quietus

== English == === Etymology === Short for Medieval Latin quiētus est (literally “he is quiet”). First attested in the 1530s. Earlier attested as Late Middle English quietus est. Doublet of coy, quiet, quit, and quite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwaɪˈiːtəs/ === Noun === quietus (usually uncountable, plural quietuses) (dated) A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity. (figuratively) Death. Synonyms: demise, fatality; see also Thesaurus:death Final settlement (e.g., of a debt). ==== Related terms ==== quiescence quiet quietude === References === === Anagrams === tiuques == Latin == === Alternative forms === quētus (nonstandard) === Etymology === From the perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“repose, lie still”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷiˈeː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷiˈɛː.tus] === Participle === quiētus (feminine quiēta, neuter quiētum, comparative quiētior, superlative quiētissimus); first/second-declension participle at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness peaceful, neutral tranquil, calm Synonyms: misericors, tranquillus, mitis, placidus, clemens Antonyms: violēns, obstreperus, clāmātōrius, trux, ferōx, atrōx, silvāticus, ācer modest, moderate, unambitious inactive, retired from public life phlegmatic, stolid Synonym: lentus excused, absolved of ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== quiētō ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “quietus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “quietus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers quietus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication "quietus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “quietus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “quietus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers