Latin

Noun

silentium n ‎(genitive silentiī); second declension

1. silence, stillness, quiet, noiselessness

   Fac silentium!

   Be quiet!

   Silentio facto.

   With silence being obtained.

   De Partho silentium est.

   Nothing is said about the Parthian.

2. obscurity
3. inaction, inactivity, cessation, standstill

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (silence): taciturnitās

Derived terms

• argumentum ex silentio
• silentiārius
• silentiōsus
• silentium est aurum

Related terms

Descendants

• French: silence
• Spanish: silencio
• Italian: silenzio

References

• silentium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• silentium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SILENTIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “silentium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in the silence of the night: silentio noctis
    
  • to pass over in silence: silentio praeterire (not praetermittere) aliquid