different between quietus vs quiets

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin qui?tus (“at rest”). Doublet of quiet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa??i?t?s/
• enPR: kw?.??t?s

Noun

quietus (usually uncountable, plural quietuses)

1. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
2. (figuratively) Death.
3. Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).

Related terms

• quiescence
• quiet
• quietude

Anagrams

• tiuques

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *k?j?tos, perfect passive participle of qui?sc? (“repose, lie still”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?i?e?.tus/, [k?i?e?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwi?e.tus/, [kwi???t?us]

Participle

qui?tus (feminine qui?ta, neuter qui?tum, comparative qui?tior, superlative qui?tissimus); first/second-declension participle

1. at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet.
2. peaceful, neutral.
3. tranquil, calm.

   Synonym: tranquillus

4. excused, absolved of

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

• quiet?

Related terms

Descendants

References

• quietus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quietus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quietus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quietus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• quietus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Verb

quiets

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiet

Noun

quiets

1. plural of quiet

Anagrams

• quites

French

Adjective

quiets

1. masculine plural of quiet