silentium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /siˈlen.ti.um/, [sɪˈɫɛn.ti.ũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈlen.t͡si.um/
Noun
silentium n (genitive silentiī); second declension
- silence, stillness, quiet, noiselessness
- Fac silentium!
- Be quiet!
- Silentio facto.
- With silence being obtained.
- De Partho silentium est.
- Nothing is said about the Parthian.
- Fac silentium!
- obscurity
- inaction, inactivity, cessation, standstill
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | silentium | silentia |
| Genitive | silentiī | silentiōrum |
| Dative | silentiō | silentiīs |
| Accusative | silentium | silentia |
| Ablative | silentiō | silentiīs |
| Vocative | silentium | silentia |
Synonyms
- (silence): taciturnitās
Derived terms
- argumentum ex silentio
- silentiārius
- silentiōsus
- silentium est aurum
Related terms
Descendants
References
- silentium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- silentium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- silentium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- silentium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- in the silence of the night: silentio noctis
- to pass over in silence: silentio praeterire (not praetermittere) aliquid
- in the silence of the night: silentio noctis
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