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plăcĭdus , a, um, adj. placeo, qs. pleasing, mild; hence,
I.gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, placid (class.; syn.: quietus, mollis, lenis).
I. In gen.
A. Of persons: “clemens, placidus,” Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10: “reddere aliquem placidum,” Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 49; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 18; Cic. Caecin. 10.—
B. Of things: “caelum,” Sil. 12, 667: “placidus et serenus dies,” Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 14: “mare,” id. ib. 9, 26: “pontus,” Lucr. 5, 1004: “amnis,” Ov. M. 1, 702: “placida quietaque constantia,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 10: “placida ac lenis senectus,” id. Sen. 5, 13: “oratio,” id. de Or. 2, 43, 183: “vita,” Lucr. 5, 1122: “mors,” Verg. A. 6, 522: “somnus,” Ov. F. 3, 185: “urbs,” Verg. A. 7, 46: “nec quidquam magnum est nisi quod simul placidum,” Sen. Ira, 1, 21, 4: “re placidā atque otiosā,” i. e. in quiet times, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 56.—Comp.: “nihil illis placidius, aut quietius erat,” Liv. 3, 14: “loca placidiora,” less visited with unfavorable weather, Pall. 1, 6.—Sup.: “placidissima pax,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48: “tellus placidissima,” Verg. A. 3, 78.—
II. In partic.
A. Of fruits, ripe, mellow: “uva,” Sedul. 1, 29.—
B. Of plants, trees, etc., not wild, fruitful: “arbores placidiores,” Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 16.—Hence, adv.: plă-cĭdē , softly, gently, quietly, calmly, peacefully, placidly (class.): “forem aperire,” Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 35: “placide volo,” id. Merc. 1, 2, 47: “propere hoc, non placide decet (sc. agi),” id. Mil. 2, 2, 65: “ire,” gently, lightly, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 27: “progredi,” Caes. B. G. 6, 7: “placide et sedate ferre dolorem,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 58: “placide et sedate loqui,” id. Or. 27, 92: “placide et benigne verba facere,” Sall. J. 102, 12: “placide et comiter (inquit),” Gell. 19, 1, 13.—Comp.: “plebem in magistratu placidius tractare,” Sall. C. 39, 2.—Sup.: “placidissime respondit,” Aug. Conf. 6, 1.
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.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (28):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 6.7
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 14
    • Plautus, Curculio, 4.3
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.78
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.522
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.46
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.702
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 4.7
    • Plautus, Mercator, 1.2
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.2
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 1.1
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.43
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1122
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1004
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.16
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.26
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.6.14
    • Seneca, de Ira, 1.21.4
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 5
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.24
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.5
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.16
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 19.1.13
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 39
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 102
    • Cicero, Orator, 27.92
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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