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.