pācĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (ante- and post-class.; also, pācĭfĭcor, ātus, v. dep.;v. in the foll., and cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.) [paxfacio], to make or conclude a peace (not in Cic. or Cæs.). I.Lit.: quo Metellus initio, Jugurthā pacificante, praesidium imposuerat,
at the beginning of Jugurtha's negotiations for peace
, Sall. J. 66, 2: legati pacificatum venerunt, Liv. 5, 23; cf. id. 7, 40; Vulg. Col. 1, 20.—(b). As a deponent: pacificari cum altero statuit, Just. 6, 1, 2: pacificatus cum Carthaginiensibus, id. 23, 1, 1: set satine tecum pacificatus sum, Antipho? have I quite made my peace with you? i. e. are you entirely reconciled?Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 14.—II.Transf., in gen., to pacify, appease (poet.): caelestes pacificasset, Cat. 68, 75: divos, Sil. 15, 423: mentem suam,
to soothe
,
quiet
, Sen. Agam. 224: aures Pieriis modis, Claud. in Ruf. 2, praef. 20.