requiesco

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ quiēscō (“rest, repose”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.kʷiˈeːs.koː/, [rɛkʷiˈeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.kwiˈes.ko/, [rekwiˈɛsko]

Verb

requiēscō (present infinitive requiēscere, perfect active requiēvī, supine requiētum); third conjugation

1. (intransitive) to rest, repose

   Synonyms: conquiēscō, acquiēscō, quiēscō

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.11:

     Sex enim diebus fecit Dominus caelum et terram, et mare, et omnia quae in eis sunt, et requievit in die septimo: idcirco benedixit Dominus diei sabbati, et sanctificavit eum.

     For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

2. (intransitive) to take consolation; find rest or comfort
3. (intransitive) to be supported (by), rest (on)
4. (transitive) to let rest; stop, stay, arrest

Conjugation

Conjugation of requiēscō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	requiēscō	requiēscis	requiēscit	requiēscimus	requiēscitis	requiēscunt
	imperfect	requiēscēbam	requiēscēbās	requiēscēbat	requiēscēbāmus	requiēscēbātis	requiēscēbant
	future	requiēscam	requiēscēs	requiēscet	requiēscēmus	requiēscētis	requiēscent
	perfect	requiēvī	requiēvistī	requiēvit	requiēvimus	requiēvistis	requiēvērunt, requiēvēre
	pluperfect	requiēveram	requiēverās	requiēverat	requiēverāmus	requiēverātis	requiēverant
	future perfect	requiēverō	requiēveris	requiēverit	requiēverimus	requiēveritis	requiēverint
passive	present	requiēscor	requiēsceris, requiēscere	requiēscitur	requiēscimur	requiēsciminī	requiēscuntur
	imperfect	requiēscēbar	requiēscēbāris, requiēscēbāre	requiēscēbātur	requiēscēbāmur	requiēscēbāminī	requiēscēbantur
	future	requiēscar	requiēscēris, requiēscēre	requiēscētur	requiēscēmur	requiēscēminī	requiēscentur
	perfect	requiētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	requiētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	requiētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	requiēscam	requiēscās	requiēscat	requiēscāmus	requiēscātis	requiēscant
	imperfect	requiēscerem	requiēscerēs	requiēsceret	requiēscerēmus	requiēscerētis	requiēscerent
	perfect	requiēverim	requiēverīs	requiēverit	requiēverīmus	requiēverītis	requiēverint
	pluperfect	requiēvissem	requiēvissēs	requiēvisset	requiēvissēmus	requiēvissētis	requiēvissent
passive	present	requiēscar	requiēscāris, requiēscāre	requiēscātur	requiēscāmur	requiēscāminī	requiēscantur
	imperfect	requiēscerer	requiēscerēris, requiēscerēre	requiēscerētur	requiēscerēmur	requiēscerēminī	requiēscerentur
	perfect	requiētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	requiētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	requiēsce	—	—	requiēscite	—
	future	—	requiēscitō	requiēscitō	—	requiēscitōte	requiēscuntō
passive	present	—	requiēscere	—	—	requiēsciminī	—
	future	—	requiēscitor	requiēscitor	—	—	requiēscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		requiēscere	requiēvisse	requiētūrum esse	requiēscī	requiētum esse	requiētum īrī
participles		requiēscēns	—	requiētūrus	—	requiētus	requiēscendus, requiēscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		requiēscendī	requiēscendō	requiēscendum	requiēscendō	requiētum	requiētū

Derived terms

• requiētiō
• requiētōrium
• requiētus

Related terms

• acquiēscō / adquiēscō
• conquiēscō
• interquiēscō
• perquiēscō
• quiēscō

Descendants

• → English: requiesce

References

• “requiesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “requiesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• requiesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.