(v. n.P. a.) : tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and
* A. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].
* Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one's peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.: silete et tacete,id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19: taceamne an praedicem,Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25: ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62: ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,id. As. 3, 1, 15: tacendo loqui videbantur,Cic. Sest. 18, 40: hic Abdera, non tacente me,id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.: nobis tacentibus,id. Ac. 2, 32, 101: an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27: taceamus,Liv. 40, 9, 5: tacere nondum volumus,Sid. Ep. 8, 16.—Impers. pass.: taceri si vis, vera dicito,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26: ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.
* Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.): canis ipse tacet,Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.: vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,Ov. A. A. 1, 271: nox erat ... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,Verg. A. 4, 525; cf. nox,Cat. 7, 7: nec diu taceat procax locutio,id. 61, 126: non oculi tacuere tui,Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent; muta dolore lyra est,id. H. 15, 198: tacet stridor litui,Sen. Thyest. 575: essedo tacente,noiseless,Mart. 4, 64, 19: Ister tacens,i. e. standing still, frozen,id. 7, 84, 3: solitudo et tacentes loci,hushed, still,Tac. H. 3, 85: loca tacentia,the under world, the silent land,Verg. A. 6, 265: aquae tacentes,Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49. tacere indolem illam Romanam,i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared,Liv. 9, 6, 12: blanditiae taceant,Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.
* Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.): et tu hoc taceto,Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64: quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44: enuntiabo ... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119: quid dixit aut quid tacuit?Hor. Epod. 5, 49: commissa tacere Qui nequit,id. S. 1, 4, 84: ut alios taceam,not to speak of others,Ov. M. 13, 177; so, Narcissum,Verg. G. 4, 123: novercas,Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.: tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.—Pass.: ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28: aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36: vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, ῥητὰ καὶ ἄρρητα, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.: gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.
* Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned: prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2: aliquid tacitum tenere,id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.: quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841: tacitum erit,Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64: suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me,id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.: cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2: ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5: tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,silence,Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7.
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* Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute: quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44: tacitus tace modo,id. Poen. 4, 2, 84: mulier,id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.: lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59: quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26: vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180: quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas; quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,id. Caecin. 18, 53; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41: nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,id. Cat. 3, 11, 26: si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: tacita vestra exspectatio,id. Clu. 23, 63: assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,implied, tacit,id. Mil. 5, 12: si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,i. e. without making a defence,Liv. 40, 9, 5: contumeliam tacitus tulit,id. 35, 19, 1: ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,i. e. meditating,Hor. S. 1, 3, 65: pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,eloquent, outspoken,id. C. 4, 1, 14: tacitus pasci si posset corvus,id. Ep. 1, 17, 50: tacitā fistula cum lyrā,id. C. 3, 19, 20: totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,with silent glances,Verg. A. 4, 364: fulmen,i. e. without thunder,Luc. 1, 533 et saep.: per tacitum nemus ire,still, silent, quiet,Verg. A. 6, 386; so, unda,id. ib. 8, 87: caelum,id. ib. 3, 515: aër,Mart. 8, 32, 1: domus,id. 9, 62, 12: limen,Verg. A. 7, 343: nox,Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.—Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence: septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,in its silent course, flowing silently,Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.: trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,i. e. through subterranean passages,Luc. 10, 253: somnus per tacitum allapsus,silently, in silence,Sil. 10, 354: erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,id. 12, 554; 17, 216.
* As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence: ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.—Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.): auscultemus,Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42: tacite rogare,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13: tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,id. Mil. 4, 11: perire tacite obscureque,id. Quint. 15, 50: non tulit verecundiam senatus,Liv. 5, 28, 1: exsecrari praetereuntem,id. 2, 58, 8: annus labens,Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.