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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>sĭlentĭum</b>: ii, n. [[sileo]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., a [[being]] [[still]] or [[silent]], noiselessness, [[stillness]], [[silence]] (freq. and [[class]].; cf. [[taciturnitas]]): [[otium]] et [[silentium]] est, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 35: et [[ipse]] conticuit et ceteris [[silentium]] fuit, Cic. de Or. 3, 35, 143; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 160; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64: [[auditus]] est magno silentio, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1: silentio [[auditus]], Caes. B. C. 3, 19, 3: huic facietis Fabulae [[silentium]], Plaut. Am. prol. 15: fac [[silentium]], id. Pers. 4, 3, 50; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59: nec longa silentia feci, kept [[silence]], Ov. F. 1, 183: silentio [[facto]], [[silence]] [[being]] obtained, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 10; Liv. 24, 7 fin.; Petr. 14 fin.; Quint. 2, 5, 6 al.; also [[with]] the signif. to [[make]] or [[procure]] [[silence]]: [[Fabius]] cum [[silentium]] classico fecisset, Liv. 2, 45; Tac. H. 3, 20; Curt. 10, 6, 3; Phaedr. 5, 5, 15: facere silentia majestate manūs, Pers. 4, 7: tribuni [[plebis]], cum inviti [[silentium]] tenuissent, Liv. 5, 9, 4; so, [[tenere]] [[silentium]], id. 1, 16, 2; 1, 28, 8; 9, 38, 14: [[silentium]] obtinere, id. 1, 16, 2; cf.: obstinatum [[silentium]] obtinuit, id. 9, 38, 14: tenuere silentia cuncti, Ov. M. 1, 206: se [[silentium]] fieri jussisse, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; Luc. 1, 298: [[silentium]] imperare, Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 7; Tac. G. 11: [[silentium]] significare, to [[give]] a [[signal]] for [[silence]], Cic. Brut. 84, 290: cum silentio animadvertite, Ter. Eun. prol. 44: Athenienses cum silentio auditi sunt, Liv. 38, 10, 4: cum silentio ad aliquem convenire, id. 7, 35, 1; so, cum silentio, id. 25, 9, 15: agere per [[silentium]], Ter. Heaut. prol. 36; cf. id. Hec. prol. alt. 21; id. Phorm. prol. 30: per [[silentium]] noctis, Liv. 3, 42, 3; Tac. A. 4, 53; id. Agr. 3: ego illas omnes res egi silentio, Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 29; cf.: ut nulla [[fere]] [[pars]] orationis silentio praeteriretur, in [[silence]], [[without]] [[applause]], id. Brut. 22, 88; [[more]] freq.: praeterire silentio, to [[pass]] [[over]] in [[silence]], to [[say]] [[nothing]] [[about]], id. Sull. 21, 62; id. Part. Or. 23, 82; id. Phil. 13, 6 Orell. N. cr.; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6; for [[which]]: silentio transire, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 1; 5, 12, 23: periculosissimum locum silentio [[sum]] [[praetervectus]], Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 8: transmittere aliquem, Tac. A. 1, 13 fin. al.; cf.: cum M. [[Tullius]] de omnibus (oratoribus) aetatis suae [[silentium]] egerit, keeps [[silence]], is [[silent]], Quint. 10, 1, 38: [[tenere]] se [[intra]] [[silentium]], Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8; 7, 6, 6: de Partho [[silentium]] est, [[nothing]] is said, Cic. Att. 5, 16, 4: ut laudem eorum a silentio vindicarem, i. e. [[obscurity]], id. de Or. 2, 2, 7; Sen. Ep. 21, 5; Plin. Ep. 9, 14, 1: gravissimas plagas ferre silentio, Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46: [[quam]] maximum [[silentium]] haberi jubet, Sall. J. 99, 1: lacrimae omnibus obortae, et diu maestum [[silentium]] tenuit, prevailed, Liv. 40, 8, 20.