"silentium" meaning in Latin

See silentium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /siˈlen.ti.um/ [Classical-Latin], [s̠ɪˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /siˈlen.t͡si.um/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [siˈlɛnt̪͡s̪ium] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From silēns (“quiet, silent”) + -ium. Etymology templates: {{af|la|silēns|-ium|t1=quiet, silent}} silēns (“quiet, silent”) + -ium Head templates: {{la-noun|silentium<2>}} silentium n (genitive silentiī or silentī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|silentium<2>}} Forms: silentiī [genitive], silentī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], silentium [nominative, singular], silentia [nominative, plural], silentiī [genitive, singular], silentī [genitive, singular], silentiōrum [genitive, plural], silentiō [dative, singular], silentiīs [dative, plural], silentium [accusative, singular], silentia [accusative, plural], silentiō [ablative, singular], silentiīs [ablative, plural], silentium [singular, vocative], silentia [plural, vocative]
  1. silence, stillness, quiet, noiselessness Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms (silence): taciturnitās
    Sense id: en-silentium-la-noun-9~Wm49R8 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ium, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 94 3 3 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 49 27 24 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ium: 85 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of 'silence': 99 1 0
  2. obscurity Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-silentium-la-noun-uIiJDmnd
  3. inaction, inactivity, cessation, standstill Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-silentium-la-noun-K9hmhVi~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: argumentum ex silentio, silentiārius, silentiōsus, silentium est aurum Related terms: silēns, silenter, silentiōsē, silentus, sileō

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "argumentum ex silentio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "silentiārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "silentiōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "silentium est aurum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "silenci"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: silenci",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: silenci"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Silentium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Silentium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Silentium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "silence"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: silence",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: silence"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "silence"
          },
          "expansion": "French: silence",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: silence"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "silence",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: silence",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: silence"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "silence"
          },
          "expansion": "English: silence",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: silence"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "silenzio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: silenzio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: silenzio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "silenci"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: silenci",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: silenci"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "silencio"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: silencio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: silencio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "silencio"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: silencio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: silencio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "silêncio"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: silêncio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: silêncio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "silențiu"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: silențiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: silențiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "silencio"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: silencio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: silencio"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "silēns",
        "3": "-ium",
        "t1": "quiet, silent"
      },
      "expansion": "silēns (“quiet, silent”) + -ium",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From silēns (“quiet, silent”) + -ium.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "silentiī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "silentium<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "silentium n (genitive silentiī or silentī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "silentium<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "silēns"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "silenter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "silentiōsē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "silentus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sileō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "94 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 27 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 8 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ium",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Be quiet!",
          "text": "Fac silentium!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "With silence being obtained.",
          "text": "Silentio facto.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Nothing is said about the Parthian.",
          "text": "De Partho silentium est.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "silence, stillness, quiet, noiselessness"
      ],
      "id": "en-silentium-la-noun-9~Wm49R8",
      "links": [
        [
          "silence",
          "silence"
        ],
        [
          "stillness",
          "stillness"
        ],
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ],
        [
          "noiselessness",
          "noiselessness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "sense": "silence",
          "word": "taciturnitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "obscurity"
      ],
      "id": "en-silentium-la-noun-uIiJDmnd",
      "links": [
        [
          "obscurity",
          "obscurity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inaction, inactivity, cessation, standstill"
      ],
      "id": "en-silentium-la-noun-K9hmhVi~",
      "links": [
        [
          "inaction",
          "inaction"
        ],
        [
          "inactivity",
          "inactivity"
        ],
        [
          "cessation",
          "cessation"
        ],
        [
          "standstill",
          "standstill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈlen.ti.um/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[s̠ɪˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈlen.t͡si.um/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[siˈlɛnt̪͡s̪ium]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "silentium"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 4-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -ium",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "argumentum ex silentio"
    },
    {
      "word": "silentiārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "silentiōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "silentium est aurum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "silenci"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: silenci",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: silenci"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Silentium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Silentium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Silentium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "silence"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: silence",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: silence"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "silence"
          },
          "expansion": "French: silence",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: silence"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "silence",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: silence",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: silence"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "silence"
          },
          "expansion": "English: silence",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: silence"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "silenzio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: silenzio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: silenzio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "silenci"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: silenci",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: silenci"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "silencio"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: silencio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: silencio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "silencio"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: silencio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: silencio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "silêncio"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: silêncio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: silêncio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "silențiu"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: silențiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: silențiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "silencio"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: silencio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: silencio"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "silēns",
        "3": "-ium",
        "t1": "quiet, silent"
      },
      "expansion": "silēns (“quiet, silent”) + -ium",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From silēns (“quiet, silent”) + -ium.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "silentiī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "silentium<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "silentium n (genitive silentiī or silentī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "silentium<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "silēns"
    },
    {
      "word": "silenter"
    },
    {
      "word": "silentiōsē"
    },
    {
      "word": "silentus"
    },
    {
      "word": "sileō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Be quiet!",
          "text": "Fac silentium!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "With silence being obtained.",
          "text": "Silentio facto.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Nothing is said about the Parthian.",
          "text": "De Partho silentium est.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "silence, stillness, quiet, noiselessness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "silence",
          "silence"
        ],
        [
          "stillness",
          "stillness"
        ],
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ],
        [
          "noiselessness",
          "noiselessness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "obscurity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obscurity",
          "obscurity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inaction, inactivity, cessation, standstill"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inaction",
          "inaction"
        ],
        [
          "inactivity",
          "inactivity"
        ],
        [
          "cessation",
          "cessation"
        ],
        [
          "standstill",
          "standstill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈlen.ti.um/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[s̠ɪˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈlen.t͡si.um/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[siˈlɛnt̪͡s̪ium]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "silence",
      "word": "taciturnitās"
    }
  ],
  "word": "silentium"
}

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