quiesco

quiesco

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷiˈeːs.koː/, [kᶣɪˈeːs.koː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwiˈes.ko/

Verb

quiēscō (present infinitive quiēscere, perfect active quiēvī, supine quiētum); third conjugation

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.

Inflection

Conjugation of quiesco (third conjugation)
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, quiēsti1	quiēvit	quiēvimus	quiēvistis, quiēstis1	quiēvērunt, quiēvēre
	pluperfect	quiēveram	quiēverās	quiēverat	quiēverāmus	quiēverātis	quiēverant
	future perfect	quiēverō	quiēveris	quiēverit	quiēverimus	quiēveritis	quiēverint
passive	present	quiēscor	quiēsceris, quiēscere	quiēscitur	quiēscimur	quiēsciminī	quiēscuntur
	imperfect	quiēscēbar	quiēscēbāris, quiēscēbāre	quiēscēbātur	quiēscēbāmur	quiēscēbāminī	quiēscēbantur
	future	quiēscar	quiēscēris, quiēscēre	quiēscētur	quiēscēmur	quiēscēminī	quiēscentur
	perfect	quiētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	quiētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	quiētus + future active indicative of sum
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	quiēverīs	quiēverit	quiēverimus	quiēveritis	quiēverint
	pluperfect	quiēvissem, quiēssem1	quiēvissēs, quiēsses1	quiēvisset, quiēsset1	quiēvissēmus, quiēssemus1	quiēvissētis, quiēssetis1	quiēvissent, quiēssent1
passive	present	quiēscar	quiēscāris, quiēscāre	quiēscātur	quiēscāmur	quiēscāminī	quiēscantur
	imperfect	quiēscerer	quiēscerēris, quiēscerēre	quiēscerētur	quiēscerēmur	quiēscerēminī	quiēscerentur
	perfect	quiētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	quiētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	quiēsce	—	—	quiēscite	—
	future	—	quiēscitō	quiēscitō	—	quiēscitōte	quiēscuntō
passive	present	—	quiēscere	—	—	quiēsciminī	—
	future	—	quiēscitor	quiēscitor	—	—	quiēscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		quiēscere	quiēvisse, quiēsse1	quiētūrus esse	quiēscī	quiētus esse	quiētum īrī
participles		quiēscēns	—	quiētūrus	—	quiētus	quiēscendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		quiēscere	quiēscendī	quiēscendō	quiēscendum	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