Queo, quis, quiui, quitum, quire. Salust.To may or can: to bee able.Nec te quiuit hodie cogere, illam vt duceres. Ter. He could not this day constraine thee, &c.Non queo reliqua seribere.Cic.I cannot write the residue.
Quiesco, scis, éui, êtum, pe. pr. éscere. Ci. To sleepe: to take rest: to be at quiet.Tota quiescere nocte.Ouid.To sleepe al night.Bene placideque quiescas. Tib. God send you to take good & quiet rest.Placida morte quieuit. Vir. Factóque hîc fine quicuit. Vir. Quiescere.Cicer.To cease: to be volde of labour, care, and businesse.Si viginti quiessem dies. Ci. Edicere quicscebant. Gell. They seased, &c. Quiescas, vel quiesce. Ter. Hold thy peace: make no more adoe: be quiet.Nunquam per M. Antonium quietus fui. Ci. Antonie wold neuer suffer me to be at quiet.-alta quierunt Aequora. Vir. Were calme.Arma quierunt. Sil. Warre ceased or ended.Bella quierunt.Ouid.Flamma quieuit. Vir. Whe sire ceased.Mens & corpus sopita quiescunt. Lucr. Liuor post fata quiescit.Ouid.After death grudge and malice endeth.Opus quieoit tuis humeris.Ouid.Potentia in hoc solo genere quiescit. Ci. Voces hominum quiescebant Ouid, Quiescat rem adduci ad interregnum, id est, permittat, sinat, Ci.Let him suffer or permit % matter to be brought to, &c. Quiesci Impersonale, Tereo. Quibus quidem qum facilè poterat quiesci, si hic quieslet In which matters how easilie might we haue bene at quiet, if this knaue had bene quiet.
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quĕo, īvi and ii, ĭtum, v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. ?*!vay āmi, am strong or able], to be able, I (thou, he, etc.) can (class.; esp. freq. with a negation; Cic. does not use nequeo in the first pers. sing.; for a full account of the forms in use, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 607 sqq.; cf.: possum, polleo, valeo).—With inf.: non queo reliqua scribere, Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 5: non quis, Hor. S. 2, 7, 92: non quit sentire dolorem, Lucr. 3, 647: ut quimus, Ter. And. 4, 5, 10: quod vos dicere non quitis, Arn. 3, 104: quod manu non queunt tangere, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 10: queam, Hor. S. 2, 5, 2; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 5: queas, id. ib. 4, 8, 74; Hor. S. 2, 5, 10: queat, Sall. C. 58, 15: queamus, Verg. A. 10, 19: si queant, Just. 5, 4, 15: non quibam, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 31: quibat, id. Rud. 3, 1, 8; Vulg. Dan. 8, 7: quirem, Plaut. Merc. prol. 55: quiret, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 62; Tac. A. 1, 66: quirent, Stat. S. 5, 3, 60: nec credere quivi, Verg. A. 6, 463: quivit, Ter. And. 4, 1, 31; Nep. Att. 19, 2: quiit, Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1: quivimus, Vulg. Dan. 13, 39: quistis, Juvenc. 2, 679: quiverunt, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 15, 1: quivere, Tac. H. 3, 25: quivero, Vulg. Exod. 32, 30: quiverit, Liv. 4, 24; Tac. A. 1, 66: quierit, Lucr. 6, 855: quiveritis, Arn. 5, 161: quiverint, Hier. in Isa. 8, 24, 13: quissent, Aus. Epigr. 139: quibo, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 25: quibunt, Arn. 7, 218: quiens, App. M. 6, p. 175, 9; in abl.: queunte, Cod. Just. 1, 3, 46: quire, Gell. 11, 9, 1: quisse, Lucr. 5, 1422.— Affirmatively: hoc queo dicere, Cic. Sen. 10, 32: habere quod queant dicere, id. Lael. 20, 71; id. Tusc. 5, 37, 108: queat, id. Rep. 2, 3, 6: queamus, id. de Or. 1, 58, 250: queunt, Sall. J. 44, 5; Col. 2, 2, 22. — In pass.: si non sarciri quitur, Caecil. ap. Diom. p. 380 P.: percipi queuntur, Att. ib.: suppleri queatur, Lucr. 1, 1045: subigi queantur, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 12: neque vi impelli, neque prece quitus sum, could not be driven, Att. ap. Diom. p. 380 P.: forma nosci non quita est, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57.—As dep.: pollicitus ita facturum, ne sic quidem quitus est,
quĭesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (the uncontr. Part., QVIESCITA, Inscr. Don. cl. 10, n. 11), v. n. and a. [quies], to rest, repose, keep quiet.I.Lit.: placida compostus pace quiescit, Verg. A. 1, 249: felicius ossa quiescant, Ov. Ib. 305: patrono meo ossa bene quiescant, Petr. 39: numquam hodie quiescet, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 59: renovat pristina bella, nec potest quiescere, Cic. Rep. 6, 11, 11: non somno quiescere,
to get no rest
, Curt. 4, 13, 18: non aure quiescit, Non oculis, Val. Fl. 2, 43: quoniam in propriā non pelle quiessem, Hor S. 1, 6, 22.— Impers. pass.: quibus quidem quam facile potuerat quiesci, si hic quiesset,
which we might easily have been spared
, Ter. And. 4, 2, 8; Symm. Ep. 1, 8.— B. In partic. 1. In polit. or milit. affairs, to keep quiet, remain neutral, abstain from action, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 10: pro condicione temporum quieturus, Suet. Caes. 16: quieverant per paucos dies, Liv. 22 4, 1; Curt. 10, 8, 16.— 2.To rest, sleep: quievi in navi noctem perpetem, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 100; id. Merc. 2, 3, 36; Nep. Alcib. 10, 4: eo cum venio, praetor quiescebat, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, 32: somnum humanum quievi,
I slept like a human being
, App. M. 9, p. 218, 14.—3. Of inanim. things, to rest, lie still, be still or quiet: et prato gravia arma quiescunt, Verg. A. 10, 836: flamma,
, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 27.—4.To make a pause in speaking: quiescere, id est, h(suxa/zein,Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93.—II.Trop.A.To suffer or allow quietly, to peaceably permit a thing to be done: quiescere rem adduci ad interregnum, Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2.—With in and abl., to rest in, be content with: ne victos quidem in miserā et inopi senectā quiescere, Just. 14, 3, 10.— B.Neutr., to cease, leave off, desist from any thing: quiesce hanc rem modo petere, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 51: statuere atque ediscere, Gell. 2, 28, 2: manibus significare coepit utrisque, quiescerent, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 8: indoctus discive trochive, Hor. A. P. 380.—2.Act., to cause to cease, render quiet, stop, etc.: laudes, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1584.—Hence, quĭētus, a, um, P. a., at rest, calm, quiet (syn. tranquillus). A.Enjoying rest, keeping quiet, quiet: aliquem quietum reddere, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 46: animus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 2: quietus et solutus animus, id. Rosc. Com. 15, 43: integri, quieti, otiosi homines, id. Agr. 2, 28, 77: homo quietissimus, id. Verr. 2, 4, 19, 40: regnum, Hor. C. 1, 12, 33: de istoc quietus esto,
be at ease
,
rest contented
, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 6.— 2. In partic. a.Taking no part in war, peaceful, neutral: ipse acer, bellicosus; at is quem petebat, quietus, imbellis, Sall. J. 20, 2: quoad cum civibus dimicatum est, domi quietus fuit, Nep. Pelop. 4, 1: quietos lacessit, Just. 7, 6, 13: nihilo quietiores postea res habuit, Liv. 33, 19.— b. Of the mind, calm, tranquil, free from ambition: ad quam spem (praeturae) quietissimus, Plin. Ep. 10, 12(7): vir rectus, integer, quietus, Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 1: vir ingenio mitis, moribus quietus, Vell. 2, 117, 2; Tac. H. 1, 52.—c.Tame, gentle: equi fiunt quietiores, Varr. R. R. 2, 7.— d.Resting, sleeping: quos simul vescentes dies, simul quietos nox habuerat, Tac. A. 1, 49.—Hence, subst.: quĭēti, ōrum, m.: si sentire datur post fata quietis, i. e.
the dead
, Nemes. Ecl. 1, 38.— B. Of things, calm, quiet: amnes,
gently flowing
, Hor. C. 3, 29, 40: quietiore aequore ferri, id. Epod. 10, 11: aër, Verg. A. 5, 216: baca,
that has lain a while
, Col. 12, 50, 19: res publica (opp. perturbata), Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19: aetas, id. Sen. 23, 82: quietus et remissus sermo,
calm
,
not vehement
, id. ib. 9, 28.— Subst.1. quĭētum, i, n., the still, tranquil, motionless air, Petr 131, 9. — 2. Quĭēta, ae, f., a woman's name, Inscr. Grut. 754, 2. — Adv.: quĭētē, calmly, quietly: quod aptissimum est ad quiete vivendum, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 52: quiete acta aetas, id. Sen. 5, 13.— Comp.: quietius tranquilliusque, Liv. 27, 12: quietius edere (opp. avidius vorare), Macr S. 7, 12, 21.—Sup.: quietissime se receperunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin.