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Latin
Etymology
From conticeō + -scō.
Pronunciation
Verb
conticēscō (present infinitive conticēscere, perfect active conticuī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- to fall silent
- Synonyms: sileō, taceō
- to come to rest, decline, stop (stop working)
- Synonyms: cessō, subsistō, dēsistō, remittō, dēsinō
- (transitive) to silence
- Synonyms: sōpiō, taceō, domō, sēdō, sileō
Conjugation
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References
- “conticesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conticesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conticesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.