noun · femininethird declension
taciturnitās
taciturnitās f (genitive taciturnitātis)
Meaning
- silence (keeping silent), taciturnity
Sī hoc post hominum memoriam contigit nēminī, vōcis exspectās contumēliam, cum sīs gravissimō iūdiciō taciturnitātis oppressus?
If this, in the memory of [any] man, has happened to no one [else], do you await the insult of [my] voice, since you have been overwhelmed by the most severe judgment of silence? (Cicero implies that on this day no senators greeted or otherwise spoke with Catiline in the assembly.)63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.16
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | taciturnitās | taciturnitātēs |
| genitive | taciturnitātis | taciturnitātum |
| dative | taciturnitātī | taciturnitātibus |
| accusative | taciturnitātem | taciturnitātēs |
| ablative | taciturnitāte | taciturnitātibus |
| vocative | taciturnitās | taciturnitātēs |
tăcĭturnĭtas, ātis, f. taciturnus,
I. a being or keeping silent, silence, taciturnity (class.;
opp. oratio), Cic. Sest. 18: taciturnitatem alicujus experiri, id. Brut. 65, 231: curiae taciturnitas annua, id. Pis. 14, 32: vocis exspectas contumeliam, cum sis gravissimo judicio taciturnitatis oppressus? id. Cat. 1, 7, 16: taciturnitas testium, id. Rosc. Com. 5, 14: taciturnitas imitatur confessionem, id. Inv. 1, 32, 54: suspitionem mihi majorem tua taciturnitas attulerat, id. Att. 7, 8, 1: taciturnitas pudorque, Suet. Ner. 23: quid foret Iliae Mavortisque puer, si taciturnitas Obstaret meritis invida Romuli, i. e. silence on the part of poets, Hor. C. 4, 8, 23 et saep.: opus est Fide et taciturnitate, Ter. And. 1, 1, 7: nosti hominis tarditatem et taciturnitatem, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 1 med.; cf.: desideravit Maecenatis taciturnitatem, Suet. Aug. 66. — Plur.: sed paucorum taciturnitatibus tradidisse sacrorum ritus, Arn. 5, 168.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
taciturnitās ātis, f
taciturnus, a keeping silent, silence, taciturnity : me eorum taciturnitas movet: curiae annua: testium: si taciturnitas Obstaret meritis invida Romuli? i. e. a failure (of poets) to celebrate , H.: opus est Fide et taciturnitate, T.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin taciturnitās From taciturnus + -tās.
Descendants
- Catalantaciturnitat
- Frenchtaciturnité
- Italiantaciturnità
- Occitantaciturnitat
- Portuguesetaciturnidade
- Spanishtaciturnidad
- Galiciantaciturnidade
In English words that came into English from taciturnitās
- taciturntaciturnitās
- taciturnitytaciturnitās