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|lshtext=<b>plāco</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. etym. dub.; cf.: [[placeo]], [[planus]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[reconcile]]; constr. alicui, aliquem ([[class]]. and freq.): agedum, fac, [[illa]] ut placetur nobis, [[that]] she be reconciled to us, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 1: [[vereor]] ut placari possit, id. ib. 5, 8, 72 (cf.: redigam vos in gratiam, v. 73): coeperas eum mihi placare, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 8: rogavit ut te sibi placarem, id. Fam. 13, 1, 3: his vocibus cum in se [[magis]] incitarent dictatorem [[quam]] [[magistro]] equitum placarent, Liv. 8, 33, 1: Hannibalem [[pater]] filio meo potui placare, id. 23, 9, 4: placare aliquem rei publicae, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 17.—Pass.: quae fuit eorum tanta [[iniquitas]], ut placari [[populo]] Romano non possent? Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15: [[neque]] nullam spem habebat, patrem sibi placari posse, Liv. 40, 20, 5.—In [[mid]]. [[force]]; [[usually]] [[with]] in and acc.: [[numquam]] [[animo]] placari potuit in eum, be reconciled, i. e. [[consent]] to a [[reconciliation]], Nep. Pelop. 5, 3; cf. id. Iph. 3, 3: [[homo]] [[quietus]] et sibi ipsi [[placatus]], at [[peace]] [[with]] [[himself]], [[tranquil]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen., to [[quiet]], [[soothe]], [[calm]], [[assuage]], [[appease]], [[pacify]]: animos placare ac lenire, Cic. Fin. 1, 14: placare et mitigare animum, id. Phil. 10, 3, 6: [[numen]] deorum immortalium, Caes. B. G. 6, 15: aliquem beneficiis, Liv. 4, 33: iram deorum donis, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: benevolos objurgatores, id. N. D. 1, 3, 5: invidiam, Hor. S. 2, 3, 13.—Poet.: ventos [[sanguine]], Verg. A. 2, 116: [[Hippotades]] cum vult, aequora placet, Ov. M. 11, 432: escā ventrem iratum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 5: sitim, to [[quench]], Mart. 1, 50, 17.—<br /><b>II</b> To endeavor to [[appease]], Hor. C. 2, 14, 6; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 64.— Hence, plācātus, a, um, P. a., soothed, appeased, calmed; [[quiet]], [[gentle]], [[still]], [[calm]], [[peaceful]] ([[class]].): animi [[quietus]] et [[placatus]] [[status]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16: tranquilla, quieta [[vita]], id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: placidae ac [[minime]] turbulentae res, id. Or. 19, 63: maria, Verg. A. 3, 69: vultu ac sermone in omnes placato, Liv. 28, 32, 1.—Comp.: placatiore [[animo]] aliquid facere, Liv. 37, 45; 2, 60: dii, Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83.—Sup.: [[quies]] placatissima, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97.—Hence, adv.: plācātē, [[quietly]], [[gently]], [[calmly]], [[composedly]] ([[class]].): omnia humana [[placate]] et [[moderate]] feramus, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4. —Comp.: remissius et placatius ferre, Cic. Fam. 6, 13, 3.
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|gf=<b>plācō</b>,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., apaiser, calmer, adoucir : animos Cic. Tusc. 4, 9 ; plebem muneribus Cic. Mil. 95 ; iras Cic. Har. 63, apaiser les esprits, la plèbe par des jeux, les colères ; ventos Virg. En. 2, 116 ; æquora Ov. M. 11, 432, calmer les vents, la mer ; sitim Mart. 1, 49, 17, apaiser la soif || aliquem alicui Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 3, rendre qqn bienveillant à l’égard de qqn, cf. Cic. Att. 7, 1, 8 ; Liv. 23, 9, 4, etc. ; placari [[populo]] Romano [[non]] possunt Cic. Nat. 3, 15, ils ne peuvent être rendus favorables au peuple romain ; [[homo]] [[sibi]] [[ipse]] [[placatus]] Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, homme en paix avec lui-même. [[sub]] [[vos]] [[placo]] = [[vobis]] [[supplico]] ; v. Fest. 190, 2.
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