Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.adv.) : pāco, ăvi, ātum, 1, v. a.pax
* To bring into a state of peace and quietness, to make peaceful, to quiet, pacify, subdue, soothe (class.; cf.: pacifico, placo).
* Lit.: pacare Amanum,Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 8: omnem Galliam,Caes. B. C. 1, 7: qui nuper pacati erant,id. B. G. 1, 16: civitates,id. ib. 7, 65: Hispanias,id. B. C. 1, 85: bimarem Isthmon,Ov. M. 7, 405: regiones,Hirt. B. Alex. 26: Asiam,Just. 38, 7, 2: Erymanthi nemora,Verg. A. 6, 803: MARE A PRAEDONIBVS, Monum. Ancyr. fin. ap. Grut. 233; Ov. F. 2, 18.
* Transf., of things as objects: incultae pacantur vomere silvae,are subdued, tilled,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 45: et pacare metu silvas,Manil. 4, 182: saltus remotos pacabat cornu,Stat. Th. 4, 250: incertos animi aestus,to quiet,Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 225; cf. feras,to tame,Aus. Epigr. 1, 19: dolorem,id. Idyll. 6, 100.—Hence, pācā-tus, a, um, P. a., pacified, quieted, peaceful, quiet, calm, tranquil, undisturbed (opp. hostilis; class.).
* Lit.: pacatae tranquillaeque civitates,Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30: in provinciā pacatissimā,id. Lig. 2, 4: pacatissima et quietissima pars,Caes. B. G. 5, 24: nec hospitale quicquam pacatumve,Liv. 21, 20: pacato agmine transire,id. 40, 47: pacati status aëris,Lucr. 3, 292: pacata posse omnia mente tueri,Lucr. 5, 1203: mare,Hor. C. 4, 5, 19: vultus,Ov. F. 1, 3: pacatus mitisque adsis,id. M. 431: coloni,Manil. 4, 141.—As subst.: pācātum, i, n., a friendly country: vagi milites in pacato,Liv. 8, 34: ex pacatis praedas agere,i. e. from countries at peace with Rome,Sall. J. 32, 3: qui medius inter pacata et hostilia fuit, Danubius et Rhenus,Sen. Q. N. 6, 7, 1.
* Trop.: oratio pacatior,Cic. Brut. 31, 121: cujus ne pacatam quidem nequitiam quisquam ferre posset,id. Phil. 5, 9, 24.—And in the neutr. as subst.: nec diu in pacato mansit gens,on friendly terms,Liv. 23, 27, 9.—Hence, adv.: pācātē, peaceably, quietly (post-Aug.).—Comp.: pacatius ad reliqua secessimus,Petr. 10; Aug. Ep. 111.—Sup.: pacatissime et commodissime,Aug. Soliloq. 2, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary