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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-. Akin to Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old Norse þegja (Danish tie and Icelandic þegja), Old High German dagen.
Pronunciation
Verb
taceō (present infinitive tacēre, perfect active tacuī, supine tacitum); second conjugation
- (intransitive) to be silent, say nothing, shut up, hold one's tongue
- Synonyms: sileō, conticēscō
Aut tacē aut face.- Either shut up or do .
- (intransitive) to be still or at rest
- Synonyms: conquiēscō, conticēscō, sileō, cessō
- (transitive) to leave unsaid, keep quiet, pass over or omit in silence, make no mention of
- Synonyms: sileō, conticēscō
9 CE,
Ovid,
The Ibis 9–10:
- Quisquis is est—nam nōmen adhūc utcumque tacēbō—
cōgit inassuētās sūmere tēla manūs.- Whoever he is, for the name I am still going to omit,
he forces my unaccustomed hands to take weapons.
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References
- “taceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “taceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- taceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.