conticēscō (-cīscō）

   conticēscō (-cīscō） 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.