(adj.adv.) : plăcĭdus, a, um, adj.placeo, qs. pleasing, mild; hence
* Gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, placid (class.; syn.: quietus, mollis, lenis).
* In gen.
* Of persons: clemens, placidus,Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10: reddere aliquem placidum,Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 49; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 18; Cic. Caecin. 10.
* In partic.
* Of fruits, ripe, mellow: uva,Sedul. 1, 29.
* Of plants, trees, etc., not wild, fruitful: arbores placidiores,Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 16.—Hence, adv.: plă-cĭdē, softly, gently, quietly, calmly, peacefully, placidly (class.): forem aperire,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 35: placide volo,id. Merc. 1, 2, 47: propere hoc, non placide decet (sc. agi),id. Mil. 2, 2, 65: ire,gently, lightly,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 27: progredi,Caes. B. G. 6, 7: placide et sedate ferre dolorem,Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 58: placide et sedate loqui,id. Or. 27, 92: placide et benigne verba facere,Sall. J. 102, 12: placide et comiter (inquit),Gell. 19, 1, 13.—Comp.: plebem in magistratu placidius tractare,Sall. C. 39, 2.—Sup.: placidissime respondit,Aug. Conf. 6, 1.

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