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sileo
sileo
Latin
Verb
sileō (present infinitive silēre, perfect active siluī); second conjugation, no passive
- I am silent, noiseless, quiet, make no sound; speak not, I am quiet.
- (transitive) I keep silent over or about.
- I am inactive; rest, cease.
Inflection
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
Derived terms
Related terms
- silentiārius
- silentiōsē
- silentiōsus
References
- sileo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sileo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sileo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.