; e.g., alicujus audaciam; then, also, to confute, to beat by argument; e.g., anybody’s proofs, alicujus argumenta): refutare (to make altogether invalid, to refute, to cause to fall to the ground; e.g., tribunos): libels, maledicta; opprimere (to oppress, to put down; e.g., anybody’s complaints, alicujus querelas). Silence! quin taces! tacemodo! silete et tacete! favete linguis! or simply, favete
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  • v. To oblige to hold peace [Vid: “to put to SILENCE,” substantive].
  • To still, sedare (PROP., to cause anything to settle; hence to quell, to subdue, etc; discord, discordias; anybody’s complaint, lamentationem): tranquillare (to tranquillize, to quiet; e.g., alicujus animum; opposed to alicujus animum perturbare): comprimere (to still rather by force, to check; e.g., seditionem; opposed to seditionem exstinguere): compescere (not to allow to grow, or to get the better of anybody or anything; e.g., pain, complaints, dolorem, querelas).