ἀκέων

ἀκέων, ουσα, participial form,

• softly, silently, fem. ἀκέουσα Il. 1.565, Od. 11.142: dual. ἀκέοντε 14.195; also indecl., ἀκέων δαίνυσθε 21.89, cf. h.Ap. 404; Ἀθηναίη ἀκέων ἦν Il. 4.22, 8.459.

ἀκέων, still, ruhig, schweigend ; Hom. siebzehnmal ; Il. 1.34 βῆ δʼ ἀκέων (Chryses); 1.512 ἀκέων δὴν ἧστο (Zeus); 10.85 φθέγγεο, μηδʼ ἀκέων ἐπʼ ἔμʼ ἔρχεο (Agamemnon); Od. 8.427 τοὺς ἀκέων συνέεργον (Odysseus); 10.52 ἦ ἀκέων τλαίην (Odysseus); 14.110 ἤσθιε πῖνέ τε οἶνον ἁρπαλέως ἀκέων (Odysseus); 17.465, 491, 20.184 ἀκέων κίνησε κάρη (Odysseus, Telemachus); 20.385 ἀκέων πατέρα προσεδέρκετο (Telemachus); 14.195 δαίνυσθαι ἀκέοντε (Odisseus u. Eumäus); 11.142 ἡ δʼ ἀκέουσʼ ἧσται σχεδὸν αἵματος ; Il. 1.565 ἀλλʼ ἀκέουσα κάθησο : 569 ἀκέουσα καθῆστο ; 4.22, 8.459 Ἀθηναίη ἀκέων ἦν ; Od. 21.89 ἀλλʼ ἀκέων δαίνυσθε καθήμενοι ; – Apoll.Rh. 3.85 ἀκέουσα, 1.765 optat. ἀκέοις. – Buttmann Lexil. 1.11 ff meint, ἀκέων sei ursprünglich adverbial gebrauchtes neutr. von ἄκαος, schweigend (α priv. u. χαίνω). nach der 2. Att. Decl., also eigentl. ἄκεων = ἄκαον ; mißverständlich sei dann das Wort für ein mascul. adjekt. (Partizip) angesehen worden, so daß man die Formen ἀκέουσα, ἀκέοντε, ἀκέοις bildete. Aristarch hielt ἀκέων für mascul.; Scholl. Aristonic. Il. 4.22 ἡ διπλῆ πρὸς τὸ ἀκέων. ὅτι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀκέουσα ἐξενήνεκται· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἡσύχως ; derselbe 8.459 Ἀθηναίη ἀκέων ἦν : ἡ διπλῆ, ὅτι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀκέουσα. Vgl. ἀκήν, ἀκᾶ, ἀκαλός – Il. 1.34 schrieb Zenodot ἀχέων, s. Aristonic. Scholl.; Od. 10.52 v.l. ἀέκων Scholl.

ἀκέων

-ουσα

[a ppl. form conn. with ἀκήν.]

• • 1

    In silence, without speech: βῆ ἀ. Il. 1.34. Cf. Il. 1.512, 565, 569, Il. 10.85: Od. 9.427, Od. 10.52, Od. 11.142, Od. 14.110, Od. 17.465 = 491 = Od. 20.184, Od. 20.385.

    Indeclinable: ἀκέων δαίνυσθε Od. 21.89.

    Undistracted by speech of others: δαίνυσθαι ἀκέοντε Od. 14.195. Cf. Od. 2.311.

  • 2

    Silent (indeclinable): Ἀθηναίη ἀκέων ἦν Il. 4.22 = Il. 8.459.

ἀκέων (cf. ἀκήν), mostly as adv. and indecl., but ἀκέουσα, ἀκέοντα, ἀκέοντε: in silence, still, quiet(ly).

ἀκέων v. ἀκή II

• a participial form, used as adv. like ἀκήν, softly, silently, Hom.; also dual ἀκέοντε Od. —Though ἀκέουσα occurs in Hom., yet ἀκέων stands with fem., Ἀθηναίη ἀκέων ἦν Il.; and though he has dual ἀκέοντε, yet ἀκέων occurs with pl. Verbs.