quietus

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin quiētus (“‘at rest’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • enPR: kwī.ēʹtəs

[edit] Noun

quietus (not used in plural form)

  1. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death.
    • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1:
      […] when he might himself his quietus make with a bare bodkin?
    • 2005 October 10, Glenn Tucker, quoted in the Bangor Daily News [Maine]:
      The constant rain and the cold have combined to put a quietus on outdoor activities.
  2. Final settlement (as of a debt).

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“‘repose, lie still’”)

[edit] Participle

quiētus m. (feminine quiēta, neuter quiētum); first/second declension

  1. at rest, quiet, keeping quiet.
  2. peaceful, neutral.
  3. tranquil, calm.

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
Case \ Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative quiētus quiēta quiētum quiētī quiētae quiēta
genitive quiētī quiētae quiētī quiētōrum quiētārum quiētōrum
dative quiētō quiētae quiētō quiētīs quiētīs quiētīs
accusative quiētum quiētam quiētum quiētōs quiētās quiēta
ablative quiētō quiētā quiētō quiētīs quiētīs quiētīs
vocative quiēte quiēta quiētum quiētī quiētae quiēta

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