quies

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷieh₁-ti-. Cognates include Avestan  (šāiti-, “happiness”), Old Persian  (šiyāti-, “luck”), Old Armenian հանգչիմ (hangčʿim).

Noun

quiēs (genitive quiētis); f, third declension

1. rest, repose, quiet

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	quiēs	quiētēs
genitive	quiētis	quiētum
dative	quiētī	quiētibus
accusative	quiētem	quiētēs
ablative	quiēte	quiētibus
vocative	quiēs	quiētēs

Related terms

• quiēscō

References

• quies in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• quiet in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Hrach Martirosyan (2009), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Brill Academic Publishers), page 388