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Etymology

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From 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.

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈta.ke.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtaː.t͡ʃe.o]

Verb

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taceō (present infinitive tacēre, perfect active tacuī, supine tacitum); second conjugation

1. (intransitive) to be silent, say nothing, shut up, hold one’s tongue Synonyms: sileō, conticēscō Aut tacē aut face.Either shut up or do [it].
   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 5.3.5:Nōn tacēs? - Nōn taceō![1]Hold your tongue, will you? - I will not![2]
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.20: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 clearly perceive the will of [their] silence?(In other words, no senator dared to speak in Catiline’s defense.)
2. (intransitive) to be still or at rest Synonyms: conquiēscō, conticēscō, sileō, cessō
3. (transitive) to leave unsaid, keep quiet, pass over or omit in silence, make no mention of Synonyms: sileō, conticēscō
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.17: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.
   • 9 CE, Ovid, The Ibis 9–10:Quisquis is est—nam nōmen adhūc utcumque tacēbō—    cōgit inassuētās sūmere tēla manūs.Whoever he is, for the name I am still going to omit,    he forces my unaccustomed hands to take weapons.

Conjugation

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indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	taceō		tacēs		tacet		tacēmus		tacētis		tacent
	imperfect	tacēbam		tacēbās		tacēbat		tacēbāmus		tacēbātis		tacēbant
	future	tacēbō		tacēbis		tacēbit		tacēbimus		tacēbitis		tacēbunt
	perfect	tacuī		tacuistī		tacuit		tacuimus		tacuistis		tacuērunt, tacuēre
	pluperfect	tacueram		tacuerās		tacuerat		tacuerāmus		tacuerātis		tacuerant
	future perfect	tacuerō		tacueris		tacuerit		tacuerimus		tacueritis		tacuerint
passive	present	taceor		tacēris, tacēre		tacētur		tacēmur		tacēminī		tacentur
	imperfect	tacēbar		tacēbāris, tacēbāre		tacēbātur		tacēbāmur		tacēbāminī		tacēbantur
	future	tacēbor		tacēberis, tacēbere		tacēbitur		tacēbimur		tacēbiminī		tacēbuntur
	perfect	tacitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tacitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tacitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	taceam		taceās		taceat		taceāmus		taceātis		taceant
	imperfect	tacērem		tacērēs		tacēret		tacērēmus		tacērētis		tacērent
	perfect	tacuerim		tacuerīs		tacuerit		tacuerīmus		tacuerītis		tacuerint
	pluperfect	tacuissem		tacuissēs		tacuisset		tacuissēmus		tacuissētis		tacuissent
passive	present	tacear		taceāris, taceāre		taceātur		taceāmur		taceāminī		taceantur
	imperfect	tacērer		tacērēris, tacērēre		tacērētur		tacērēmur		tacērēminī		tacērentur
	perfect	tacitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tacitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		tacē		—		—		tacēte		—
	future	—		tacētō		tacētō		—		tacētōte		tacentō
passive	present	—		tacēre		—		—		tacēminī		—
	future	—		tacētor		tacētor		—		—		tacentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		tacēre			tacērī			tacēns			—
future		tacitūrum esse			tacitum īrī			tacitūrus			tacendus
perfect		tacuisse			tacitum esse			—			tacitus
future perfect		—			tacitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tacitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		tacendī		tacendō		tacendum		tacendō		tacitum		tacitū

Derived terms

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• conticeō
• fac taceās
• obticeō
• reticeō
• tacē
• tacē tu
• tacitē
• tacitus

Related terms

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• tacitulus
• taciturnitās
• taciturnus

Descendants

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• Aromanian: tac, tãtseari
• Corsican: tacia
• Dalmatian: tacar
• → English: tacit
• French: taire
• Friulian: tasê
• Istro-Romanian: tåcu
• Italian: tacere
• Megleno-Romanian: tac, tațiri, tățeari
• Piedmontese: tase
• Romanian: tăcea, tăcere
• Sicilian: taciri, tàciri
• Spanish: tacer
• Venetan: taxer

References

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• “taceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “taceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “taceo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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