quiēs ētis, f 2 CI-, a lying still, rest, repose, inaction, freedom from exertion: locus quietis plenissimus: mors laborum ac miseriarum quies est, a state of rest: quietem capere, take repose, Cs.: quietem pati, S.: haud longi temporis quies militi data est, L.: ab armis, L.: uti somno et quietibus ceteris, recreations.

—In political life, neutrality: Attici quies tantopere Caesari fuit grata, ut, N.: quiete defensus, Ta.

—Quiet, peace: quae diuturna quies pepererat, S.: montana, O.: ingrata genti, Ta.: Si non tanta quies iret frigusque coloremque Inter, i. e. the repose of spring, V.

—The rest of sleep, repose, sleep: capere quietem, fall asleep, O.: alta, V.: ad quietem ire, go to sleep: secundum quietem, in sleep: neque vigiliis neque quietibus sedari, S.: ducem terruit dira quies, a dream, T.

—The sleep of death, death: Olli dura quies oculos urguet, V.

—Person., the goddess of rest, L.