tranquillus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from an earlier *trānsquīlus (with quantitative metathesis), from trāns- + the root of quiēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [traŋˈkʷɪl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [traŋˈkʷil.lus]

Adjective

tranquillus (feminine tranquilla, neuter tranquillum, adverb tranquillē or tranquillō); first/second-declension adjective

1. (of the weather or similar) quiet, calm, still, tranquil

   Synonyms: misericors, mītis, placidus, quiētus, clēmēns

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

2. (of a person) placid, composed, untroubled, undisturbed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tranquillus	tranquilla	tranquillum		tranquillī	tranquillae	tranquilla
genitive	tranquillī	tranquillae	tranquillī		tranquillōrum	tranquillārum	tranquillōrum
dative	tranquillō	tranquillae	tranquillō		tranquillīs
accusative	tranquillum	tranquillam	tranquillum		tranquillōs	tranquillās	tranquilla
ablative	tranquillō	tranquillā	tranquillō		tranquillīs
vocative	tranquille	tranquilla	tranquillum		tranquillī	tranquillae	tranquilla

Derived terms

• tranquillē
• tranquillitās
• tranquillō
• tranquillum

Descendants

• → Catalan: tranquil
• → English: tranquil
• → Esperanto: trankvila
• → French: tranquille
• → Italian: tranquillo
• → Portuguese: tranquilo
• → Romanian: tranchil
• → Sicilian: tranquillu
• → Spanish: tranquilo

References

• “tranquillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tranquillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tranquillus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tranquillus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 627