Tranquillus

Latin-English

tranquill|us, -a, -um. (tranˈkʷil.lus) adj.

1. Tranquil, calm, peaceful, quiet.

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• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 14.3:

Tranquillae tuae quidem litterae. Quod utinam diutius! Nam Matius posse negabat.

Your letter, at least, was peaceful. If only it could be that way longer—Matius says it cannot.

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 2.17:

Verum, ut scribis, haec in Arpinati a. d. VI. circiter Idus Maias non deflebimus [...] sed conferemus tranquillo animo.

True, as you say, we won't be crying about this at Arpinum around the tenth of May; we will discuss it calmly.

• γʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 7.7:

cetera videntur esse tranquilla; tranquillissimus autem animus meus qui totum istuc aequi boni facit

Everything else seems to be going peaceably; my mind is quite peaceable itself, taking that whole matter with contentment.