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(v. n.P. a.P. a.) : rĕ-quĭesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (sync. requierant, Cat. 84, 7:
* Requierunt,Verg. E. 8, 4: requiesset,Cat. 64, 176: requiesse,Liv. 26, 22), v. n. and a.
* Neutr., to rest one's self, to rest, repose (very freq. and class.).
* Lit., Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21: legiones invicem requiescere atque in castra reverti jussit,Caes. B. C. 3, 98 fin.: ut in ejus sellā requiesceret,Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104: in nostris sedibus,Cat. 64, 176: lecto,Prop. 1, 8, 33; Tib. 1, 1, 43: hac humo,Ov. M. 10, 556 sq.: terrā Sabaeā,id. ib. 10, 480: somno molli,Cat. 66, 5: sub umbrā,Verg. E. 7, 10 et saep.: nullam partem noctis,Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97: hanc noctem mecum,Verg. E. 1, 80: longas noctes tecum,Tib. 6, 53: geminas Arctos Alcmenae,rested two nights for the sake of Alcmena,Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 25: requiescens a rei publicae pulcherrimis muneribus ... requiescendi studium,Cic. Off. 3, 1, 2: a turbā rerum,Ov. P. 4, 5, 27: quamvis ille suā lassus requiescat avenā,Prop. 3, 32, 75. — In part. perf.: paululum requietis militibus, having rested themselves, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 8, 4; v. under P. a.
* Act., to let rest; to stop, stay, arrest (only poet., and mostly with a homogeneous object): sol quoque perpetuos meminit requiescere cursus, Calvus ap. Serv. Verg. E. 8, 4: mutata suos requierunt flumina cursus,Verg. E. 8, 4; id. Cir. 232. — Hence, rĕquĭētus, a, um, P. a. (not ante - Aug.).
* Trop., to repose, find rest, take consolation: ubi animus ex multis miseriis atque periculis requievit,Sall. C. 4, 1: lacrimis fatigatur auditor et requiescit,Quint. 6, 1, 28: in alicujus Caesaris sermone, quasi in aliquo peropportuno deversorio,Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 234: in spe alicujus requiescere,id. Cael. 32, 79: requiescendum in hac lectione,Quint. 10, 1, 27: nisi eorum exitio non requieturam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 886.
* Rested, refreshed: militem requietum, integrum (opp. itinere fatigatum et onere fessum),Liv. 44, 38 fin.: paululum requietis militibus,Sall. H. 1, 41 Dietsch: requietis et ordinatis suis,Front. Strat. 1, 6, 3; 2, 5, 25: ager,i. e. that has lain fallow,Ov. A. A. 2, 351.— Comp.: terra requietior et junior,Col. 2, 1, 5.
* In econom. lang., that has lain or been kept for a long time, i. e. that is not fresh, stale: lac,Col. 7, 8, 1: ova,id. 8, 5, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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