[ˈkʷi.eːs], [ˈkʷiː.es]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *kʷjētis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).
Cognates include Avestan 𐬱𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌- (šāⁱti-, “happiness”), Old Persian [script needed] (šiyāti-, “luck”), Old Armenian հանգչիմ (hangčʻim). See also tranquillus.
- declension-3the rest of sleep, repose
“… nec placidam membrīs dat cūra quiētem.” — [The thought of Aeneas] grants no stillness to [Dido’s] limbs, nor rest from her worries.
“excutitur terrōre quiēs: Numa vīsa revolvit” — Rest is being driven out by terror: Numa ponders the visions,
and within himself he recalls the ambiguities and obscure commands.
(King Numa Pompilius is startled awake after dreaming of how to appeas
- declension-3quiet, calm, lull, peace, cessation from labor
- declension-3, figurativelydream
“per quiētem” — through/in a dream
Formaequiēs(canonical, feminine) · quiētis(genitive) · quiēs(nominative, singular) · quiētēs(nominative, plural) · quiētis(genitive, singular) · quiētum(genitive, plural) · quiētī(dative, singular) · quiētibus(dative, plural) · quiētem(accusative, singular) · quiētēs(accusative, plural) · quiēte(ablative, singular) · quiētibus(ablative, plural) · quiēs(singular, vocative) · quiētēs(plural, vocative)