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requies

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See also: réquies

Latin

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Etymology

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From re- (again) + quiēs (quiet, rest).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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requiēs f (variously declined, genitive requiētis or requiēī or requiē); third declension, fifth declension

  1. rest, repose, respite, cessation
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.433–434:
      “Tempus ināne petō, requiem spatiumque furōrī,
      dum mea mē vīctam doceat fortūna dolēre.”
      “I ask for an empty time, a respite and space for my passion, until my fortune teaches me — defeated — to grieve.”
    Requiem aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine; et lūx perpetua lūceat eīs. (First line of the introit of the w:Requiem mass)
    Grant them eternal rest, Lord; and may perpetual light shine on them.
  2. a place of rest

Declension

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The singular also attests 5th declension forms.

Third-declension noun or fifth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative requiēs requiētēs
genitive requiētis
requiēī
requiē
requiētum
dative requiētī
requiēī
requiētibus
accusative requiētem
requiem
requiētēs
ablative requiēte
requiē
requiētibus
vocative requiēs requiētēs

Descendants

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  • Old French: recoi
  • Portuguese: réquie, requiem, réquia
  • English: requiem

References

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  • requies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • requies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • requies in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • requies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.