requiesco Latin · revision 31406

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *kʷi(e)h₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛ.kʷiˈeːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [re.kʷiˈɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''requiēscō''' (present infinitive requiēscere, perfect active requiēvī, supine requiētum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Contracted forms are common: ''requiēsse'' in Cicero and Livy, ''requiērunt'' in Virgil and Statius,^(OLD 2012) ''requiērant'' and ''requiēsset'' in Catullus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Christian inscriptions abbreviate it in many ways.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|re-|t=again, back]] and [[m|la|quiēscō|t=to rest]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨quiēscō⟩ as a new present built beside the perfect ⟨quiēvī⟩, which continues the root aorist [[ine-pro|*kʷi(e)h₁-|t=to rest]]; the noun [[m|la|quiēs|t=rest]] is from [[itc-pro|*kʷjē-ti-]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷieh₁-ti-|t=rest, peace]], cognate with [[cu|почити|tr=počiti|t=to rest]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius' ''Annals'' have “here they lie in wait and watch, some take their rest”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to take rest or repose, and to lie at rest in death, as on epitaphs, ''hīc requiēscit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to stop work, take a holiday or be idle, as Cicero's man at rest or in action; of activities and conditions it is to come to an end or die down, and of things to be left unused, as Virgil's fields resting under a change of crop.^(OLD 2012) It is to get respite from worry and relax.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Of things it is to be supported by or rest upon, as Lucretius' weights resting on the earth.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Used transitively it is to cause to rest or stay, as Propertius' Jupiter, who held back the Bears for Alcmena, and to let a liquid stand, as Vitruvius' boiled water left to settle.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “be at rest”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of men taking rest.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of weights resting on the earth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of rest from work.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of Jupiter staying the stars.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To rest, [[m|en|repose]]; to lie at rest in death.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To stop work, be idle; to cease, die down;^(OLD 2012) (of land) to lie [[m|en|fallow]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To get relief, relax; to find comfort.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To rest (upon), be supported (by).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To cause to rest, stay; to let stand.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[irrequiētus]]

+ * [[requiētiō]]

+ * [[requiētōrium]]

+ * [[requiētus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[acquiēscō]]

+ * [[adquiēscō]]

+ * [[conquiēscō]]

+ * [[interquiēscō]]

+ * [[perquiēscō]]

+ * [[quiēscō]]

+ * [[quiēs]]

+ * [[requiēs]]

+ * [[en|requiem]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}