QUIE 
QUIN 
QUIN 
after 5th declension. JVwv. ap. Prise. 
- If Also, adjectivcly. Jq’cev. ap. 
Prise. Mentem quietem. 
aUlESCfiNTIX (quiesco), te, f. rest. Jul. 
3 Finnic. 
QLFIeSCS (quies), is, evi, etum, n. 3. to 
rest, repose, take rest, tievxdgo). Cic. 
Dux gruum revolat, ut ipse quoque qui- 
cscat. Hence, of the dead. Ovid. Feli- 
cius ossa quiescant. — Also, to come to 
rest. Virg. Priusquam sedibus (in the 
grave) ossa quierunt.-IT Hence, to 
rest, be at rest or in inaction, keep one’s 
self quiet. Cic. Urbs renovat pristina 
bella. nec potest quiescere. Id. Nirnia 
ista potentia quiescit. Tcrent. Nuptiis 
potuerat ( impers.) quiesci (infin. pass.), 
it would have been possible to be free anil 
at rest from the marriage, we might have 
been undisturbed by. Virg. Prato arm a 
quiescunt, h. e. jacent. Id. Alta quie¬ 
runt tequora, were stilled, were become 
calm. Plin. Quiescere ventos sationis 
die, utilissimum, be at rest, be still. Id. 
Quiescentes aqute, standing still, stag¬ 
nant. (In some cases, the meaning 
seems to be, to come to rest.) —Hence, 
to keep quiet or still, take no part, re¬ 
main neutral. Cic. Att. 9, 10. — Also, to 
have no care of public affairs, live a pri¬ 
vate man, live in retirement. Cic. in re- 
publica. Sueton. JVer. 34. in secessu. 
-If Also, to be still, hold one’s peace, 
be silent. Auct. ad Her. Quiesce tu, cu- 
jus pater, &c. Terent. Ut quiescant, 
moneo, et desinant male dicere. Ovid. 
Quiescebant voces.-If Also, to rest, 
repose, h. e. to sleep. Plaut. Quievi 
noctem perpetem. Cic. Prastor quies- 
cebat. Curt. Somno quiescere. Apul. 
Somnum liumanum quievi, I slept as a 
man. -If Also, to let (a thing) quietly 
take pla»c,, allow or suffer quietly. Cic. 
Tamen quiescat, rem adduci ad inter¬ 
regnum. -If Also, to hold in, stop, 
cease, leave off, give over. Cic. Placet 
Chrysippo, aliquanto prius, quam ad 
raulta perveniat, quiescere. Plaut. Qui¬ 
esce lianc rem modo petere. — And al¬ 
so, to rest, to omit, let alone. Ilorat. Art. 
380. Indoctusque pilse quiescit, does not 
try to play. Oell. Edicere quiescebat. 
-If Also, to remain undisturbed, unvi¬ 
olated. Liv. Quietura feedera. - 
If Also, to be at rest, be easy, not to be 
anxious. Plaut. cetera, h. e. de ceteris. 
-If Transitively, to make quiet, make 
to cease. Senec. tuas laudes (it may be 
like the example immediately pre¬ 
ceding, be still as to, be silent about). 
QUIeTe (quietus), adv. quietly, calmly, 
tranquilly, fieriCic. Quod aptissi- 
mum est ad quiete vivendum. Cies. 
Nostri quietissime se receperunt. Liv. 
Quietius deinde tranquilliusque eum 
bellaturum. 
liUii'.TcS (quiesco), a, um, adj. at rest, 
enjoying rest, quiet, calm, tranquil, un¬ 
disturbed, unruffled, contented, composed, 
easy, ifflvxo;. Terent. Sex ego te totos, 
Parineno, lios menses quietum reddam, 
ne sursum deorsum cursites, neve us¬ 
que ad lucem vigiles. Cic. Animo quieto 
vivere. Id. Otiosam setatein, et quietam 
sine ullo labore et contentione tradu- 
cere. Liv. Omnia quieta erant a bello. 
— Also, of inanimate things, quiet, 
calm, tranquil. Cic. Sermo senis est 
quietus et remissus, h. e. not violent or 
heated. - IT Also, at rest, quiet, keep¬ 
ing quiet. Cic. Homo quietissimus. 
Cies. Gallia quietior. Plaut. De istoc 
quietus esto, unconcerned, not anxious at 
all — Also, of inanimate things. Ilo¬ 
rat. Diluvies quietos irritat unmes,flow¬ 
ing gently ami calmly. Colum. bacca, 
that lias lain awhile ; opposed to recens. 
~~ In particular, at rest, quiet, still, li. e. 
taking no part in war, tumult or public 
business. Nepos. Hoc turbido tempore 
domi quietus erat, he remained at home 
without taking any part. Justin. Non 
contentus submovere bella, ultro etiam 
quietos lacessit. - If Also, taking 
sleep, asleep. Tacit. Quos simul quietos 
nox habuerat. — Hence, Quieti, the 
dead. Nemcs. - If Absol. Quietuin 
(as it seems), the still air. Petron. 
nrr/y 0 ? orenti quietum verberabat. 
