taceo

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tHk- (“to be silent”), formerly reconstructed as *tak-. Akin to Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old Norse þegja (Danish tie and Icelandic þegja), Old High German dagen. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈta.ke.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtaː.t͡ʃe.o] === Verb === taceō (present infinitive tacēre, perfect active tacuī, supine tacitum); second conjugation (intransitive) to be silent, say nothing, shut up, hold one’s tongue Synonyms: sileō, conticēscō (intransitive) to be still or at rest Synonyms: conquiēscō, conticēscō, sileō, cessō (transitive) to leave unsaid, keep quiet, pass over or omit in silence, make no mention of Synonyms: sileō, conticēscō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tacitulus taciturnitās taciturnus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “taceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “taceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “taceo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.