conticeo
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom con- + taceō (“I am silent”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈti.ke.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪkeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈti.t͡ʃe.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːt͡ʃeo]
Verb
editconticeō (present infinitive conticēre, perfect active conticuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- (intransitive) to be silent or still
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.429–430:
- nox ubi iam mediā est somnōque silentia praebet,
et canis et variae conticuistis avēs, [...].- When midnight now is come, and provides stillness for sleep,
and [you], dog, and [you], varied birds, are silent [...].
(“conticuistis” is the indicative active perfect second-person plural: “you (plural) are silent” or “silenced”)
- When midnight now is come, and provides stillness for sleep,
- nox ubi iam mediā est somnōque silentia praebet,
Conjugation
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editReferences
edit- “conticeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conticeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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