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|lshtext=<b>ac-quĭesco</b>: (adqu.), ēvi, ētum, 3, v. n., lit.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[become]] [[physically]] [[quiet]], to [[come]] to [[physical]] [[repose]]; [[hence]], in gen., to [[repose]] or [[rest]] (freq. in Cic.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[sine]] respirem, [[quaeso]]. Pe. Immo adquiesce, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 20; id. As. 2, 2, 60: vitandi caloris causā Lanuvii trīs horas acquieveram, Cic. Att. 13, 34: a lassitudine, Nep. Dat. 11, 3: somno, Curt. 9, 5, 16; cf.: gravi sopore, id. 6, 10, 6, and absol. of [[sleep]], id. 8, 6, 3: cum aures extremum [[semper]] exspectent in eoque acquiescant, Cic. Or. 59.—By [[euphemism]] (as in all languages), to [[die]] (esp. [[after]] a [[wearisome]] [[life]]): sic vir fortissimus multis variisque [[perfunctus]] laboribus, [[anno]] acquievit septuagesimo, Nep. Hann. 13, 1; cf. morte, Tac. A. 14, 64; and in [[many]] epitaphs: HIC ADQVIESCIT, etc., Inscr. Orell. 2313; 4084; 4491 al.; so, [[quiesco]], q. v.<br /><b>II</b> Fig.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[come]] to a [[state]] of [[repose]] in [[relation]] to one's wishes, desires, etc.; to [[repose]] in; to [[find]] [[rest]], [[pleasure]], etc., in; to [[rejoice]] in; in Cic. [[mostly]] [[with]] in, and of things: in the historians and [[later]] writers, [[with]] dat. or abl., and also of persons: quae delectet, in [[qua]] acquiescam, Cic. Att. 4, 16: senes in adulescentium caritate acquiescimus, id. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 3, 2, 6: qui jam aetate provecti in nostris libris acquiescunt, id. Div. 2, 2, 5. Examples in Cic. of a [[person]]: [[tecum]] ut [[quasi]] loquerer, in quo uno [[acquiesco]], Att. 9, 10, and [[with]] abl.: qui [[maxime]] P. Clodii morte acquierunt, id. Mil. 37, 102: cui [[velut]] oraculo acquiescebat, Suet. Vit. 14: uno solatio acquiescens, id. Cal. 51; id. Tib. 56: amicos elegit, quibus [[etiam]] [[post]] eum principes acquieverunt, id. Tit. 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To be [[satisfied]] [[with]], to [[acquiesce]] in or [[give]] [[assent]] to: tu, cum es [[commotus]], acquiescis, assentiris, approbas ([[where]] the [[climax]] of the ideas should be noticed, [[you]] [[accede]] to [[them]], i. e. [[you]] [[cease]] to [[oppose]] [[them]]; [[you]] [[assent]] to [[them]], i. e. [[you]] [[make]] [[known]] [[your]] [[approbation]] by words), Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141; so Suet. Vit. 14; Dig. 24, 3, 22, § 6; 38, 1, 7 al.

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|georg=ac-quiēsco (ad-quiēsco), quiēvī, quiētum, ere, [[bei]] od. [[nach]] etw. zur [[Ruhe]] [[kommen]], [[Ruhe]] [[finden]], I) körperl. [[ausruhen]], a) v. leb. [[Wesen]], Cic. u.a.: [[tres]] horas, Cic.: in [[lecto]], Curt.: in manipulo feni, Sen.: lassitudine ([[vor]] M.), Nep. – dah. α) [[mit]] u. [[ohne]] somno = [[schlafen]], Curt. u.a. – β) euphemist., [[wie]] [[unser]] [[Ruhe]] [[finden]], zur [[Ruhe]] [[kommen]], -[[eingehen]] = [[sterben]], morte, Tac. ann. 14, 64: absol., [[anno]] acquievit sexagesimo, Nep. Hann. 13, 1: [[innixus]] genibus acquievit, Val. Max. 9, 12. ext. 1: u. [[auf]] Grabsteinen = [[ruhen]], [[hic]] acquiescit N.N., Corp. inscr. Lat. 11, 1436 u. 13, 5384: [[bene]] acquiescas, [[frater]] Aucte Tulli, Borm. Uned. Inschr. no. 17, 1. – b) v. Lebl., zur [[Ruhe]] [[kommen]], [[Ruhe]] [[finden]] od. [[haben]], [[ruhen]], [[aliquid]] laxamenti, [[quo]] hominum oculi ab [[humano]] cruore acquiescant, Sen.: aures in eo ([[extremo]]) acquiescant, Cic.: [[civitas]] acquiescens, Cic.: rem familiarem [[saltem]] acquiescere, [[nicht]] angegriffen werde, Liv.: [[dolor]] admotis consolationibus acquiescit, Plin. ep. – II) [[geistig]], a) übh.: [[mentis]] [[agitatio]], [[quae]] [[numquam]] acquiescit, Cic. de off. 1, 19. – b) im Gemüte [[Ruhe]] [[gewinnen]], [[sich]] [[beruhigen]], [[sich]] beruhigt [[fühlen]], [[Trost]] u. [[Ruhe]] [[finden]], [[numquam]] sinit ([[improbitas]]) [[eum]] respirare, [[numquam]] acquiescere, Cic.: in his (litteris tuis) [[acquiesco]], Cic.: litteris lectis [[aliquantum]] acquievi, Cic. ep.: in [[quo]] [[uno]] (sc. in te) [[acquiesco]], Cic.: parvā spe cum acquievisset, Liv. – c) [[mit]] seinen [[Wünschen]] usw. zur [[Ruhe]] [[kommen]] = [[mit]] Befriedigung, [[mit]] [[Wohlbehagen]] [[bei]] etw. [[verweilen]], [[sich]] [[durch]] [[etwas]] befriedigt od. erfreut [[fühlen]], in adulescentium caritate, Cic.: m. bl. Abl., Clodii morte, Cic.: m. Dat., Sen. u.a. – d) [[mit]] jmd. einverstanden [[sein]], jmdm. [[beipflichten]], Glauben [[beimessen]], [[recht]] [[geben]], m. Dat., Suet. u. ICt. – [[non]] acqu. m. Infinit. od. m. Acc. u. Infinit. = [[nicht]] [[damit]] einverstanden [[sein]], [[sich]] [[nicht]] [[dazu]] [[verstehen]], Eccl. – / Synk. Perf.-[[Form]] adquierunt, Cic. Mil. 102.

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