silente

silente

1. silently

From Latin silentem, accusative of silēns, present active participle of sileō (“I am silent”).

• IPA^(key): /siˈlɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: si‧lèn‧te

silente (masculine and feminine plural silenti)

1. (literary) silent

   Synonyms: calmo, quieto, silenzioso, tacito (literary), tranquillo

   Antonyms: chiassoso, rumoroso

   • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “Ultimo canto di Saffo [Sappho's Last Song]”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, lines 14–15, page 42:

     Ecco di tante ¶ sperate palme e dilettosi errori, ¶ il Tartaro m’avanza; e il prode ingegno ¶ han la tenaria diva, ¶ e l’atra notte, e la silente riva.

     See, Tartarus is left of all the prizes hoped for, the sweet illusions: and the dark goddess, black night, and the silent shore confine the proud intellect.

   • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia‎, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 121:

     Fin che dinanzi a lui tra le ruine ¶ Barbariche e la polve ¶ Fumò il vigor de le virtú latine, ¶ E tutto quel che una ruina involve ¶ Ferí l’aura silente ¶ Di un grido alto e possente.

     Until, in front of him, among the barbarian ruins and the dust, the vigor of the Latin virtues smoked, and all that a ruin brings along wounded the silent air with a loud, powerful yell.

2. (literary, rare or humorous, of people) silent, taciturn

   Synonyms: muto, silenzioso, tacito (literary), taciturno

   Antonyms: chiacchierone, ciarliero, loquace, verboso

3. (genetics) silent (not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence)

   Antonym: attivo

• silenzio
• silenzioso

• leniste

• silente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

silente

1. ablative masculine singular of silēns
2. ablative feminine singular of silēns
3. ablative neuter singular of silēns

• IPA^(key): /silˈẽtɘ/
• Hyphenation: si‧len‧te

silente m or f (plural silentes, comparable)

1. silent
2. quiet

silente (plural silentes)

1. (formal) silent; noiseless