LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

pāx1

pāx f (genitive pācis)
Classical[ˈpaːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaks]
№ 388 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. peace
    Donec, infecta pāce, ad arma desilirent.While, as peace was broken, they came down with arms.
  2. poeticrest, quiet, ease
  3. grace (esp. from the gods)
  4. leave, good leave (permission)
  5. EcclesiasticalLatinpeace, harmony
    Requiēscat in pāce.May he/she rest in peace.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

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tempus sine bellō.
pāx pācis f — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepāxpācēs
genitivepācispācum
dativepācīpācibus
accusativepācempācēs
ablativepācepācibus
vocativepāxpācēs

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

pax, pācis, f. from the root pac, pag, pacisco, pango; whence also pagina, pagus, q. v.: pacem a pactione conditionum putat dictam Sinnius Capito, quae utrique inter se populo sit observanda, Fest. p. 230 Müll.; orig. an agreement, contract, treaty; hence,
I. peace, concluded between parties at variance, esp. between belligerents; a treaty of peace; tranquillity, the absence of war, amity, reconciliation after a quarrel, public or private (cf. indutiae): quando ita rem gessistis . . . Pax conmerciumque'st vobis mecum, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 14: pacem componi volo Meo patre cum matri, id. Merc. 5, 2, 113: orator sine pace redit, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 41 Müll. (Ann. v. 211 Vahl.): pacem inter sese conciliant, id. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 39 (Trag. v. 164 ib.): videndum est cum omnibusne pax esse possit, an sit aliquod bellum inexpiabile, Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 1; 12, 5, 10: pax est tranquilla libertas, id. ib. 2, 44, 113: nihil est tam populare quam pax, tranquillitas, otium, id. Agr. 2, 37, 102; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1: esse pacem alicui cum aliquo, id. Phil. 7, 3, 7; 7, 8, 21: pacem habere, id. Att. 7, 14, 1: conciliare inter cives, id. Fam. 10, 27, 1: conficere, id. Fl. 12, 29: coagmentare, id. Phil. 7, 7, 24: servare, id. ib. 7, 8, 22: confirmare cum aliquo, id. ib. 1, 1, 2: pace uti, id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4: dimittere aliquem cum pace, id. Mur. 15, 32: suscipienda bella sunt . . . ut sine injuriā in pace vivatur (cf. II. 2. infra), id. Off. 1, 11, 35: quem L. Sulla, cum bellum invexisset totam in Asiam, cum pace dimisit, id. Mur. 15, 32: pacem petere, Caes. B. G. 1, 27: pangere cum aliquo, Liv. 9, 11: componere, id. 2, 13: impetrare, id. 30, 35: classis bona cum pace accepta est, id. 28, 37: itaque pax populo Caeriti data, id. 7, 20: Bocchus neque bello neque pace antea cognitus, Sall. J. 19, 7: pacem agitare, id. ib. 14, 10: rumpere, Verg. A. 12, 202: et sumptā et positā pace, Prop. 2, 1, 36: pacem turbare, Tac. A. 12, 65: additis qui pacem nostram metuebant, i. e. the peace granted by us. id. ib. 12, 33; 12, 29: pace belloque rempublicam regere, Suet. Aug. 61; id. Tib. 37: bello ac pace, both in war and in peace, Liv. 8, 35; Stat. Th. 4, 839: in pace, Hor. S. 2, 2, 110; Tac. A. 11, 10; 14, 39: in mediā pace, Liv. 36, 11, 2: mediā pace, Tac. A. 14, 32; Curt. 8, 10, 17: in intimo sinu pacis, Plin. Pan. 56, 4: alta pax, Sen. Thyest. 576.—
(b). Plur.: hostibus victis, pacibus perfectis, etc., Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 1; Varr. ap. Non. 149, 15: jura, judicia, bella atque paces penes paucos erant, Sall. J. 31, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8; 2, 1, 102 (Lucr. 5, 1230, ventorum paces is spurious; v. Lachm.).—
2. Personified: Pax, the goddess of peace, Peace, Ov. F. 1, 709 sq.; 3, 882; Hor. C. S. 57; Suet. Vesp. 9; Petr. S. 124; Nep. Tim. 2; Inscr. Orell. 1823.—
B. Transf.
1. Grace, favor, pardon, assistance of the gods: pacem ab Aesculapio petas, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 20: Jovis supremi multis hostiis pacem expetere, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 75: sunt hic omnia quae ad deūm pacem oportet adesse? (sc. expetundam), id. Poen. 1, 2, 42: divum, pacem votis adit, Lucr. 5, 1229: ab Jove Opt. Max. pacem ac veniam peto, Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5: pacis deūm exposcendae causā lectisternium fuit, Liv. 7, 2: exorat pacem divom, Verg. A. 3, 370; 3, 261; id. G. 4, 535; Just. 20, 2, 7.—
2. Pace tuā, alicujus, with your (or his) good leave or permission: pace quod fiat tuā, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 13: pace tuā dixerim, Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12; id. de Or. 1, 17, 76: C. Claudi pace loquar, Liv. 3, 19, 7: pace majestatis ejus dixerim, Vell. 2, 129, 3: pace diligentiae Catonis dixerim, id. 1, 7, 4: pace loquar Veneris: tu dea major eris, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 60.—
3. Dominion, empire, of the Romans (post-Aug.): pax Romana, Sen. Clem. 1, 8, 2; cf.: haec tot milia gladiorum, quae pax mea (i. e. Neronis) comprimit, id. ib. 1, 1, 2: immensa Romanae pacis majestate, Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 3: nostra, Tac. A. 12, 33.—
4. Pax, as an interj., peace! silence! enough! pax, abi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 213; id. Ps. 5, 1, 33; id. Stich. 5, 7, 3 al.: capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter: pax! Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49; 4, 3, 39; Aus. Idyll. 12 fin.—
II. Trop., peace, rest, quiet, ease.
1. Of inanim. objects, as of the sea: pax ipsa tumet, Stat. Th. 7, 87: sensim infusa tranquilla per aequora pace, Sil. 7, 258.—Of a river: flumen cum pace delabens, Hor. C. 3, 29, 35: fluminis, Flor. 4, 2, 28.—Of the countenance: pacem vultus habet, tranquillity, Ov. M. 2, 858.—
2. Peace, tranquillity of mind: pax animi, sleep, Ov. M. 11, 624: mentis, id. Tr. 5, 12, 4: temperantia pacem animis affert, Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 26: semper in animo sapientis est placidissima pax, id. Tusc. 5, 16, 48.—
3. The rest or peace of death: excepit illum magna et aeterna pax, Sen. ad Marc. 19, 5: so, REQVIESCIT IN PACE, a formula frequently found in later, esp. in Christian epitaphs, borrowed from Jewish grave-stones, on which , etc., very frequently occurred; v. the Lat.Hebr. epit. on a Jewess, in Murat. p. 1842, 4, and cf. the inscr. ib. p. 1674, 3.—
4. Peace in the church, harmony (eccl. Lat.): quamdiu pax est in populo Dei, Lact. 5, 21, 4; 5, 13, 10.
Pax, Pācis, m.,
I. a slave's name, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 94 (889 Ritschl).

