tranquillus
Latin
Etymology
For *trānsquīlus (with quantitative metathesis), from trāns- + the root of quiēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tranˈkʷil.lus/, [t̪räŋˈkʷɪlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tranˈkwil.lus/, [t̪räŋˈkwilːus]
Adjective
tranquillus (feminine tranquilla, neuter tranquillum, adverb tranquillē or tranquillō); first/second-declension adjective
- (of the weather or similar) quiet, calm, still, tranquil
- (of a person) placid, composed, untroubled, undisturbed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tranquillus | tranquilla | tranquillum | tranquillī | tranquillae | tranquilla | |
| Genitive | tranquillī | tranquillae | tranquillī | tranquillōrum | tranquillārum | tranquillōrum | |
| Dative | tranquillō | tranquillō | tranquillīs | ||||
| Accusative | tranquillum | tranquillam | tranquillum | tranquillōs | tranquillās | tranquilla | |
| Ablative | tranquillō | tranquillā | tranquillō | tranquillīs | |||
| Vocative | tranquille | tranquilla | tranquillum | tranquillī | tranquillae | tranquilla | |
Antonyms
- (quiet, calm, still): obstreperus
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: tranquil
- English: tranquil
- Esperanto: trankvila
- French: tranquille
- Italian: tranquillo
- Portuguese: tranquilo
- Spanish: tranquilo
References
- “tranquillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tranquillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tranquillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tranquillus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag