sileo

See also: Sileo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *silāną (“to be still”), Old English sālnes (“silence”), Old Norse sil (“slow flowing water”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

sileō (present infinitive silēre, perfect active siluī); second conjugation, no supine stem, limited passive

  1. to be silent, noiseless, quiet, make no sound; speak not, to be quiet
    Synonym: taceō
  2. (transitive) to keep silent over or about
    Synonyms: taceō, conticēscō
  3. to be inactive; rest, cease
    Synonyms: dēsideō, vacō, langueō, cessō, resideō, iaceō, conquiēscō, conticēscō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of sileō (second conjugation, no supine stem, only third-person forms in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sileō silēs silet silēmus silētis silent
imperfect silēbam silēbās silēbat silēbāmus silēbātis silēbant
future silēbō silēbis silēbit silēbimus silēbitis silēbunt
perfect siluī siluistī siluit siluimus siluistis siluērunt,
siluēre
pluperfect silueram siluerās siluerat siluerāmus siluerātis siluerant
future perfect siluerō silueris siluerit siluerimus silueritis siluerint
passive present — — silētur — — silentur
imperfect — — silēbātur — — silēbantur
future — — silēbitur — — silēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sileam sileās sileat sileāmus sileātis sileant
imperfect silērem silērēs silēret silērēmus silērētis silērent
perfect siluerim siluerīs siluerit siluerīmus siluerītis siluerint
pluperfect siluissem siluissēs siluisset siluissēmus siluissētis siluissent
passive present — — sileātur — — sileantur
imperfect — — silērētur — — silērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — silē — — silēte —
future — silētō silētō — silētōte silentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives silēre siluisse — silērī — —
participles silēns — — — — silendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
silendī silendō silendum silendō — —

Derived terms

References
  • “sileo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sileo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sileo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 563-4
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