tranquillus

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. (of the weather or similar) quiet, calm, still, tranquil
    Synonyms: misericors, mītis, placidus, quiētus, clēmēns
    Antonyms: obstreperus, clāmātōrius, trux, ferōx, atrōx, silvāticus, violēns, ācer
  2. (of a person) placid, composed, untroubled, undisturbed

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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References

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  • 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