1. pax — Lewis & Short
pax, pācis, f.from the root pac, pag, pacisco, pango; whence also pagina, pagus, q. v.: pacem a pactione conditionum putat dictam Sinnius Capito, quae utrique inter se populo sit observanda,
Fest. p. 230 Müll.; orig. an agreement, contract, treaty; hence,
I peace, concluded between parties at variance, esp. between belligerents; a treaty of peace; tranquillity, the absence of war, amity, reconciliation after a quarrel, public or private (cf. indutiae):
quando ita rem gessistis . . . Pax conmerciumque'st vobis mecum,Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 14:
pacem componi volo Meo patre cum matri,id. Merc. 5, 2, 113: orator sine pace redit, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 41 Müll. (Ann. v. 211 Vahl.): pacem inter sese conciliant, id. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 39 (Trag. v. 164 ib.):
videndum est cum omnibusne pax esse possit, an sit aliquod bellum inexpiabile,Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 1; 12, 5, 10:
pax est tranquilla libertas,id. ib. 2, 44, 113:
nihil est tam populare quam pax, tranquillitas, otium,id. Agr. 2, 37, 102; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:
esse pacem alicui cum aliquo,id. Phil. 7, 3, 7; 7, 8, 21:
pacem habere,id. Att. 7, 14, 1:
conciliare inter cives,id. Fam. 10, 27, 1:
conficere,id. Fl. 12, 29:
coagmentare,id. Phil. 7, 7, 24:
servare,id. ib. 7, 8, 22:
confirmare cum aliquo,id. ib. 1, 1, 2:
pace uti,id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4:
dimittere aliquem cum pace,id. Mur. 15, 32:
suscipienda bella sunt . . . ut sine injuriā in pace vivatur (cf. II. 2. infra),id. Off. 1, 11, 35:
quem L. Sulla, cum bellum invexisset totam in Asiam, cum pace dimisit,id. Mur. 15, 32:
pacem petere,Caes. B. G. 1, 27:
pangere cum aliquo,Liv. 9, 11:
componere,id. 2, 13:
impetrare,id. 30, 35:
classis bona cum pace accepta est,id. 28, 37:
itaque pax populo Caeriti data,id. 7, 20:
Bocchus neque bello neque pace antea cognitus,Sall. J. 19, 7:
pacem agitare,id. ib. 14, 10:
rumpere,Verg. A. 12, 202:
et sumptā et positā pace,Prop. 2, 1, 36:
pacem turbare,Tac. A. 12, 65:
additis qui pacem nostram metuebant,i. e. the peace granted by us. id. ib. 12, 33;
12, 29: pace belloque rempublicam regere,Suet. Aug. 61; id. Tib. 37:
bello ac pace,both in war and in peace, Liv. 8, 35; Stat. Th. 4, 839:
in pace,Hor. S. 2, 2, 110; Tac. A. 11, 10; 14, 39:
in mediā pace,Liv. 36, 11, 2:
mediā pace,Tac. A. 14, 32; Curt. 8, 10, 17:
in intimo sinu pacis,Plin. Pan. 56, 4:
alta pax,Sen. Thyest. 576.—
(b) Plur.:
hostibus victis, pacibus perfectis, etc.,Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 1; Varr. ap. Non. 149, 15: jura, judicia, bella atque paces penes paucos erant, Sall. J. 31, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8; 2, 1, 102 (Lucr. 5, 1230, ventorum paces is spurious; v. Lachm.).—
2 Personified:
Pax,the goddess of peace, Peace, Ov. F. 1, 709 sq.; 3, 882; Hor. C. S. 57; Suet. Vesp. 9; Petr. S. 124; Nep. Tim. 2; Inscr. Orell. 1823.—
B Transf.
1 Grace, favor, pardon, assistance of the gods:
pacem ab Aesculapio petas,Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 20:
Jovis supremi multis hostiis pacem expetere,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 75:
sunt hic omnia quae ad deūm pacem oportet adesse? (sc. expetundam),id. Poen. 1, 2, 42:
divum, pacem votis adit,Lucr. 5, 1229:
ab Jove Opt. Max. pacem ac veniam peto,Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:
pacis deūm exposcendae causā lectisternium fuit,Liv. 7, 2:
exorat pacem divom,Verg. A. 3, 370; 3, 261; id. G. 4, 535; Just. 20, 2, 7.—
2 Pace tuā, alicujus, with your (or his) good leave or permission:
pace quod fiat tuā,Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 13:
pace tuā dixerim,Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12; id. de Or. 1, 17, 76:
C. Claudi pace loquar,Liv. 3, 19, 7:
pace majestatis ejus dixerim,Vell. 2, 129, 3:
pace diligentiae Catonis dixerim,id. 1, 7, 4:
pace loquar Veneris: tu dea major eris,Ov. Am. 3, 2, 60.—
3 Dominion, empire, of the Romans (post-Aug.):
pax Romana,Sen. Clem. 1, 8, 2; cf.:
haec tot milia gladiorum, quae pax mea (i. e. Neronis) comprimit,id. ib. 1, 1, 2:
immensa Romanae pacis majestate,Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 3:
nostra,Tac. A. 12, 33.—
4 Pax, as an interj., peace! silence! enough! pax, abi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 213; id. Ps. 5, 1, 33; id. Stich. 5, 7, 3 al.:
capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter: pax!Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49; 4, 3, 39; Aus. Idyll. 12 fin.—
II Trop., peace, rest, quiet, ease.
1 Of inanim. objects, as of the sea:
pax ipsa tumet,Stat. Th. 7, 87:
sensim infusa tranquilla per aequora pace,Sil. 7, 258.—Of a river:
flumen cum pace delabens,Hor. C. 3, 29, 35:
fluminis,Flor. 4, 2, 28.—Of the countenance:
pacem vultus habet,tranquillity, Ov. M. 2, 858.—
2 Peace, tranquillity of mind:
pax animi,sleep, Ov. M. 11, 624:
mentis,id. Tr. 5, 12, 4:
temperantia pacem animis affert,Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 26:
semper in animo sapientis est placidissima pax,id. Tusc. 5, 16, 48.—
3 The rest or peace of death:
excepit illum magna et aeterna pax,Sen. ad Marc. 19, 5: so, REQVIESCIT IN PACE, a formula frequently found in later, esp. in Christian epitaphs, borrowed from Jewish grave-stones, on which , etc., very frequently occurred; v. the Lat.Hebr. epit. on a Jewess, in Murat. p. 1842, 4, and cf. the inscr. ib. p. 1674, 3.—
4 Peace in the church, harmony (eccl. Lat.):
quamdiu pax est in populo Dei,Lact. 5, 21, 4; 5, 13, 10.