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Latin
Etymology
From re- + quiēscō (“rest, repose”).
Pronunciation
Verb
requiēscō (present infinitive requiēscere, perfect active requiēvī, supine requiētum); third conjugation
- (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.
- (intransitive) to take consolation; find rest or comfort
- (intransitive) to be supported (by), rest (on)
- (transitive) to let rest; stop, stay, arrest
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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.