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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.le.oː/, [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.le.o/, [ˈsiːleo]

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

   • Motto of Operation Gladio:

     Silendo libertatem servo.

     By being silent, I protect liberty.

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

• silēns
• silenter
• silentium
• silentus

Related terms

• silentiārius
• silentiōsē
• silentiōsus

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.