quiesco

Latin

Etymology

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From quiēs (“rest, repose; quiet”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷiˈeːs.koː/, [kʷiˈeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwiˈes.ko/, [kwiˈɛsko]

Verb

quiēscō (present infinitive quiēscere, perfect active quiēvī, supine quiētum); third conjugation, no passive

1. I rest, sleep, repose.
2. I cause to cease, stop, render quiet.
3. (especially of inanimate objects) I am still or quiet, lie still.
4. I remain neutral, abstain from action, keep quiet, stand by.
5. (in speech) I make a pause.
6. (figuratively) I suffer or allow quietly; permit.
7. (figuratively) I cease, leave off or desist from something.

Conjugation

Conjugation of quiēscō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quiēscō	quiēscis	quiēscit	quiēscimus	quiēscitis	quiēscunt
	imperfect	quiēscēbam	quiēscēbās	quiēscēbat	quiēscēbāmus	quiēscēbātis	quiēscēbant
	future	quiēscam	quiēscēs	quiēscet	quiēscēmus	quiēscētis	quiēscent
	perfect	quiēvī	quiēvistī, quiēstī1	quiēvit, quiēt1	quiēvimus, quiēmus1	quiēvistis, quiēstis1	quiēvērunt, quiēvēre, quiērunt1
	pluperfect	quiēveram, quiēram1	quiēverās, quiērās1	quiēverat, quiērat1	quiēverāmus, quiērāmus1	quiēverātis, quiērātis1	quiēverant, quiērant1
	future perfect	quiēverō, quiērō1	quiēveris, quiēris1	quiēverit, quiērit1	quiēverimus, quiērimus1	quiēveritis, quiēritis1	quiēverint, quiērint1
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quiēscam	quiēscās	quiēscat	quiēscāmus	quiēscātis	quiēscant
	imperfect	quiēscerem	quiēscerēs	quiēsceret	quiēscerēmus	quiēscerētis	quiēscerent
	perfect	quiēverim, quiērim1	quiēverīs, quiērīs1	quiēverit, quiērit1	quiēverīmus, quiērīmus1	quiēverītis, quiērītis1	quiēverint, quiērint1
	pluperfect	quiēvissem, quiēssem1	quiēvissēs, quiēssēs1	quiēvisset, quiēsset1	quiēvissēmus, quiēssēmus1	quiēvissētis, quiēssētis1	quiēvissent, quiēssent1
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	quiēsce	—	—	quiēscite	—
	future	—	quiēscitō	quiēscitō	—	quiēscitōte	quiēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		quiēscere	quiēvisse, quiēsse1	quiētūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		quiēscēns	—	quiētūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		quiēscendī	quiēscendō	quiēscendum	quiēscendō	quiētum	quiētū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Synonyms

• (cease, stop): cessō
• (rest): cessō, dormiō

Derived terms

• acquiēscō / adquiēscō
• conquiēscō
• interquiēscō
• perquiēscō
• quiescentia

• quiētē
• quiētōrium
• quiētum
• quiētus
• requiēscō

Related terms

• quiēs
• quiētūdō

Descendants

• English: quiet, quiesce, quiescent

References

• “quiesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quiesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quiesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.