requies

See also: réquies

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“again”) + quiēs (“quiet, rest”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ.kʷi.eːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.kʷi.es]

Noun

requiēs f (genitive requiētis or requiēī or requiē); variously declined, third declension, fifth declension

rest, repose, respite, cessation
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.433–434:
  “Tempus ināne petō, requiem spatiumque furōrī,
  dum mea mē vīctam doceat fortūna dolēre.”
  “I ask for an empty time, a respite and space for my passion, until my fortune teaches me — defeated — to grieve.”
Requiem aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine; et lūx perpetua lūceat eīs. (First line of the introit of the w:Requiem mass)
Grant them eternal rest, Lord; and may perpetual light shine on them.
a place of rest

Declension

The singular also attests 5th declension forms.

Third-declension noun or fifth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	requiēs	requiētēs
genitive	requiētis requiēī requiē	requiētum
dative	requiētī requiēī	requiētibus
accusative	requiētem requiem	requiētēs
ablative	requiēte requiē	requiētibus
vocative	requiēs	requiētēs

Descendants

Old French: recoi
- Middle French: requoi
Portuguese: réquie, requiem, réquia
→ English: requiem
→ Italian: requie

References

“requies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“requies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"requies", 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)
requies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.