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|lshtext=<b>rĕ-quĭesco</b>: ēvi, ētum, 3 (sync. requierant, Cat. 84, 7:<br /><b>I</b> requierunt, Verg. E. 8, 4: requiesset, Cat. 64, 176: requiesse, Liv. 26, 22), v. n. and a.<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to [[rest]] one's [[self]], to [[rest]], [[repose]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21: legiones [[invicem]] requiescere [[atque]] in [[castra]] reverti jussit, Caes. B. C. 3, 98 fin.: ut in ejus sellā requiesceret, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104: in nostris sedibus, Cat. 64, 176: [[lecto]], Prop. 1, 8, 33; Tib. 1, 1, 43: hac [[humo]], Ov. M. 10, 556 sq.: terrā Sabaeā, id. ib. 10, 480: somno molli, Cat. 66, 5: sub umbrā, Verg. E. 7, 10 et saep.: nullam partem noctis, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97: hanc noctem [[mecum]], Verg. E. 1, 80: longas noctes [[tecum]], Tib. 6, 53: geminas Arctos Alcmenae, rested [[two]] nights for the [[sake]] of [[Alcmena]], Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 25: requiescens a rei publicae pulcherrimis muneribus ... requiescendi [[studium]], Cic. Off. 3, 1, 2: a turbā rerum, Ov. P. 4, 5, 27: [[quamvis]] [[ille]] suā [[lassus]] requiescat avenā, Prop. 3, 32, 75. — In [[part]]. perf.: [[paululum]] requietis militibus, having rested [[themselves]], Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 8, 4; v. under P. a.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of things ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[luce]] sacrā requiescat [[humus]], requiescat [[arator]], Tib. 2, 1, 5: aures omnibus, Cat. 84, 7: aures a strepitu hostili, Liv. 26, 22: postes, Prop. 1, 16, 15: [[navis]] in vacua harenā, id. 2, 25 (3, 20), 7: [[vitis]] in ulmo, rests, supports itself, Ov. M. 14, 665; cf.: cum tot sideribus [[caelum]] requievit in [[illo]] (Atlante), id. ib. 4, 661: [[infelix]] dum requiescit [[amor]], Tib. 1, 2, 4: requiescit [[labor]] [[ille]], etc., Quint. 11, 2, 43: [[stilus]] lectione, id. 1, 12, 4: pectora requierunt, Stat. Th. 12, 514.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., of the [[dead]], to [[rest]], [[repose]] in the [[grave]]: ubi (sc. in sepulcro) [[remissa]] humana [[vita]] [[corpus]] requiescat malis. Vides [[quanto]] haec (sc. verba Ennii) in errore versentur; portum esse corporis et requiescere in sepulcro putat mortuum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; Mart. 1, 94, 1: ossa quieta, [[precor]], tutā requiescite in urnā, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 67; cf. Vulg. Apoc. 14, 13.— Freq. in epitaphs: hic requiescit, Petr. 71, 12; Mart. 6, 18, 1 al.: REQVIESCIT IN PACE D(omini), Inscr. Orell. 962.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[repose]], [[find]] [[rest]], [[take]] [[consolation]]: ubi [[animus]] ex multis miseriis [[atque]] periculis requievit, Sall. C. 4, 1: lacrimis fatigatur [[auditor]] et requiescit, Quint. 6, 1, 28: in alicujus Caesaris sermone, [[quasi]] in [[aliquo]] peropportuno deversorio, Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 234: in spe alicujus requiescere, id. Cael. 32, 79: requiescendum in hac lectione, Quint. 10, 1, 27: [[nisi]] eorum [[exitio]] non requieturam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 886.—<br /><b>II</b> Act., to [[let]] [[rest]]; to [[stop]], [[stay]], [[arrest]] ([[only]] [[poet]]., and [[mostly]] [[with]] a homogeneous [[object]]): sol [[quoque]] perpetuos meminit requiescere [[cursus]], [[Calvus]] ap. Serv. Verg. E. 8, 4: mutata suos requierunt flumina [[cursus]], Verg. E. 8, 4; id. Cir. 232. — Hence, rĕquĭētus, a, um, P. a. (not [[ante]] - Aug.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rested, refreshed: militem requietum, integrum (opp. itinere fatigatum et onere fessum), Liv. 44, 38 fin.: [[paululum]] requietis militibus, Sall. H. 1, 41 Dietsch: requietis et ordinatis suis, Front. Strat. 1, 6, 3; 2, 5, 25: [[ager]], i. e. [[that]] has lain [[fallow]], Ov. A. A. 2, 351.— Comp.: [[terra]] requietior et [[junior]], Col. 2, 1, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In econom. lang., [[that]] has lain or been kept for a [[long]] [[time]], i. e. [[that]] is not [[fresh]], [[stale]]: lac, Col. 7, 8, 1: ova, id. 8, 5, 4.