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.