1. quĭes — Lewis & Short
quĭes, ētis (f.Sanscr. çi = jacēre; Gr. kei=mai, to lie; cf. Lat. cīvis,
abl. quie, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 703 P.),I rest, quiet.
I Lit., rest, repose, cessation from labor, from cares, etc.:
locus quietis et tranquillitatis plenissimus,Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2:
senectutis,id. Deiot. 13, 38:
quem non quies, non remissio delectarent,id. Cael. 17, 39:
mors laborum ac miseriarum quies est,a state of rest, id. Cat. 4, 4, 7:
ex diutino labore quieti se dare,Caes. B. C. 2, 14:
quietem capere,to take repose, id. B. G. 6, 27:
tribus horis exercitui ad quietem datis,id. ib. 7, 41:
quietem pati,Sall. J. 101, 11:
nulla metuentibus quies,Just. 2, 13, 11.— In plur.:
uti somno et quietibus ceteris,recreations, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103. —
B In partic.
1 A quiet life, a keeping still, neutrality between political parties:
Attici quies tantopere Caesari fuit grata, ut,Nep. Att. 7, 3; Suet. Tib. 15; Tac. A. 14, 47.—
2 Quiet, peace:
quae diuturna quies pepererat,Sall. C. 31, 1:
quieti Subdita montanae bracchia Dalmatiae,Ov. P. 2, 2, 77:
ingrata genti quies,Tac. G. 14:
atrox clamor et repente quies,id. A. 1, 25:
longa,id. Agr. 11. —Transf., of inanim. things:
si non tanta quies iret frigusque caloremque Inter,i. e. the repose of spring, Verg. G. 2, 344:
ventorum,Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231:
pelagi,Stat. S. 2, 2, 26:
lenis materiae,evenness, smoothness, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—
3 The rest of sleep, repose, sleep, Plaut. Cure. 2, 2, 22:
capere quietem,to fall asleep, go to sleep, Ov. F. 1, 205:
alta,deep sleep, Verg. A. 6, 522:
ire ad quietem,to go to rest, go to sleep, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:
quieti se tradere,id. ib. 1, 29, 61:
secundum quietem,in sleep, id. ib. 2, 66, 135:
per quietem,Suet. Caes. 81:
neque vigiliis neque quietibus,Sall. C. 15, 4.—
4 The sleep of death, death:
olli dura quies oculos et ferreus urget Somnus,Verg. A. 10, 745:
quod si forte tibi properarint fata quietem,Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 25. —
II Transf.
1 A dream:
vanae nec monstra quietis, Nec somno comperta loquor,Stat. Th. 10, 205:
praesaga,id. ib. 10, 324; Vell. 2, 70, 1:
ducem terruit dira quies, nam Varum cernere visus est, etc.,Tac. A. 1, 65.—
2 A resting-place, lair of a wild beast (poet.):
intectae fronde quietes,Lucr. 1, 405.—
III Personified:
Quies,the goddess of rest, Liv. 4, 41, 8; Stat. Th. 10, 89.