^ & libet), quiellbet, quod- 
libet, and quidllbet, pron. whosoever will, 
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any one who will, any one whom you please, 
it matters not who, every one without dis¬ 
tinction., any one, any, all, dgrisovu. Cic. 
Si quaclibet vel minima res reperietur, 
quamobrem, &c. Ilorat. Do nomen 
quodlibet illi. Liv. Quibuslibet tem- 
poribus, at all times. Cic. Certo gene- 
re, non quolibet. Id. Hie apud majores 
nostros adliibebatur peritus, nunc quili- 
bet. Pandect. Sane non qiuelibet inju¬ 
ria est, no every-day injury, no slight 
wrong. — Also, Unus quilibet, any one, 
be he who he may ; any one, no matter who. 
Lie. and Quintil. — Substantively, Quid- 
libet. Horat. Quidlibet audendi po- 
testas, any thing; what they will. - 
If Adverb. Quolibet, to any place he (they, 
&c.) will, whithersoever he, &c. will, any 
whither. Ovid, and Lucrct. 
QUIMaTOS (quinque ; as from quimus, 
a, um, which is not used), us, m. the 
age of five years, nevTaeria. Plin. 
QUIN (from qui, tic ne, h. e. not), conj. 
and adv. that not. Cic. Eacere non pos¬ 
sum, quin mittam, li. e. I must, I cannot 
do otherwise than, I cannot but. Terent. 
Ut nullo modo introire possem, quin me 
viderent, h. e. without their seeing me. 
Cic. Quum causal nihil est, quin secus 
judicaret, no reason that he should not, 
no reason why he should not, no cause for 
not judging. Id. Nihil abest, quin sum 
miserrimus, that I am not (h. e. to my be¬ 
ing) most wretched. Id. Non poterit re- 
cusare, quin dicat, h. e. refuse to speak. 
Quadrigar. ap. Oell. Paine factum est, 
quin castra relinquerentur, h. c. itwanted 
little of the camp being left. Cic. Dubita- 
tis, quin nobilissimum civem vindicatis, 
do you hesitate or scruple to avenge I (for 
the infin.) Also, after Non dubito, Ido 
not doubt (better than the infin.). Cic. 
Non dubitabat, quin ei crederemus, Imt 
that, that. So, Cces. Non esse dubium, 
quin plurimum Helvetii possent. And, 
Cic. Cave dubites, quin, &c. (where 
there is an implied negative). Id. Non 
dubito (non dubium est), quin non, &c. 
but that not. Further, Liv. (after nego). 
Cic. Quis ignorat, quin tria genera 
sint ? who is ignorant that there are three 
kinds 7 Cces. Neque abest suspicio, 
quin, &c. (In these last three cases 
the accus. with infin. is more usual.) 
So, also, Cic. after dicere. Id. Dies 
nullus est, quin ventitet, no day passes 
that he docs not, &e. (but quin may be 
here for quo non, and accordingly come 
under the next head). Also, Plaut. 
Mirum, quin dicat, that. - IT For 
Qui (quee, quod) non. Cic. Nemo venit, 
quin videret, who did not see. Terent. 
Nihil est, quin possit depravarier, that 
cannot. Cic. Quis est, quin intelligat 7 
Id. Nego ullam picturam fuisse, quin 
conquisierit.-If Also, that — not, as 
if — not. Cic. Non quin ipse dissentiam, 
not that I do not, &c. not hit that, &c. 
Liv. Non quin breviter reddi respon- 
sum potuerit, sed ut, &c. not but that, 
•not that — not. If Also, indeed, real¬ 
ly, of a truth, troth! Plaut. Ilercle quin 
tu recte dicis. —Also, nay, even, nay even, 
and what is more. Cic. Te nec hortor, nec 
rogo, ut domum redeas: quin hinc ipse 
evolare cupio. Tcrent. (C/t.) Syre, pu- 
det me. (Sy.) credo: neque id injuria; 
quin mihi molestum est. Liv. Nun- 
quam elusa tides ; quin potius aucta. 
Cic. Credibile non est, quantum scri- 
bam die: quin etiam noctibus, ay, and 
nights too. Virg. Ausus quin etiam 
voces jactare per urbem. So with imo 
added. Cic. Quin imo (or quinimo) 
leviter inter se dissident. Plin. Ep. 
Placuit sententia Cspionis quin imrao 
consurgenti ei acclamation est. - 
ir Also, rather, nay rather. Liv. 4, 43 : 
25, 36.-- If Also, why not 7 Cic. Quin 
continetis vocem ? why do you not hold 
your peace 7 Liv. Quin conscendimus 
equos ? Curt. Quin igitur ulciscimur 
Gneciam? (See the next signif.)- 
IT It is also an exclamation expressive 
of impatience or serving to encourage. 
