LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

quiēs

quiēs f (genitive quiētis)
Classical[ˈkʷi.eːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷiː.es]

Meaning

  1. the rest of sleep, repose
    [...] nec placidam membrīs dat cūra quiētem.[The thought of Aeneas] grants no stillness to [Dido’s] limbs, nor rest from her worries.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.4-5
    excutitur terrōre quiēs: Numa vīsa revolvitRest is being driven out by terror: Numa ponders the visions, and within himself he recalls the ambiguities and obscure commands. (King Numa Pompilius is startled awake after dreaming of how to appease Demeter/Ceres (mythology) and restore prosperity to the farmers.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.667–668
  2. quiet, calm, lull, peace, cessation from labor
  3. figurativelydream
    per quiētemthrough/in a dream

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

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Quies · Tranquillitas · Requies

1. Quies (from κεῖσθαι?) denotes absolute rest, in opp. to activity in general, like ἡσυχία; tranquillitas, quietness in acting, in opp. to hasty or passionate activity, like ἑκηλία. Sen. Ep. 3. Et quiescenti agendum et agenti quiescendum est; comp. with Cic. Top. 3. Ut aut perturbentur animi aut tranquillentur. Hence is quietus allied in sense with otiosus, segnis, languidus; whereas tranquillus with lenis, placidus, moderatus. 2. Quies is rest in itself; requies, rest after activity and exertion. Curt. ix. 6. § 2. Ne quies corpori invalido adhuc necessaria pulsu remorum impediretur: comp. with § 3. Placuit hic locus ad suam et militum requiem. (i. 80.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequiēsquiētēs
genitivequiētisquiētum
dativequiētīquiētibus
accusativequiētemquiētēs
ablativequiētequiētibus
vocativequiēsquiētēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

per quietem, in quiete
in a dream.
somno or quieti se tradere
to lay oneself down to sleep

quĭes, ētis (abl. quie, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 703 P.), f. Sanscr. çi = jacēre; Gr. κεῖμαι, to lie; cf. Lat. cīvis,
I. rest, quiet.
I. Lit., rest, repose, cessation from labor, from cares, etc.: locus quietis et tranquillitatis plenissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2: senectutis, id. Deiot. 13, 38: quem non quies, non remissio delectarent, id. Cael. 17, 39: mors laborum ac miseriarum quies est, a state of rest, id. Cat. 4, 4, 7: ex diutino labore quieti se dare, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: quietem capere, to take repose, id. B. G. 6, 27: tribus horis exercitui ad quietem datis, id. ib. 7, 41: quietem pati, Sall. J. 101, 11: nulla metuentibus quies, Just. 2, 13, 11.— In plur.: uti somno et quietibus ceteris, recreations, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103. —
B. In partic.
1. A quiet life, a keeping still, neutrality between political parties: Attici quies tantopere Caesari fuit grata, ut, Nep. Att. 7, 3; Suet. Tib. 15; Tac. A. 14, 47.—
2. Quiet, peace: quae diuturna quies pepererat, Sall. C. 31, 1: quieti Subdita montanae bracchia Dalmatiae, Ov. P. 2, 2, 77: ingrata genti quies, Tac. G. 14: atrox clamor et repente quies, id. A. 1, 25: longa, id. Agr. 11. —Transf., of inanim. things: si non tanta quies iret frigusque caloremque Inter, i. e. the repose of spring, Verg. G. 2, 344: ventorum, Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231: pelagi, Stat. S. 2, 2, 26: lenis materiae, evenness, smoothness, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—
3. The rest of sleep, repose, sleep, Plaut. Cure. 2, 2, 22: capere quietem, to fall asleep, go to sleep, Ov. F. 1, 205: alta, deep sleep, Verg. A. 6, 522: ire ad quietem, to go to rest, go to sleep, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60: quieti se tradere, id. ib. 1, 29, 61: secundum quietem, in sleep, id. ib. 2, 66, 135: per quietem, Suet. Caes. 81: neque vigiliis neque quietibus, Sall. C. 15, 4.—
4. The sleep of death, death: olli dura quies oculos et ferreus urget Somnus, Verg. A. 10, 745: quod si forte tibi properarint fata quietem, Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 25. —
II. Transf.
1. A dream: vanae nec monstra quietis, Nec somno comperta loquor, Stat. Th. 10, 205: praesaga, id. ib. 10, 324; Vell. 2, 70, 1: ducem terruit dira quies, nam Varum cernere visus est, etc., Tac. A. 1, 65.—
2. A resting-place, lair of a wild beast (poet.): intectae fronde quietes, Lucr. 1, 405.—
III. Personified: Quies, the goddess of rest, Liv. 4, 41, 8; Stat. Th. 10, 89.
quĭes, ētis, adj., for quietus, a, um (cf. inquies),
I. quiet, peaceful (ante-class.): mens, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 704 P.: milites quietes, Licin. Macer. ib.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyéh₁tis
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷjētis
  4. Latinquiēs

From Proto-Italic *kʷjētis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from the root *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬱𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌- (šāⁱti-, “happiness”), Old Persian [script needed] (šiyāti-, “luck”), Old Armenian հանգչիմ (hangčʻim). See also tranquillus.

Descendants
  • Italianquiete
  • Interlinguaquiete

Quick answers

What does quiēs mean in Latin?
quiēs, a noun, means “the rest of sleep, repose; quiet, calm, lull, peace, cessation from labor; dream”.
What is the genitive of quiēs?
The genitive singular is quiētis. quiēs is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce quiēs?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʷi.eːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkʷiː.es].
Where does quiēs come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis → Proto-Italic *kʷjētis → Latin quiēs.