conquiesco Latin · revision 32529

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=2nd half of 2nd century BC, Afranius|origins=ine-pro *kʷyeh₁-ti-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''conquiēscō''' (present infinitive conquiēscere, perfect active conquiēvī, supine conquiētum); third conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

+ Cicero has the short perfect ''conquiesti'', Livy and Afranius ''conquiesse''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|quiēscō|t2=to rest]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan explains [[m|la|quiēscō]] as a present built on the perfect ⟨quiēvī⟩, which probably continues a root aorist; the noun [[m|la|quiēs|t=rest]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*kʷiētis]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷyeh₁-ti-|t=rest, peace]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The comedian Afranius already has the short perfect form ⟨conquiesse⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short find it in good prose, most of all in Cicero, especially in figurative senses.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to take rest, and also to sleep: Caesar has someone who had gone to sleep at midday.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of the dead who find no rest, of never ceasing from effort, of a pause in speaking and of peace of mind.^(OLD 2012) Of things it is to settle down or cease: Celsus writes of the pulse becoming calm, Cicero of shipping that comes to a halt.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to rest.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd half of 2nd century BC – Afranius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of cattle resting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the dead, of rest from effort and of peace of mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of sleeping at midday.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of the pulse settling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|rest]], take repose; to go to sleep; of the dead, to rest.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To cease from effort, [[m|en|pause]]; to pause in speaking.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To have respite from something.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To find peace of mind, [[m|en|relax]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of things, to settle down; of activities, to come to an end.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[acquiēscō]]

+ * [[adquiēscō]]

+ * [[interquiēscō]]

+ * [[perquiēscō]]

+ * [[quiēscō]]

+ * [[requiēscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}