acquiescere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →acquiesco, acquiescere, acquiei, acquietus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lie with (w/cum), rest/relax; repose (death); acquiesce/assent/submit; subside;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...telum erat infossum, resedit, ut si lassitudine cuperet acquiescere, Datamenque revocavit, simulans se quiddam in colloquio esse oblitum..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ipsa suffocatione non desii cogitationibus laetis ac fortibus acquiescere. 'Quid hoc est?' inquam 'tam saepe mors experitur..."
