conticēscō (-cīscō) ticuī, -, ere, inch. com+taceo, to become still, cease speaking, fall silent: conscientiā convictus conticuit: subito, O.

— To keep silence: paulisper, L.

—To be silenced, cease, be hushed: sermo: de tuis laudibus: conticuit lyra, H.: undae, O.

—Fig., to become still, cease, stop, abate: cum iudicia conticuissent: actiones tribuniciae, L.: furor, L.