sĭlĕo Copy link Outline I. Lit.(a). Absol.(b). With de(g). With acc.(d). With rel.clause2. Of thingsII. Transf., to be still or quiet , ... ⓘsĭlent: pres ind act 3rd pl • sĭlĕo, ŭi (perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere). I. Lit. α. Absol.: silete et tacete atque animum advortite, Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20: optimum quemque silere, Liv. 39, 27 fin.: muta silet virgo, Ov. M. 10, 389: lingua, sile, id. P. 2, 2, 61: sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis, Suet. Claud. 21: obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit, id. Aug. 94.— β. With de: cum ceteri de nobis silent, Cic. Sull. 29, 80: de dracone silet, id. Div. 2, 30, 65: de re publicā ut sileremus, id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.—Impers. pass.: de jurgio siletur, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.— γ. With acc.: quae hoc tempore sileret omnia, Cic. Clu. 6, 18: tu hoc silebis, id. Att. 2, 18, 3: neque te silebo, Liber, Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31: fortia facta, Ov. M. 12, 575: alium silere quod voles, Sen. Hippol. 876: nulla me tellus silet, id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.: facti culpa silenda mihi, Ov. Tr. 2, 208.—Pass.: ea res siletur, Cic. Fl. 3, 6: quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri, id. Cat. 1, 6, 14: ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur, Liv. 27, 10, 7: per quem tria verba silentur, Ov. F. 1, 47: mala causa silenda est, id. P. 3, 1, 147: quisquis ille, sileatur, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.—Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.— δ. With rel.clause: quā tulerit mercede, silet, Ov. M. 7, 688.—* (ε) With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.— 2. Of things (mostly poet.): intempesta silet nox, Verg. G. 1, 247: silet aequor, id. E. 9, 57: mare, Val. Fl. 7, 542: immotae frondes, Ov. M. 7, 187: umidus aër, id. ib.: aura, Col. 2, 21, 5: venti, id. 12, 25, 4: tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus, Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.: silent late loca, id. ib. 9, 190: tempus erat quo cuncta silent, Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.: si chartae sileant quod bene feceris, Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.— II. Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf. quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent, Lucr. 2, 506: silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant, Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2: silent leges inter arma, id. Mil. 4, 10: si quando ambitus sileat, id. Leg. 3, 17, 39: ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas, Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons: fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā, Val. Fl. 4, 281: nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere), Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente; but -ti, Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. (poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent: nocte silenti, Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527: silenti nocte, Liv. 26, 5, 9; Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte, Tib. 1, 5, 16: silente caelo, Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279: silenti agmine ducam vos, Liv. 25, 38; so, silenti agmine, id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4: per lucos silentes, Verg. G. 1, 476: vultu defixus uterque silenti, Val. Fl. 7, 407: umbrae silentes, i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264; called populus silens, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead: umbrae silentum, Ov. M. 15, 797; so, rex silentum, id. ib. 5, 356: sedes, id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.: Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit, Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras: coetus silentum, Ov. M. 15, 66; hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190: sarmentum, not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1: vineae, id. 4, 27, 1: surculi, id. 11, 2, 26: flos, id. 12, 7, 1: ova, in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab: dies silens a ventis, Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5.
sĭlĕō Copy link Outline 1 intr., se taire, garder le silence : restez silencieux ; ils se ...2 tr., taire tout, cf. et je ne te passerai pas sous silence ... ⓘsĭlent: pres ind act 3rd pl • sĭlĕō, ŭī, ēre, 1. intr., se taire, garder le silence : silete Pl. Pœn. 3, restez silencieux ; de nobis silent Cic. Sulla 80, ils se taisent sur notre compte, cf. Div. 2, 65 ; Br. 157, etc.; [pass. imp.] silebitur de furtis Cic. Cæcil. 32, on fera le silence sur les vols || silet æquor Virg. B. 9, 57, les flots se taisent ; silent late loca Virg. En. 9, 190, la région au loin est silencieuse || [fig.] être en repos, chômer : silent leges inter arma Cic. Mil. 10, les lois sont muettes au milieu des armes, cf. Cic. Ac. 1, 2 ; Leg. 3, 39 ; nec ceteræ nationes silebant Tac. H. 3, 47, les autres nations non plus ne se tenaient pas silencieuses || [avec inf., rare] : ut sileat verbum facere B. Hisp. 3, 7, qu'il cesse de parler 2. tr., omnia silere Cic. Clu. 18, taire tout, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 18, 3 ; neque te silebo Hor. O. 1, 12, 21, et je ne te passerai pas sous silence ; res siletur Cic. Fl. 6, on tait la chose, on n'en parle pas ; (via Appia) cruentata antea cæde honesti viri silebatur Cic. Mil. 18, (cette voie Appienne), quand elle fut ensanglantée par le meurtre d'un honorable citoyen, on n'en parlait pas || si chartæ sileant quod bene feceris Hor. O. 4, 8, 21, si les livres [= l'histoire] se taisent sur tes belles actions || silenda, ōrum, n., choses qu'on doit taire, mystères : Liv. 39, 10, 5 || secrets : Curt. 6, 7, 3.
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silent Copy link Outline 1. tăcĭtus (not speaking)2. tăcĭturnus (habitually s.3. sĭlens, ntis (hushed and still) • silent: 1. tăcĭtus (not speaking): Cic.: Hor.: pass. 2. tăcĭturnus (habitually s.: not fond of talking: oft. of things, quiet, noiseless): s. firmness, t. obstinatio, Nep. Att. 22: s. (noiseless) stream, t. amnis, Hor.: Prop. 3. sĭlens, ntis (hushed and still): Virg.: Ov.: v. still, adj. To be s.:--(1.) tăceo, 2 (not to speak: both intrans., and with acc. of neut. pron.: not to speak about anything): did you think I would be s. about matters so important? an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis? Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 9, 27: what did she say, or what did she keep s.? quid dixit aut quid tacuit? Hor. Epod. 5, 49. And poet. with any other word as direct object: Ov. M. 13, 177 (ut alios taceam). Incept. contĭcesco, tĭcui, 3 (to become s.: esp. but not solely, of a number of persons together becoming s., as in Virg. Aen. 2, 1): Cic. (Reticeo, 2, is usu. to keep something secret, withhold information: v. to keep back: less freq. to be s. again, as in the case of a speaker pausing from time to time: Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232.) (2.) sĭleo, ui, 2 (to be hushed and still): v. still, to be. Also = not to speak (of): to be s. about a thing, de aliqua re s., Cic. Div. 2, 30, fin.: and with direct acc.: Hor. Od. 1, 12, 21 (neque te silebo: but prose would require de te: a neut. pron. may however be used, as in the case of taceo: v. L. G. § 253).
SILENT Copy link • SILENTadj., silens (of things; PROP. and figuratively): Tac. (of persons and things; PROP. and figuratively): taciturnus (of persons habitually silent). To be silent, tacere (not to speak): silere; silentio uti; silentium tenere or obtinere (nut to make a noise).