conticesco

conticesco (ō) (-cīsco) ticuī, —, ere, inch.

com+taceo, to become still, cease speaking, fall silent : conscientiā convictus conticuit: subito, O.— To keep silence : paulisper, L.— To be silenced, cease, be hushed : sermo: de tuis laudibus: conticuit lyra, H.: undae, O.—Fig., to become still, cease, stop, abate : cum iudicia conticuissent: actiones tribuniciae, L.: furor, L.