What is the Latin word for lull?

The usual Latin words for “lull” are cadō, concidō, remittō; also intermittō, tranquillō, pacō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“lull” in Latin

cadōto fall, to fall out; to fall in battle, die, be slain, fall so as to be unable to rise; to be frustrated, fail, to be o concidōto fall down or together, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop; to fall down lifeless in combat, to be slaug remittōto send back, to remit, to throw back, restore; to forgive, free one from any thing; to give up, reject, yield, resign, intermittōto interrupt; to stop (temporarily); to omit tranquillōto (make) calm or still,; to compose, tranquillize or tranquillise, calm (down)pacōto come to an agreement

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

lull v.

TRANS., PROP. To sing to sleep, (infantem) *cantando sopire. Figuratively. To calm, pacify, tranquillare: pacare; tranquillum facere.

INTRANS., (of the wind), (ventus) cadit (Liv.), concidit (Hor.), remittit, intermittitur (Caes.). The wind had lulkd, venti vis omnis cecidit: when the wind had lulled a little, ut lenita paulum vis venti est (Liv.): the wind had suddenly so completely lulled, that, tanta subito malacia exstitit, ut (Caes.).

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What is the Latin word for lull?: The usual Latin words for “lull” are cadō, concidō, remittō; also intermittō, tranquillō, pacō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.