English → Latin
“stillness” in Latin
silentiumsilence, stillness, quiet, noiselessness; obscurity; inaction, inactivity, cessation, standstillquiēsthe rest of sleep, repose; quiet, calm, lull, peace, cessation from labor; dreammalaciaa calm at sea, dead calm; loss of appetite, nausea
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stillness
silentium (silence): quies (repose). Stillness of the water at sea, malacia (Caes.); maris tranquillitas (Cic.). Vid: CALM.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stillness?
- The usual Latin words for “stillness” are silentium, quiēs, malacia. 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.