[ˈta.ke.oː], [ˈtaː.t͡ʃe.o]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tHk- (“to be silent”), formerly reconstructed as *tak-. Akin to Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old Norse þegja (Danish tie and Icelandic þegja), Old High German dagen.
- conjugation-2, intransitiveto be silent, say nothing, shut up, hold one’s tongue
“Aut tacē aut face.” — Either shut up or do [it].
“Nōn tacēs? - Nōn taceō!” — Hold your tongue, will you? - I will not!
“Quid est, Catilīna? Ecquid attendis, ecquid animadvertis hōrum silentium? Patiuntur, tacent. Quid exspectās auctōritātem loquentium, quōrum voluntātem tacitōrum perspicis?” — What is it, Catiline? Are you paying any attention, do you observe at all the silence of these [senators]? They permit it, they say nothing. Why do you await the authority of speaking [men], when you
- conjugation-2, intransitiveto be still or at rest
- conjugation-2, transitiveto leave unsaid, keep quiet, pass over or omit in silence, make no mention of
“Tum demum Liscus oratione Caesaris adductus quod antea tacuerat proponit.” — Then at length Liscus, moved by Caesar’s speech, discloses what he had hitherto kept secret.
“Quisquis is est—nam nōmen adhūc utcumque tacēbō—” — Whoever he is, for the name I am still going to omit,
he forces my unaccustomed hands to take weapons.
Formaetaceō(canonical) · tacēre(infinitive, present) · tacuī(active, perfect) · tacitum(supine) · taceō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · tacēs(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · tacet(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · tacēmus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · tacētis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · tacent(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · tacēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · tacēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · tacēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · tacēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · tacēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · tacēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · tacēbō(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · tacēbis(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · tacēbit(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · tacēbimus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)