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.