pācĭfĭco — Lewis & Short
pācĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (ante- and post-class.; also, pācĭfĭcor, ātus,
I v. dep.; v. in the foll., and cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.) [paxfacio], to make or conclude a peace (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I Lit.:
quo Metellus initio, Jugurthā pacificante, praesidium imposuerat,at the beginning of Jugurtha's negotiations for peace, Sall. J. 66, 2:
legati pacificatum venerunt,Liv. 5, 23; cf. id. 7, 40; Vulg. Col. 1, 20.—
(b) As a deponent:
pacificari cum altero statuit,Just. 6, 1, 2:
pacificatus cum Carthaginiensibus,id. 23, 1, 1: set satine tecum pacificatus sum, Antipho? have I quite made my peace with you? i. e. are you entirely reconciled? Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 14.—
II Transf., in gen., to pacify, appease (poet.):
caelestes pacificasset,Cat. 68, 75:
divos,Sil. 15, 423:
mentem suam,to soothe, quiet, Sen. Agam. 224:
aures Pieriis modis,Claud. in Ruf. 2, praef. 20.