acquiesco

Latin

Alternative forms

• adquiēscō

Etymology

ad- +‎ quiēscō (“I rest, repose”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.kʷiˈeːs.koː/, [äkːʷiˈeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.kwiˈes.ko/, [äkːwiˈɛsko]

Verb

acquiēscō (present infinitive acquiēscere, perfect active acquiēvī, supine acquiētum); third conjugation, no passive

1. to repose, rest

   Synonyms: conquiēscō, requiēscō, quiēscō

2. (euphemistic) to die, rest in death
3. to find comfort or pleasure (in); rejoice (in); occupy oneself (in/with)
4. to be satisfied (with), acquiesce (in)

Conjugation

Conjugation of acquiēscō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	acquiēscō	acquiēscis	acquiēscit	acquiēscimus	acquiēscitis	acquiēscunt
	imperfect	acquiēscēbam	acquiēscēbās	acquiēscēbat	acquiēscēbāmus	acquiēscēbātis	acquiēscēbant
	future	acquiēscam	acquiēscēs	acquiēscet	acquiēscēmus	acquiēscētis	acquiēscent
	perfect	acquiēvī	acquiēvistī	acquiēvit	acquiēvimus	acquiēvistis	acquiēvērunt, acquiēvēre
	pluperfect	acquiēveram	acquiēverās	acquiēverat	acquiēverāmus	acquiēverātis	acquiēverant
	future perfect	acquiēverō	acquiēveris	acquiēverit	acquiēverimus	acquiēveritis	acquiēverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	acquiēscam	acquiēscās	acquiēscat	acquiēscāmus	acquiēscātis	acquiēscant
	imperfect	acquiēscerem	acquiēscerēs	acquiēsceret	acquiēscerēmus	acquiēscerētis	acquiēscerent
	perfect	acquiēverim	acquiēverīs	acquiēverit	acquiēverīmus	acquiēverītis	acquiēverint
	pluperfect	acquiēvissem	acquiēvissēs	acquiēvisset	acquiēvissēmus	acquiēvissētis	acquiēvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	acquiēsce	—	—	acquiēscite	—
	future	—	acquiēscitō	acquiēscitō	—	acquiēscitōte	acquiēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		acquiēscere	acquiēvisse	acquiētūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		acquiēscēns	—	acquiētūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		acquiēscendī	acquiēscendō	acquiēscendum	acquiēscendō	acquiētum	acquiētū

Related terms

• conquiēscō
• interquiēscō
• perquiēscō
• quiēscō
• requiēscō

Descendants

• → English: acquiesce
• → French: acquiescer
• → Portuguese: aquiescer
• → Sicilian: acquièsciri

References

• “acquiesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “acquiesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acquiesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to find recreation in study: in litteris acquiescere or conquiescere