Definition of quiesco
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Orthography ID = 1013674
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LEM
quiēscō, quiēscere, quiēvī, quiētus
ἡσυχάζειν
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to rest, repose, keep quiet, be inactive, be at peace
  2. to rest, sleep, be asleep
  3. in war, to be inactive, make no movement
  4. to keep in retirement, take no part, be neutral
  5. to acquiesce, quietly permit
  6. to pause, make a pause, keep silence, be still
Abbreviations
quiēscō ēvī (quiērunt, V.; quiērim, C.; quiēssem, T., H.; quiēsset, T.; quiēsse, C., L.), ētus, ere quies, to rest, repose, keep quiet, be inactive, be at peace: placidā compostus pace quiescit, V.: non somno quiescere, get no rest, Cu.: Quid faciam? 'quiescas,' do nothing, H.: Indoctus pilae quiescit, does not play, H.: Quibus quidem quam facile potuerat quiesci, si hic quiesset! which we might easily have been spared, T.

—To rest, sleep, be asleep: eo cum venio, praetor quiescebat: casa, in quā quiescebat, N.

—In war, to be inactive, make no movement: per paucos dies, L.: pavore mutuo iniecto velut torpentes quieverunt, L.

—To keep in retirement, take no part, be neutral: scribis Peducaeo probari, quod quierim.

—To acquiesce, quietly permit: quiescat (Caesar) rem adduci ad interregnum.

—To pause, make a pause, keep silence, be still: quiesce, T.: quiescere, id est h(suxa/zein.

— To rest, lie still, be still, be quiet, be undisturbed: ager qui multos annos quievit, lay fallow: nec umquam quieturas Syracusas, donec, etc., L.: flamma, ceases to burn, V.: quierunt Aequora, the waves are laid, V.: felicius ossa quiescant, O.: quiescunt voces, are silent, O.

—To be calm, be unruffled, be composed: quiescas, T.: Quaeso, ego dabo, quiesce, T.

—Fig., to be inactive, be powerless: ista potentia quiescit.
 
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