English → Latin
“repose” in Latin
quiēscōto rest, sleep, repose; to cause to cease, stop, render quiet; to be still or quiet, lie stillconquiēscōto rest; to be inactiverequiēscōto rest, repose; to take consolation; find rest or comfort; to be supported (by), rest (on)requiēsrest, repose, respite, cessation; a place of restquiēsthe rest of sleep, repose; quiet, calm, lull, peace, cessation from labor; dreamōtiumtime free from activity: leisure, free time; time avoiding activity: idleness, inactivity; peace, repose, quiet, quietnesomnussleep, slumber; drowsiness, idleness, inactivity, laziness, sloth; deathportusharbor, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat; warehouse
The English word repose itself goes back to Latin pausa, through repausāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
repose v.
Transitively, To place, set, put, Vid: To repose confidence in, fidere or confidere alicui and alicui rei: fretum esse aliquo or aliqua re (to rely upon anything): fiduciam habere alicujus rei (to repose in anything). To repose one’s whole confluence in anybody, se totum alicui committere; omnia consilia alicui credere: to repose no confidence in a person, alicui diffidere.
Intransitively, To take rest, quiescere: conquiescere: requiescere (general term, also, of taking rest in sleep): quietem capere (to take rest in sleep).
repose s.
requies (rest): quies (freedom from interruption and noise, a quiet life): otium (leisure, freedom from business): somnus (sleep). Repose of mind, animi tranquillitas: animus tranquillus. To find repose after one’s troubles and toils, ex omnibus molestiis et laboribus conquiescere: to give anybody a little repose, aliquem respirare et conquiescere jubere: to allow anybody three hours for repose, alicui tres horas ad quietem dare: a place of repose, tranquillus ad quietem locus (PROP.); portus otii, or portus only (figuratively). Vid: REST.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for repose?
- The usual Latin words for “repose” are quiēscō, conquiēscō, requiēscō; also requiēs, quiēs, ōtium. 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.