placidus

From placeō (“please, satisfy”) +‎ -idus. Cf. plācātus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ki.dus/, [ˈpɫ̪äkɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.t͡ʃi.dus/, [ˈpläːt͡ʃid̪us]
• Homophone: Placidus

placidus (feminine placida, neuter placidum, adverb placidē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Placid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, tranquil

   Synonyms: misericors, mitis, tranquillus, quietus, clemens, mollis, lentus, lēnis

   Antonyms: violēns, obstreperus, trux, ferōx, atrōx, silvāticus, ācer

   • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.549:

     noctis erat medium placidīque silentia somnī

     It was midnight, and [there was now the] stillness of tranquil slumber.

2. (of fruits) Ripe, mellow
3. (of plants) Not wild, fruitful, suitable for cultivation

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• implacidus
• placiditās
• placidō
• placidulus
• Placidus

• “placidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “placidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• placidus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• placidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “placidus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray