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Tacitus
Tacitus
See also: tacitus
Translingual
Proper noun
Tacitus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – certain stonecrops.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Crassulaceae - family; Sedoideae - subfamily; Sedeae - tribe
Hyponyms
English
Proper noun
Tacitus
- A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56-117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200-275), a Roman emperor.
- A lunar impact crater.
Derived terms
- Tacitan, Tacitian
Translations
Roman cognomen
Latin
Etymology
From tacitus (“silent”).
Proper noun
Tacitus m (genitive Tacitī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56-117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200-275), a Roman emperor.
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Tacitus |
| genitive | Tacitī |
| dative | Tacitō |
| accusative | Tacitum |
| ablative | Tacitō |
| vocative | Tacite |
References
- Tacitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Tacitus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
tacitus
tacitus
See also: Tacitus
Latin
Participle
tacitus m (feminine tacita, neuter tacitum); first/second declension
- (pass.) that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned
- (act. or neut.) that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | tacitus | tacita | tacitum | tacitī | tacitae | tacita | |
| genitive | tacitī | tacitae | tacitī | tacitōrum | tacitārum | tacitōrum | |
| dative | tacitō | tacitō | tacitīs | ||||
| accusative | tacitum | tacitam | tacitum | tacitōs | tacitās | tacita | |
| ablative | tacitō | tacitā | tacitō | tacitīs | |||
| vocative | tacite | tacita | tacitum | tacitī | tacitae | tacita | |
Descendants
References
- tacitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tacitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- TACITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tacitus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- tacitus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers