tacitus

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See also: Tacitus and TACITUS

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of taceō.

Pronunciation

Participle

tacitus (feminine tacita, neuter tacitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. (pass.) that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned
  2. that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit
  3. that is done or exists in silence; secret, hidden, concealed, unnoticed, undetected
    Synonym: indictus
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.288–290:
      Mnestheā Sergestumque vocat fortemque Serestum:
      Classem aptent tacitī sociōsque ad lītora cōgant,
      arma parent .
      summons Mnestheus, Sergestus, and brave Serestus: They are to fit out the fleet, unnoticed, and gather the crews on shore, weapons readied.
      (Interpreting “taciti” in context: Conceal the activity, attract no attention, make not a sound, tell no one.)
  4. (act. or neut.) that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tacitus tacita tacitum tacitī tacitae tacita
Genitive tacitī tacitae tacitī tacitōrum tacitārum tacitōrum
Dative tacitō tacitō tacitīs
Accusative tacitum tacitam tacitum tacitōs tacitās tacita
Ablative tacitō tacitā tacitō tacitīs
Vocative tacite tacita tacitum tacitī tacitae tacita

Descendants

  • Catalan: tàcit
  • French: tacite
  • Italian: tacito
  • Portuguese: tácito
  • Romanian: tacit
  • Spanish: tácito

References

  • “tacitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tacitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tacitus 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)
  • tacitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “tacitus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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