tranquillus

Latin

Etymology

For *trānsquīlus (with lengthening of consonant vowel), from trāns- + the root of quiēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tranˈkʷil.lus/, [t̪räŋˈkʷɪlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tranˈkwil.lus/, [t̪räŋˈkwilːus]

Adjective

1. (of the weather or similar) quiet, calm, still, tranquil
2. (of a person) placid, composed, untroubled, undisturbed

Antonyms

• (quiet, calm, still): obstreperus

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tranquillē
• tranquillitās

• tranquillō
• tranquillum

Descendants

• English: tranquil
• Esperanto: trankvila
• French: tranquille
• Italian: tranquillo
• Portuguese: tranquilo
• Spanish: tranquilo

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