previous next
pāco , ăvi, ātum, 1, v. a. pax,
I.to bring into a state of peace and quietness, to make peaceful, to quiet, pacify, subdue, soothe (class.; cf.: pacifico, placo).
I. Lit.: “pacare Amanum,” Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 8: “omnem Galliam,” Caes. B. C. 1, 7: “qui nuper pacati erant,” id. B. G. 1, 16: “civitates,” id. ib. 7, 65: “Hispanias,” id. B. C. 1, 85: “bimarem Isthmon,” Ov. M. 7, 405: “regiones,” Hirt. B. Alex. 26: “Asiam,” Just. 38, 7, 2: “Erymanthi nemora,” Verg. A. 6, 803: MARE A PRAEDONIBVS, Monum. Ancyr. fin. ap. Grut. 233; Ov. F. 2, 18.—
II. Transf., of things as objects: “incultae pacantur vomere silvae,” are subdued, tilled, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 45: “et pacare metu silvas,” Manil. 4, 182: “saltus remotos pacabat cornu,” Stat. Th. 4, 250: “incertos animi aestus,” to quiet, Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 225; cf. “feras,” to tame, Aus. Epigr. 1, 19: “dolorem,” id. Idyll. 6, 100.—Hence, pācā-tus , a, um, P. a., pacified, quieted, peaceful, quiet, calm, tranquil, undisturbed (opp. hostilis; class.).
A. Lit.: “pacatae tranquillaeque civitates,” Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30: “in provinciā pacatissimā,” id. Lig. 2, 4: “pacatissima et quietissima pars,” Caes. B. G. 5, 24: “nec hospitale quicquam pacatumve,” Liv. 21, 20: “pacato agmine transire,” id. 40, 47: “pacati status aëris,” Lucr. 3, 292: “pacata posse omnia mente tueri,” Lucr. 5, 1203: “mare,” Hor. C. 4, 5, 19: “vultus,” Ov. F. 1, 3: “pacatus mitisque adsis,” id. M. 431: “coloni,” Manil. 4, 141.—As subst.: pācātum , i, n., a friendly country: “vagi milites in pacato,” Liv. 8, 34: “ex pacatis praedas agere,” i. e. from countries at peace with Rome, Sall. J. 32, 3: “qui medius inter pacata et hostilia fuit, Danubius et Rhenus,” Sen. Q. N. 6, 7, 1.—
B. Trop.: “oratio pacatior,” Cic. Brut. 31, 121: “cujus ne pacatam quidem nequitiam quisquam ferre posset,” id. Phil. 5, 9, 24.—And in the neutr. as subst.: “nec diu in pacato mansit gens,” on friendly terms, Liv. 23, 27, 9.—Hence, adv.: pācātē , peaceably, quietly (post-Aug.).—Comp.: “pacatius ad reliqua secessimus,” Petr. 10; Aug. Ep. 111.—Sup.: “pacatissime et commodissime,” Aug. Soliloq. 2, 7.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (21 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 15.4.8
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.16
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 5.24
    • Cicero, Philippics, 5.9.24
    • Cicero, For Ligarius, 2.4
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.803
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.405
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.7
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.85
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.8
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1203
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.292
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 20
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 34
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 47
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 32
    • Statius, Thebias, 4
    • Cicero, Brutus, 31.121
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: