acquiesco Latin · revision 31768

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kʷyeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''acquiēscō''' (present infinitive acquiēscere, perfect active acquiēvī, supine acquiētum); third conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adquiēscō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|quiēscō|t2=to rest]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan lists it under [[quiēs|t=rest]], from [[itc-pro|*kʷiēti-|alt=*kwiē-ti-|t=rest]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷyeh₁-ti-|alt=*kwieh1-ti-|t=rest, peace]], from a root aorist [[ine-pro|*kʷyeh₁-|alt=*kwi(e)h1-|t=to rest]]; the present ⟨quiēscō⟩ was built on the perfect ⟨quiēvī⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[cu|почити|tr=počiti|t=to rest]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose ''Mercator'' has “gently, I want to rest”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is “to rest, take repose”, of persons and of parts of the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is used of dying and resting in death, as Nepos says of Hannibal in his seventieth year, and in Apuleius of lying with someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Of pain and passion it is “to subside”, as in Catullus.^(OLD 2012) Very often, especially in Cicero, it means to find peace or comfort in something: “I find rest both in writing to you and in reading your letters”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means to be satisfied with, and to trust in or obey willingly, as in the ''Bellum Africum''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “be satisfied with, follow, agree”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of resting.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of Hannibal's death.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of finding comfort in letters.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|acquiesce]] through French, first “remain at rest”, from the 1650s “agree tacitly”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|rest]], take [[m|en|repose]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To die, rest in death; to lie with.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of pain or passion, to [[m|en|subside]]; to be relieved.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To find peace or comfort in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be satisfied with, [[m|en|acquiesce]]; to trust, obey willingly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[conquiēscō]]

+ * [[interquiēscō]]

+ * [[perquiēscō]]

+ * [[quiēscō]]

+ * [[requiēscō]]

+ * [[quiēs]]

+ * [[en|acquiesce]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}