con-tĭcĕo: ēre, v. n. a strengthened form for taceo,I to be silent, be still (late Lat.), Calp. Ecl. 4, 98; Lact. 5, 2, 9; Hier. in Isa. 1, 1; 17, 64; cf.: conticeo, σιωπῶ>, Gloss. Lab.; v. also conticesco.