conticesco
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contĭcesco: (contĭcisco, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 28; id. Mil. 2, 4, 56; Arn. 5 init.), tĭcŭi, 3,
I v. inch., to become still, to cease speaking or sounding (class. in prose and poetry).
I Lit.: sed conticiscam: nam audio aperiri foris, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 28; id. Mil. 2, 4, 56: ad quod ille quidem conticescit, sed sermonem suscipit Polus, Quint. 2, 15, 28: ad hos casus, i. e. in such cases, id. 6, 1, 42: conscientiā convictus repente conticuit, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10: consedit ille; conticui, id. Har. Resp. 4, 7: conticuere omnes, Verg. A. 2, 1; Ov. M. 6, 293; 10, 430.—
B To keep silence, not to speak (very rare): paulisper alter, alterius conspectu, conticuere, Liv. 30, 30, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.—Poet. with acc.: tantum nefas conticuit, Val. Fl. 3, 302.—
II Transf., of things: numquam de vobis (hominum) gratissimus sermo conticescet, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33: nec ulla umquam aetas de tuis laudibus conticescet, id. Marc. 3, 9: conticuit lyra, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 43: tubae, Mart. 7, 80: conticuere undae, Ov. M. 5, 574.—
III Trop., to become still or quiet, come to rest, cease, decline, stop, abate (syn. obmutesco): cum obmutuisset senatus, judicia conticuissent, etc., Cic. Pis. 12, 26: ut tum conticisceret illa lamentatio et gemitus urbis, id. Red. Sen. 7, 17: artes nostrae, id. Mur. 10, 22; cf.: studium, id. Brut. 94, 324: litterae forenses et senatoriae, id. Off. 2, 1, 3: actiones tribuniciae, Liv. 4, 1, 5: tumultus, id. 2, 55, 10; 22, 55, 8: furor, id. 2, 29, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contĭcēscō¹¹ ou contĭcīscō, tĭcŭī, ĕre,
1 intr., se taire [cesser de parler] : repente conticuit Cic. Cat. 3, 10, brusquement il se tut ; nunquam de vobis gratissimus sermo conticescet Cic. Phil. 14, 33, jamais on ne cessera de parler de vous avec reconnaissance
