placidus
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
plăcĭdus,⁸ a, um (placeo), doux, calme, paisible : clemens et placidus Ter. Ad. 864, au caractère indulgent et doux, cf. Cic. Cæc. 28 ; dicendi placidum genus Cic. Br. 276, éloquence calme, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 183 ; placidissima pax Cic. Tusc. 5, 48, le calme le plus profond ; placidus pontus, amnis Lucr. 5, 1004 ; Ov. M. 1, 702, mer, fleuve paisible ; arbores placidiores Plin. 16, 16, arbres moins sauvages
