acquiesco
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ad- + quiēscō (“I rest, repose”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ak.kʷiˈeːs.koː/, [äkːʷiˈeːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ak.kwiˈes.ko/, [äkːwiˈɛsko]
Verb
[edit]acquiēscō (present infinitive acquiēscere, perfect active acquiēvī, supine acquiētum); third conjugation, no passive
- to repose, rest
- Synonyms: conquiēscō, requiēscō, quiēscō
- (euphemistic) to die, rest in death
- to find comfort or pleasure (in); rejoice (in); occupy oneself (in/with)
- to be satisfied (with), acquiesce (in)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of acquiēscō (third conjugation, active only)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: acquiesce
- → French: acquiescer
- → Portuguese: aquiescer
- → Sicilian: acquièsciri
References
[edit]- “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
- to find recreation in study: in litteris acquiescere or conquiescere
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- Latin inchoative verbs
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
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