taceo
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈta.ke.oː/
Verb
taceō (present infinitive tacēre, perfect active tacuī, supine tacitum); second conjugation
- (intransitive) I am silent, say nothing, hold my tongue.
- Aut tace aut face.
- Either shut up or do [it].
- c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 5.3.5:
- Non taces? - Non taceo![1]
- Hold your tongue, will you? - I will not![2]
- Non taces? - Non taceo![1]
- (intransitive) I am still or at rest.
- (transitive) I leave unsaid, keep quiet, pass over or omit in silence, make no mention of.
Inflection
| Conjugation of taceo (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | tacuerimus | tacueritis | 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 | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | tacē | — | — | tacēte | — |
| future | — | tacētō | tacētō | — | tacētōte | tacentō | |
| passive | present | — | tacēre | — | — | tacēminī | — |
| future | — | tacētor | tacētor | — | — | tacentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | tacēre | tacuisse | tacitūrus esse | tacērī | tacitus esse | tacitum īrī | |
| participles | tacēns | — | tacitūrus | — | tacitus | tacendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| tacēre | tacendī | tacendō | tacendum | tacitum | tacitū | ||
Derived terms
- conticeō
- fac taceās
- obticeō
- reticeō
- tacē
- tacē tu
- tacitē
- tacitus
Related terms
- tacitulus
- taciturnitās
- taciturnus
Descendants
- Aromanian: tac, tãtseari
- Corsican: tacia
- Dalmatian: tacar
- English: tacit
- French: taire
- Friulian: tasê
- Italian: tacere
- Romanian: tăcea, tăcere
- Sicilian: taciri, tàciri
- Spanish: tacer
- Venetian: taxer
References
- 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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