Origins

From Proto-Italic *pāks, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱ-s (“peace”), from the root *peh₂ḱ- (“to join, to attach”).

Modern borrowings
  • Englishpaxfrom Middle English pax
  • EnglishPax Americanafrom Middle English pax
  • EnglishPax Britannicafrom Middle English pax
  • EnglishPax Judaicafrom Middle English pax
  • EnglishPax Mongolicafrom Middle English pax
  • EnglishPax Manjuricafrom Middle English pax
  • EnglishPax Sinicafrom Middle English pax
  • EnglishPax Sovieticafrom Middle English pax
  • Englishpaxisfrom Middle English pax
  • Idopacofrom Esperanto paco
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanpau
  • Occitanpatz
  • Frenchpaixfrom Old French pais
  • Englishpeacefrom Old French pais
  • Aragonesepaz
  • Yolapacefrom Old French pais
  • Bourguignonpoisfrom Old French pais
  • Walloonpåyefrom Old French pais
  • Dutchpeisfrom Old French pais
  • Middle Englishpeesfrom Old French pais
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesepazfrom Old Galician-Portuguese paz
  • Spanishpazfrom Old Spanish paz
  • Asturianpaz
  • Mirandesepaç
  • Galicianpazfrom Old Galician-Portuguese paz
Eastern Romance
  • Romanianpace
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianpace
  • Corsicanpatz
  • Maltesepaċifrom Sicilian paci
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianpèṡ
  • Lombardpaas
  • Piedmontesepas
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianpâs
  • Ladinpesc
  • Romanshpasch
  • Romanshpesch
Southern Romance
  • African Romancepake
  • Campidanesepaxi
  • Logudoresepaghe
  • Nuoresepache
Early borrowings
  • Albanianpaqe
  • Basquebake
  • Old Irishpóc
interjection
pāx2
pāx
Classical[ˈpaːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaks]
№ 388 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. enough talking! silence! hush! peace!
    Pāx, Abī!Hush! Go away!c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 3.1.211
    ...capillus passus, prōlixus, circum caput reiectus negligenter; pāx!...her hair loose, long, and thrown back carelessly about her temples. Enough said!163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 2.3.49

Origins

From Proto-Italic *pāks, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱ-s (“peace”), from the root *peh₂ḱ- (“to join, to attach”).

Descendants
  • Ancient Greekπᾱ́ξ!