placidus

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫa.kɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈplaː.t͡ʃi.d̪us]
• 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

   • 8 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

First/second-declension adjective.

• 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