con-tĭcĕo

ēre, v. n.

a strengthened form for taceo

I. to be silent, be still (late Lat.), Calp. Ecl. 4, 98; Lact. 5, 2, 9; Hier. in Isa. 1, 1; 17, 64; cf.: conticeo, σιωπῶ, Gloss. Lab.; v. also conticesco.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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