tranquillus

Latin

Etymology

For *trānsquīlus (with quantitative metathesis), from trāns- + the root of quiēs.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tranquillus (feminine tranquilla, neuter tranquillum, adverb tranquillē or tranquillō); first/second-declension adjective

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tranquillus	tranquilla	tranquillum		tranquillī	tranquillae	tranquilla
genitive	tranquillī	tranquillae	tranquillī		tranquillōrum	tranquillārum	tranquillōrum
dative	tranquillō	tranquillae	tranquillō		tranquillīs
accusative	tranquillum	tranquillam	tranquillum		tranquillōs	tranquillās	tranquilla
ablative	tranquillō	tranquillā	tranquillō		tranquillīs
vocative	tranquille	tranquilla	tranquillum		tranquillī	tranquillae	tranquilla

Antonyms

• (quiet, calm, still): obstreperus

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tranquillē
• tranquillitās

• tranquillō
• tranquillum

Descendants

• → Catalan: tranquil
• → English: tranquil
• → Esperanto: trankvila
• → French: tranquille

• → Italian: tranquillo
• → Portuguese: tranquilo
• → Sicilian: tranquillu
• → 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