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Latin
Etymology
Probably from an earlier *trānsquīlus (with quantitative metathesis), from trāns- + the root of quiēs.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tranquillus (feminine tranquilla, neuter tranquillum, adverb tranquillē or tranquillō); first/second-declension adjective
- (of the weather or similar) quiet, calm, still, tranquil
- Synonyms: misericors, mītis, placidus, quiētus, clēmēns
- Antonyms: obstreperus, clāmātōrius, trux, ferōx, atrōx, silvāticus, violēns, ācer
- (of a person) placid, composed, untroubled, undisturbed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “tranquillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tranquillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tranquillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tranquillus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 627