Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1899.taceō on page 1899
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tacēre to be silent
tacēre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to be silent.
Definitions for tacēre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to be silent, leave unmentioned
English derivatives:
tacit taciturn taciturnity reticence reticent
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To make no utterance, be silent, say nothing. (b) (w. de) to say nothing about, omit mention of. (c) (transf., of utterances).
- 2
To fall silent (after speaking, etc.), stop speaking. (b) non (or quin) ~es? won't you be quiet? (implying that what has just been said is nonsense tc.).
- 3
(of things) To be silent.
- 4
(tr.) To say nothing or be silent about, pass over in silence. (b) (in paralipsis).
Sentences with tacēre
Latin to English
Cum tacent, clāmant.Compare When they are silent, they are shouting. (i, e., "by their silence they condemn you.")
"Tacēte, omnēs!" magnā vōce clāmat. "Audīte mē!"Compare "Be quiet, everyone!" he cries in a loud voice. "Listen to me!"
Illa cantat, nos tacemus: quando ver venit meum? Quando fiam uti chelidon ut tacere desinam?Compare She sings, we are mute: when is my spring coming? When shall I be as the swallow, that I may cease to be voiceless?
Ego multus taceo, multus perfero multus concedo.Compare I have kept silence about many things, I have borne many, I have yielded many.
Taceo, non enim reprehendo libet.Compare I am silent, for it is not pleasant to find fault.
Dico fortasse, qui sentio, non licet; taceo plane licet.Compare It is not in your power perhaps to say what you may think; it is clearly in your power to be silent.
Conjugation table for tacēre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| taceō tacēs tacet tacēmus tacētis tacent | tacēbam tacēbās tacēbat tacēbāmus tacēbātis tacēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| tacuī tacuistī tacuit tacuimus tacuistis tacuērunt / tacuēre | tacueram tacuerās tacuerat tacuerāmus tacuerātis tacuerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| tacēbō tacēbis tacēbit tacēbimus tacēbitis tacēbunt | tacuerō tacueris tacuerit tacuerimus tacueritis tacuerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| taceam taceās taceat taceāmus taceātis taceant | tacērem tacērēs tacēret tacērēmus tacērētis tacērent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| tacuerim tacueris tacuerit tacuerimus tacueritis tacuerint | tacuissem tacuissēs tacuisset tacuissēmus tacuissētis tacuissent |
Infinitive present tacēre Infinitive perfect tacuisse Infinitive future tacitūrum esse | Imperative present tacē tacēte Imperative future tacētō tacētō tacētōte tacentō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| taceor tacēris tacētur tacēmur tacēminī tacentur | tacēbar tacēbāris / tacēbāre tacēbātur tacēbāmur tacēbāminī tacēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| tacitus sum tacitus es tacitus est tacitī sumus tacitī estis tacitī sunt | tacitus eram tacitus erās tacitus erat tacitī erāmus tacitī erātis tacitī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| tacēbor tacēberis / tacēbere tacēbitur tacēbimur tacēbiminī tacēbuntur | tacitus erō tacitus eris tacitus erit tacitī erimus tacitī eritis tacitī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| tacear taceāris / taceāre taceātur taceāmur taceāminī taceantur | tacērer tacērēris / tacērēre tacērētur tacērēmur tacērēminī tacērentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| tacitus sim tacitus sīs tacitus sit tacitī sīmus tacitī sītis tacitī sint | tacitus essem tacitus essēs tacitus esset tacitī essēmus tacitī essētis tacitī essent |
Infinitive present tacērī Infinitive perfect tacitum esse Infinitive future tacitum īrī | Imperative present tacēre tacēminī Imperative future tacētor tacētor - tacentor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | tacēns | tacentēs |
| Gen. | tacentis | tacentium |
| Dat. | tacentī | tacentibus |
| Acc. | tacentem | tacentēs |
| Abl. | tacente | tacentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | tacitūrus | tacitūrī |
| Gen. | tacitūrī | tacitūrōrum |
| Dat. | tacitūrō | tacitūrīs |
| Acc. | tacitūrum | tacitūrōs |
| Abl. | tacitūrō | tacitūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | tacitus | tacitī |
| Gen. | tacitī | tacitōrum |
| Dat. | tacitō | tacitīs |
| Acc. | tacitum | tacitōs |
| Abl. | tacitō | tacitīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | tacendus | tacendī |
| Gen. | tacendī | tacendōrum |
| Dat. | tacendō | tacendīs |
| Acc. | tacendum | tacendōs |
| Abl. | tacendō | tacendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | tacēre | tacitum |
| Gen. | tacendī | tacitū |
| Dat. | tacendō | |
| Acc. | tacendum | |
| Abl. | tacendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 190.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1899.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "taceō, tacēre, tacuī, tacitum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/taceo-tacere-tacui-tacitum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 190.taceō, tacēre, tacuī, tacitum on page 190
