requies

== Latin == === Etymology === From re- (“again”) + quiēs (“quiet, rest”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrɛ.kʷi.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɛː.kʷi.es] === Noun === requiēs f (genitive requiētis or requiēī or requiē); variously declined, third declension, fifth declension rest, repose, respite, cessation Requiem aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine; et lūx perpetua lūceat eīs. (First line of the introit of the w:Requiem mass) Grant them eternal rest, Lord; and may perpetual light shine on them. a place of rest ==== Declension ==== The singular also attests 5th declension forms. Third-declension noun or fifth-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “requies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “requies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "requies", 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) “requies”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.