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silesco

silesco, to become still, fall silent, grow calm

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

silēscō, 3, inc. n.: to become still, 10.101. (sileō)
sĭlesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [sileo],
  • to become still, silent, calm, or quiet (rare; not in Cic.; syn. obmutesco): dum hae silescunt turbae, Ter. Ad. 785: deum domus alta silescit, Verg. A. 10, 101: caeli furor aequinoctialis Zephyri silescit auris, Cat. 46, 3: venti silescunt, Ov. Tr. 2, 151.

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