taceo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-. Akin to Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old Norse þegja (Danish tie and Icelandic þegja), Old High German dagen.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ke.oː/, [ˈt̪äkeoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈt̪äːt͡ʃeo]

Verb edit

taceō (present infinitive tacēre, perfect active tacuī, supine tacitum); second conjugation

(intransitive) to be silent, say nothing, shut up, hold one's tongue
Synonyms: sileō, conticēscō

Aut tacē aut face.
Either shut up or do [it].
- c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 5.3.5:
  Nōn tacēs? - Nōn taceō!^[1]
  Hold your tongue, will you? - I will not!^[2]
(intransitive) to be still or at rest
Synonyms: conquiēscō, conticēscō, sileō, cessō
(transitive) to leave unsaid, keep quiet, pass over or omit in silence, make no mention of
Synonyms: sileō, conticēscō
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.17:
  Tum demum Liscus oratione Caesaris adductus quod antea tacuerat proponit.
  Then at length Liscus, moved by Caesar’s speech, discloses what he had hitherto kept secret.
- 9 CE, Ovid, The Ibis 9–10:
  Quisquis is est—nam nōmen adhūc utcumque tacēbō—
  cōgit inassuētās sūmere tēla manūs.
  Whoever he is, for the name I am still going to omit,
  he forces my unaccustomed hands to take weapons.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of taceō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	taceō	tacēs	tacet	tacēmus	tacētis	tacent
	imperfect	tacēbam	tacēbās	tacēbat	tacēbāmus	tacēbātis	tacēbant
	future	tacēbō	tacēbis	tacēbit	tacēbimus	tacēbitis	tacēbunt
	perfect	tacuī	tacuistī	tacuit	tacuimus	tacuistis	tacuērunt, tacuēre
	pluperfect	tacueram	tacuerās	tacuerat	tacuerāmus	tacuerātis	tacuerant
	future perfect	tacuerō	tacueris	tacuerit	tacuerimus	tacueritis	tacuerint
passive	present	taceor	tacēris, tacēre	tacētur	tacēmur	tacēminī	tacentur
	imperfect	tacēbar	tacēbāris, tacēbāre	tacēbātur	tacēbāmur	tacēbāminī	tacēbantur
	future	tacēbor	tacēberis, tacēbere	tacēbitur	tacēbimur	tacēbiminī	tacēbuntur
	perfect	tacitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tacitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tacitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	taceam	taceās	taceat	taceāmus	taceātis	taceant
	imperfect	tacērem	tacērēs	tacēret	tacērēmus	tacērētis	tacērent
	perfect	tacuerim	tacuerīs	tacuerit	tacuerīmus	tacuerītis	tacuerint
	pluperfect	tacuissem	tacuissēs	tacuisset	tacuissēmus	tacuissētis	tacuissent
passive	present	tacear	taceāris, taceāre	taceātur	taceāmur	taceāminī	taceantur
	imperfect	tacērer	tacērēris, tacērēre	tacērētur	tacērēmur	tacērēminī	tacērentur
	perfect	tacitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tacitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tacē	—	—	tacēte	—
active	future	—	tacētō	tacētō	—	tacētōte	tacentō
passive	present	—	tacēre	—	—	tacēminī	—
passive	future	—	tacētor	tacētor	—	—	tacentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tacēre	tacuisse	tacitūrum esse	tacērī	tacitum esse	tacitum īrī
participles		tacēns	—	tacitūrus	—	tacitus	tacendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tacendī	tacendō	tacendum	tacendō	tacitum	tacitū

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Descendants edit

Aromanian: tac, tãtseari
Corsican: tacia
Dalmatian: tacar
→ English: tacit
French: taire
Friulian: tasê
Italian: tacere
Piedmontese: tase
Romanian: tăcea, tăcere
Sicilian: taciri, tàciri
Spanish: tacer
Venetian: taxer

References edit

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

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