—Poet.: fer opem furtoque silentia deme, [[remove]] [[silence]] from, i. e. [[tell]] of, [[disclose]], Ov. M. 2, 700.—Of the [[stillness]], [[silence]], [[dead]] of [[night]]: silentio noctis [[Caesar]] ex castris [[egressus]], Caes. B. G. 7, 36: in silentio noctis, id. ib. 7, 26; cf.: se vocem noctis silentio audisse clariorem humanā, Liv. 5, 32: [[paulo]] [[ante]] mediam noctem silentio ex [[oppido]] egressi, Caes. B. G. 7, 11; cf. id. ib. 7, 18; 7, 60; Liv. 8, 23, 9, 38.—Poet., in plur.: silentia noctis, Lucr. 4, 461; Stat. Th. 1, 441: [[quid]] me alta silentia cogis Rumpere, Verg. A. 10, 63; Ov. M. 7, 184: taciturna silentia, Lucr. 4, 585: torquent illum furibunda silentia, Stat. Th. 10, 890.—The [[stillness]], [[quietness]] of the fields: [[nactus]] silentia ruris, Ov. M. 1, 232; cf.: vidit desolatas agere alta silentia terras, id. ib. 1, 349.—Of [[wood]] [[that]] makes no [[noise]], does not [[snap]], Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., in augural lang., [[freedom]] from [[disturbance]]; [[hence]], faultlessness, perfectness in the [[taking]] of [[auspices]]: id [[silentium]] dicimus in auspiciis, [[quod]] omni [[vitio]] caret, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 34, 71; cf. Fest. p. 348 Müll.; s. v. sinistrum, p. 351 ib.; and v. Becker, Antiq. vol. 2, [[pars]] 3, p. 76 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[standstill]] (opp. to [[motion]] or [[activity]]); [[cessation]], [[repose]], [[inaction]], tranquillity, etc. ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): [[mundus]] caeli [[vastus]] constitit silentio, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 2 med.: [[silentium]] perpetuum judiciorum ac [[fori]], Cic. Pis. 14, 32; cf. Tac. Agr. 39: vitam silentio transire, Sall. C. 1, 1: [[silentium]] otiumque [[inter]] armatos, Liv. 2, 45: biduum [[deinde]] [[silentium]] fuit neutris transgredientibus amnem, id. 37, 38: [[idem]] praeturae [[tenor]] et [[silentium]], Tac. Agr. 6: [[quantum]] [[distant]] a morte silentia vitae? Sil. 3, 145.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sĭlentĭum</b>,⁸ ĭī, n. ([[sileo]]),<br /><b>1</b> silence : ceteris [[silentium]] fuit Cic. de Or. 3, 143, les autres firent silence ; [[silentium]] facere Liv. 2, 45, faire faire silence ; fit a præcone [[silentium]] Sen. Rhet. Contr. 9, 2, 10, le héraut fait faire silence, cf. Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 28 ; [[silentium]] fieri jubere Cic. Div. 1, 59, commander le silence ; significare Cic. Br. 290, donner le signal du silence ; de Partho [[silentium]] [[est]] Cic. Att. 5, 16, 4, sur les Parthes, silence = on ne dit [[rien]] des Parthes ; a silentio vindicare Cic. de Or. 2, 7, arracher au silence, à l’obscurité, à l’oubli &#124;&#124; abl. silentio, en silence : Cæs. G. 7, 11, 7 ; 7, 28, 6, etc. ; Cic. Prov. 29 ; Phil. 7, 8, etc. ; præterire silentio [[aliquid]] Cic. [[Sulla]] 62, [[passer]] sous silence qqch., cf. Cic. Part. 82 &#124;&#124; silentio noctis Cæs. G. 7, 36, 7, dans le silence de la nuit, cf. Cæs. G. 7, 26, 2 &#124;&#124; [poét. plur.] silentia noctis Lucr. 4, 461, le silence de la nuit, cf. Virg. En. 10, 63 ; Ov. M. 1, 232, etc.<br /><b>2</b> [l. [[augurale]] absence de toute défectuosité dans la prise des auspices : Cic. Div. 2, 71, cf. Fest. 348, 29<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] silence, repos, inaction, oisiveté : [[silentium]] judiciorum Cic. Pis. 32, le silence des tribunaux &#124;&#124; silentio vitam transire Sall. C. 1, 1, traverser la vie en silence, sans faire parler de soi, sans [[rien]] faire.
