acquiesco
Latin
Alternative forms
- adquiēscō
Etymology
ad- + quiēscō (“I rest, repose”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ak.kʷiˈeːs.koː/, [äkːʷiˈeːs̠koː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ak.kwiˈes.ko/, [äkːwiˈɛsko]
Verb
acquiēscō (present infinitive acquiēscere, perfect active acquiēvī, supine acquiētum); third conjugation, no passive
- I repose, rest.
- Synonyms: conquiēscō, requiēscō, quiēscō
- (euphemistic) I die, rest in death.
- I find comfort or pleasure (in); rejoice (in); occupy myself (in/with)
- I am satisfied (with), acquiesce (in).
Conjugation
| Conjugation of acquiēscō (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | acquiēscō | acquiēscis | acquiēscit | acquiēscimus | acquiēscitis | acquiēscunt |
| imperfect | acquiēscēbam | acquiēscēbās | acquiēscēbat | acquiēscēbāmus | acquiēscēbātis | acquiēscēbant | |
| future | acquiēscam | acquiēscēs | acquiēscet | acquiēscēmus | acquiēscētis | acquiēscent | |
| perfect | acquiēvī | acquiēvistī | acquiēvit | acquiēvimus | acquiēvistis | acquiēvērunt, acquiēvēre | |
| pluperfect | acquiēveram | acquiēverās | acquiēverat | acquiēverāmus | acquiēverātis | acquiēverant | |
| future perfect | acquiēverō | acquiēveris | acquiēverit | acquiēverimus | acquiēveritis | acquiēverint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | acquiēscam | acquiēscās | acquiēscat | acquiēscāmus | acquiēscātis | acquiēscant |
| imperfect | acquiēscerem | acquiēscerēs | acquiēsceret | acquiēscerēmus | acquiēscerētis | acquiēscerent | |
| perfect | acquiēverim | acquiēverīs | acquiēverit | acquiēverīmus | acquiēverītis | acquiēverint | |
| pluperfect | acquiēvissem | acquiēvissēs | acquiēvisset | acquiēvissēmus | acquiēvissētis | acquiēvissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | acquiēsce | — | — | acquiēscite | — |
| future | — | acquiēscitō | acquiēscitō | — | acquiēscitōte | acquiēscuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | acquiēscere | acquiēvisse | acquiētūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | acquiēscēns | — | acquiētūrus | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| acquiēscendī | acquiēscendō | acquiēscendum | acquiēscendō | acquiētum | acquiētū | ||
Related terms
- conquiēscō
- interquiēscō
- perquiēscō
- quiēscō
- requiēscō
Descendants
- → English: acquiesce
- → French: acquiescer
- → Portuguese: aquiescer
- → Sicilian: acquièsciri
References
- “acquiesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “acquiesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acquiesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to find recreation in study: in litteris acquiescere or conquiescere
- to find recreation in study: in litteris acquiescere or conquiescere