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|lshtext=<b>tranquillus</b>: a. um. adj.,<br /><b>I</b> [[quiet]], [[calm]], [[still]], [[tranquil]], opp. to [[motion]] or [[excitement]] (syn. [[serenus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[chiefly]] of [[calmness]] of [[weather]]: ut [[mare]], [[quod]] suā naturā tranquillum [[sit]], ventorum vi agitari [[atque]] turbari, Cic. Clu. 49, 138: [[tranquillo]] mari gubernare, Liv. 24, 8, 12; 38, 10, 5; 28, 17. 12: leni ac [[tranquillo]] mari, Curt. 4, 2, 8: aequora, Val. Fl. 2, 609: aquae, Ov. P. 2, 7, 8: [[caelum]], [[calm]], [[tranquil]], Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 192; cf. [[dies]], id. 2, 45, 44, § 114: [[serenitas]], Liv. 2, 62, 2: sic tranquillum [[mare]] dicitur, cum [[leviter]] movetur [[neque]] in unam partem inclinatur ... scito illud non [[stare]], sed succuti [[leviter]] et dici tranquillum, [[quia]] [[neque]] huc [[neque]] [[illo]] impetum faciat, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Subst.: tranquillum, i, n., a [[calm]]; a [[quiet]] [[sea]]: tranquillum est, Alcedonia sunt [[circum]] [[forum]], Plaut. Cas. prol. 26; cf.: qui te ad scopulum e [[tranquillo]] auferat, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8: in [[tranquillo]] tempestatem adversam optare dementis est, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83: ita aut tranquillum aut procellae in [[vobis]] sunt, Liv. 28, 27, 11: [[tranquillo]] [[pervectus]] Chalcidem, on the [[calm]], [[tranquil]] [[sea]], Liv. 31, 23, 4: classicique milites [[tranquillo]] in [[altum]] evecti, id. 26, 51, 6: non [[tranquillo]] navigamus, id. 24, 8, 13 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.: [[tranquillo]], ut aiunt, [[quilibet]] [[gubernator]] est, Sen. Ep. 85, 30: [[alia]] [[tranquillo]] [[velut]] [[oscitatio]], Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.—Plur.: testudines eminente dorso per tranquilla fluitantes, Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35: immoti jacent tranquilla pelagi, Sen. [[Troad]]. 200.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.: tranquilla et serena [[frons]], [[calm]], not disturbed, Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31: [[tranquillo]] serenoque vultu, Suet. Aug. 79. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[calm]], [[quiet]], [[peaceful]], [[placid]], [[composed]], [[untroubled]], [[undisturbed]], [[serene]], [[tranquil]] (cf. [[quietus]]): efficiendum est, ut [[appetitus]] sint tranquilli [[atque]] omni perturbatione animi careant, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102: tranquillum facere ex irato, Plaut. Cist. 3, 21; so (opp. irata) id. Poen. 1, 2, 145: [[locus]], id. Ep. 3, 4, 8: ut liqueant omnia et tranquilla sint, id. Most. 2, 1, 70: tranquillam concinna viam, id. Stich. 2, 1, 13: placata, tranquilla, quieta, beata [[vita]], Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; cf.: pacatae tranquillaeque civitates, id. de Or. 1, 8, 30: [[nihil]] quieti videre, [[nihil]] tranquilli, id. Fin. 1, 18, 38: tutae tranquillaeque res omnes, Sall. C. 16, 5; so, res, Liv. 38, 28, 1: [[tranquillo]] [[animo]] esse potest [[nemo]], Cic. Sen. 20, 74; cf.: [[tranquillo]] pectore vultuque [[sereno]], Lucr. 3, 294: [[senectus]], Hor. S. 2, 1, 57: [[otia]] [[sine]] armis, Luc. 2, 266: pax, id. 1, 171.—Comp.: ita hanc canem faciam [[tibi]] [[oleo]] tranquilliorem, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 66: tranquilliorem plebem fecerunt, Liv. 2, 63, 3: esse tranquillior [[animo]], Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6.—Of an [[orator]]: in transferendis faciendisque verbis tranquillior ([[Isocrates]]), Cic. Or. 52, 176.—Sup.: illud [[meum]] turbulentissimum [[tempus]] profectionis tuo tranquillissimo [[praestat]], Cic. Pis. 15, 33: [[cetera]] videntur esse tranquilla: tranquillissimus [[autem]] [[animus]] [[meus]], id. Att. 7, 7, 4: tranquillissima res, Ter. And. 3, 5, 14: [[otium]], Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Subst.: tranquillum, i, n., [[calmness]], [[quiet]], tranquillity, etc.: vitam ... in tam [[tranquillo]] ... locare, Lucr. 5, 12; cf.: esse in [[tranquillo]], Ter. Eun. 5 (8), 9, 8: in urbe ex [[tranquillo]] nec opinata [[moles]] discordiarum ... exorta est, Liv. 4, 43, 3: seditionem in tranquillum conferre, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: republicā in tranquillum redactā, Liv. 3, 40, 11.—Plur.: tranquilla tuens nec fronte timendus, Val. Fl. 1, 38.—Hence, adv., in [[two]] forms.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tranquillē, [[calmly]], [[quietly]], [[tranquilly]]: inclamare, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 112: [[tranquille]] placideque, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25: dicere, [[with]] [[leniter]], [[definite]], etc., id. Or. 28, 99.—Comp.: tranquillius manere, Sen. Ep. 71, 15.—Sup.: tranquillissime senuit, Suet. Aug. 2 med.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tranquillō, [[quietly]], [[without]] [[disturbance]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): nec [[cetera]] [[modo]] tribuni [[tranquillo]] peregere, Liv. 3, 14, 6; cf. [[supra]], I. b.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., tranquillizing, [[bringing]] [[peaceful]] [[news]]: tranquillae tuae [[quidem]] litterae, Cic. Att. 14, 3, 1.

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