The corpus record — Latin

silesco

to become still

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Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k
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What it meant

sĭlesco — Lewis & Short

sĭlesco, ĕre,

I v. inch. n. [sileo], to become still, silent, calm, or quiet (rare; not in Cic.; syn. obmutesco): dum hae silescunt turbae, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 10: deum domus alta silescit, Verg. A. 10, 101: caeli furor aequinoctialis Zephyri silescit auris, Cat. 46, 3: venti silescunt, Ov. Tr. 2, 151.

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