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{{Georges
|georg=silentium, iī, n. ([[sileo]]), die Lautlosigkeit, das Stillsein, [[Schweigen]], [[Stillschweigen]], die [[Stille]], I) eig.: A) im allg.: s. est, Cic.: audire alqd magno silentio, Cic.: silentio od. cum silentio audiri, geneigtes [[Gehör]] [[finden]], Cic. u. Liv.: [[ubi]] [[silentium]] coepit, [[als]] [[Stille]] eintrat, [[als]] es [[still]] wurde, Sall.: [[silentium]] [[inde]] [[aliquamdiu]] tenuit (dauerte [[fort]]), Liv.: maestum me [[intra]] [[silentium]] [[tenui]], [[ich]] beobachtete [[ein]] tr. Schw., Plin. ep.: [[silentium]] tenuit, er beobachtete Schw., Liv.: maestum [[aliquamdiu]] [[silentium]] obtinuit, Liv.: obstinatum [[silentium]] obtinuit, Liv.: [[silentium]] in alqo audiendo servare, Liv.: rumpere [[silentium]], Curt., obstinatum [[silentium]], Curt.: rumpere silentia voce, Ov., alta silentia verbis, Verg., [[hoc]] [[iterum]] sermone silentia, Ov.: si [[quando]] [[pietas]] nostra [[silentium]] rupit, Plin. pan. – [[silentium]] facere, [[Schweigen]] [[beobachten]], Plaut. u.a.: [[silentium]] manu facere, Sen. rhet.: [[silentium]] manu poscere, Tac.: facere [[silentium]] fabulae, dem Schauspiele [[ruhig]] [[zusehen]], Plaut.: [[silentium]] fieri iubere, Cic. – [[aber]] [[silentium]] facere classico, [[Schweigen]] [[bewirken]], Cic.: [[ebenso]] aspectu, Tac. – [[silentium]] agere de alqo, [[Schweigen]] [[beobachten]], Quint.: cum silentio animum attendere, [[ruhig]] [[aufmerken]], Ter.: cum silentio ad alqm convenire, Liv.: silentio praeterire, [[mit]] [[Stillschweigen]] [[übergehen]], Cic. ([[aber]] ut nulla [[pars]] orationis silentio praeteriretur, [[ohne]] [[Zuruf]], [[ohne]] [[Geräusch]], Cic.): silentio transire, silentio praetervehi, Cic.: silentio transmittere, Tac. (s. Otto Tac. ann. 1, 13. [[not]]. 30): [[silentium]] est de alqo, ist's [[still]], Cic.: [[usque]] ad [[Abraham]] de iustorum aliquorum, [[qui]] [[pie]] deum colerent, commemoratione [[silentium]] est per annos [[amplius]] [[quam]] [[mille]], Augustin. de civ. dei 16, 2, 3: plagas ferre silentio, Cic.: furto silentia demere, den [[Diebstahl]] ausplaudern, Ov. – v. der [[Stille]] der [[Nacht]], silentio noctis, Caes. u.a.: [[primo]] silentio noctis, Liv.: per [[silentium]] noctis, Liv.: poet. im Plur., muta silentia noctis, Ov.: severa silentia noctis, Lucr.: taciturna silentia rumpi, Lucr. – [[von]] der [[Stille]] [[des]] Feldes, silentia ruris, Ov. [[met]]. 1, 232. – v. der [[Stille]] [[einer]] Örtl., silentio semoti loci defensi, Amm. 19, 5, 5. – B) insbes.: a) die Ungestörtheit, [[also]] Fehlerlosigkeit in der [[Beobachtung]] der [[Wahrzeichen]], Cic. de div. 2, 71 sq.; vgl. [[Fest]]. 348 (a), 29. – b) das [[Stillschweigen]] der [[Leute]] [[über]] jmd., die Ruhmlosigkeit, laudem eorum [[iam]] [[prope]] senescentem ab oblivione hominum [[atque]] a silentio vindicare, der ruhmlosen [[Vergessenheit]] [[entreißen]], Cic. de or. 2, 7: [[quod]] ut paucos in lucem famamque provexit, [[ita]] multos e tenebris et silentio protulit, aus ruhmloser [[Dunkelheit]] hervorgezogen hat, Plin. ep. 9, 14. – II) übtr., die [[Stille]], der [[Stillstand]], die [[Ruhe]], [[Muße]], [[Untätigkeit]], verb. [[silentium]] otiumque, Liv.: [[silentium]] iudiciorum ac [[fori]], Cic.: vitam transire silentio, Sall.: [[biduum]] [[deinde]] [[silentium]] fuit, Liv.
