tacitus

See also: Tacitus and TACITUS

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of taceō.

Participle

tacitus m (feminine tacita, neuter tacitum); first/second declension

  1. (pass.) that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned
    1. that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit
    2. that is done or exists in silence; secret, hidden, concealed
  2. (act. or neut.) that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tacitus tacita tacitum tacitī tacitae tacita
Genitive tacitī tacitae tacitī tacitōrum tacitārum tacitōrum
Dative tacitō tacitae tacitō tacitīs tacitīs tacitīs
Accusative tacitum tacitam tacitum tacitōs tacitās tacita
Ablative tacitō tacitā tacitō tacitīs tacitīs tacitīs
Vocative tacite tacita tacitum tacitī tacitae tacita

Descendants

References
  • tacitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tacitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tacitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • tacitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • tacitus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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