Terent. (Ph.) Audiobsecro. ( Du.) Non 
audio. (Ph.) parumper. (Do.) quin 
omitte me, but let me go, ioi.ll you not let 
me go 7 Id. Quin tu uno verbo die, well, 
tell me in one word. Id. Quin benefici- 
um rursum ei experiamurreddere, come. I 
now, let us try, or, why do wc not try 7 
Id. Quin jam habeo ! ay! but I have il 
already. -If Also, if not, unless. Ca¬ 
to ap. Oell. -If Quin tamen, but yet, 
but nevet thcless. Lucrct. 2, 29. (But 
Ed. Creech, lias attamcen; Ed. Eichst. 
quum tamen.) 
QUTNAM. 3 See Quisnam. 
QUINaRIOS (quini), a, um, adj. contain¬ 
ing five, neuruiiKig. Macrob. numerus, 
a five. Plin. fistula, h. e. a pipe, the 
plate of which, before it was bent, was five 
inches broad. Varr. nummus, li. e. half 
a denarius. 
QUINCTILIS, QUINCTIOS, &c. See 
Quintilis, &c. 
QUINCuNCIaLIS (quincunx), e, adj. 
of or having the form of a quincunx. 
Plin. Quincuncialis ordinum ratio.- 
ir Also, containing five twelfths of a whole ; 
for instance, of a foot. Plin. Herba 
quincuncialis, five twelfths of a foot in 
height. Id. magnitudo. 
QUINCUNX (quinque & uncia), iincis, 
adj. amounting to five twelfths. Pandect. 
usuraj, h. e.five twelfths per cent, a month , 
or five per cent, a year. -IT Hence, 
subst. Quincunx, m. five twelfths of an 
as, for instance. Horat. Si de quin- 
cunce remotaest uncia. — Of a jugernm. 
Colum. — Of a pound. Colum. — Of a 
seitarius, h. e. five cyatlii. Martial. — 
Of an estate. Plin. — In interest, five 
per cent, per annum. Pers. -IT Also, 
the five spots on dice (tesserai); hence, 
In quincuncem, after the manner of these, 
spots. Cic. Ordines (arborum) directi 
in quincuncem ; namely, thus, 
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Quintil. Quid Jllo quincunce speciosius, 
qui,in quamcumque partem spectaveris, 
rectus est? Cces. Obliquis ordinibus in 
quincuncem dispositis scrobes fodieban- 
tur. — This name is otherwise supposed 
to be derived from this, that formerly five 
uncue were expressed by five marks 
arranged in this manner: otherwise 
from the circumstance that each angle 
resembles V or five. 
QUINCuPEDAL (quinque & pes), alis, n. 
3 an instrument (for instance, a measuring 
pole or rule) five feet long. Martial, (in 
lemmate). 
QUINCBPLeX (quinque & plicoj, Tcis, 
3 adj. fivefold, izevraTTXovs. Anson. To- 
iosa. Martial, cera. So, Id. (in the 
title), Quincuplices, sc. pugillares. 
QUINDECIeS (quindecim), "adv. fifteen 
times, cenanevraKig. Cic. Sestert. (ncut. 
sing.) quindecies, h. e. fifteen hundred 
thousand sestertii. So, Martial. 7, 9, J5. 
Quindecies (where sestert. is to be sup¬ 
plied). 
QUINDECIM (quinque & decern), num. 
adj. fifteen, dcKanenre. Cces. 
QUINDECIMVIRaLIS (quindecimviri), 
e, adj. of or belonging to the quindecim- 
viri. Tacit. Sacerdotio Quindeciinvira- 
ii pneditiis. 
QUINDECIMVIRaTBS (quindecimvir), 
3 us, m. the dignity of a quindecimvir. 
Lamprid. 
QUINDECIMVIR (quindecim & vir), i, 
in. plur. Quindecimvlri, a college or 
board of fifteen men, associated together in 
an office. There were at Rome Quinde- 
cimviri Sibyllini, or merely Quindecim- 
viri, who had the charge of the Sibylline 
books, and whose duty it teas in dangerous 
times to inspect these books, to find whether 
they provided any help in the existing 
emergency. Horat. and Tacit. And in 
sing. Sueton. — Before Syila these men 
were ten in number, Decemviri. — 
There were also, Quindecimviri agris 
dandis, h. e. fifteen commissioners for the 
distribution of landsc, Plin. (in sing, 
num.) 
QUINDECIMOS (quindecim), a, um, 
3 num. adj. the fifteenth. Marcell. Em- 
pir. 
QUINDkNI. See Quinidcni. 
QUINGeNaRIOS (quingeni), a, um, adj 
2 of or containing five hundred each. Curt 
cohortes. -IT Also, of or containing 
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