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==Translations==
Afrikaans: stilte; Albanian: heshtje; Arabic: صَمْت‎, سُكُوت‎; Egyptian Arabic: سكوت‎; Armenian: լռություն; Asturian: silenciu; Azerbaijani: sükut; Bashkir: тынлыҡ; Belarusian: цішыня́, маўча́нне; Breton: didrouz; Bulgarian: тишина́, мълча́ние; Catalan: silenci; Chinese Mandarin: 沉默; Crimean Tatar: süküt; Czech: ticho, mlčení; Danish: tavshed, stilhed; Dutch: stilte; Egyptian: ; s	g; r	A2; ; Esperanto: silento; Estonian: vaikus; Faroese: tøgn; Finnish: hiljaisuus, äänettömyys; French: silence; Galician: silencio; Georgian: დუმილი; German: Stille, Schweigen; Alemannic German: Stili; Greek: σιωπή, σιγή, ησυχία; Ancient Greek: σιγή, σιωπή; Hebrew: שקט‎, דממה‎; Hindi: ख़ामोशी, चुप्पी; Hungarian: csend, csönd, hallgatás; Icelandic: þögn, ró; Ido: silenco; Irish: tost; Italian: silenzio; Japanese: 静けさ, 静寂, 黙秘, 沈黙; Kazakh: тыныштық, жайшылық; Korean: 침묵; Kurdish Central Kurdish: بێدەنگ‎; Latin: silentium; Latvian: klusums; Lithuanian: tyla; Macedonian: тишина, молчење; Maori: haumūmūtanga; Mongolian: нам гүм; Northern Sami: jaskatvuohta; Norwegian: ro, taushet, togn; Bokmål: stillhet; Occitan: silenci; Old Church Slavonic: тишина; Old English: swīġe, stilnes; Old Norse: þǫgn; Pashto: ګنګه روژه‎, چوپتيا‎; Persian: خاموشی‎, سکوت‎; Polish: cisza, milczenie; Portuguese: silêncio; Quechua: upalla; Romanian: liniște, tăcere; Russian: тишина́, молча́ние; Scots: seelence; Scottish Gaelic: tosd, sàmhchair; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: тишѝна, му̑к; Roman: tišìna, mȗk; Slovak: ticho, mlčanie; Slovene: tišina, molk; Spanish: silencio; Swahili: kimya; Swedish: tystnad; Tagalog: katahimikan; Tatar: тынлык; Telugu: నిశ్శబ్దము; Thai: ความเงียบ; Tocharian B: ām; Turkish: sessizlik, sükut; Turkmen: ümsümlik; Ukrainian: ти́ша, мовча́ння; Urdu: خاموشی‎; Vietnamese: sự yên lặng; Volapük: seil; Welsh: distawrwydd, tawelwch; Yiddish: שטילקייט‎; Yucatec Maya: ch’een, ch’ench’enki; Zulu: ukuthula