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Webster 1913 Edition


Quietus

Qui-e′tus

,
Noun.
[LL.
quietus
quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See
Quiet
,
Adj.
, and cf.
Quit
,
Adj.
]
Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (
Fig.
) rest; death.
When he himself might his
quietus
make
With a bare bodkin.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Quietus

QUIE'TUS

,
Noun.
[L.] Rest; repose; death; hence, a final discharge or acquittance; that which silences claims.

Definition 2024


quietus

quietus

English

Noun

quietus (usually uncountable, plural quietuses)

  1. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death.
    • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1:
      [] when he might himself his quietus make with a bare bodkin?
    • 1886, Henry James, The Bostonians.
      Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe.
  2. Final settlement (as of a debt).

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of quiēscō (repose, lie still).

Participle

quiētus m (feminine quiēta, neuter quiētum); first/second declension

  1. at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet.
  2. peaceful, neutral.
  3. tranquil, calm.
  4. excused, absolved of

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative quiētus quiēta quiētum quiētī quiētae quiēta
genitive quiētī quiētae quiētī quiētōrum quiētārum quiētōrum
dative quiētō quiētō quiētīs
accusative quiētum quiētam quiētum quiētōs quiētās quiēta
ablative quiētō quiētā quiētō quiētīs
vocative quiēte quiēta quiētum quiētī quiētae quiēta

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