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ἥσυχος

ἥσυχος, ἥσυχος, quiet, calm, inactive

ἥσῠχ-ος, Dor. ἅσ- (v. fin.), ον,
  • quiet, ἥ. ἀνστρέφεται Hes. Th. 763; ἥσυχοι ἔργʼ ἐνέμοντο Id. Op. 119; ἥ . . . ὁδὸν ἔρχεο go thy way in peace, Thgn. 331; ἥ. καθεύδειν Anacr. 88; ἥ. θακεῖν, θάσσειν, S. Aj. 325, E. Hec. 35; ἥσυχοι ἔστε Hdt. 7.13, cf. 1.88; ἔχʼ ἥσυχος keep quiet, keep still, Id. 8.65, E. Med. 550; μένʼ ἥ. Ar. Av. 1199, Th. 925; γίγνεσθε E. Cyc. 94, cf. Ba. 1362; κατεθεᾶτο X. Cyr. 5.3.55; ἡσύχῳ ποδὶ χωρεῖν E. Or. [136]; ἡσύχῳ φρενῶν βάσει, i. e. in thought, A. Ch. 452; ἐν ἡσύχῳ quietly, S. OC 82; ἥ. δορί inactive with it, E. Fr. 998; τὸ ἥ. τῆς εἰρήνης, v.l. for ἡσύχιον, Th. 1.120; νοῦς ἥ. τῶν πράξεων at rest from . ., free from . ., Plot. 6.8.5.
      • 2 quiet, gentle, of character, in Comp. -αιτέρα, A. Eu. 223, cf. E. Supp. 952, etc.; οἱ δʼ ἀφʼ ἡσύχου ποδὸς δύσκλειαν ἐκτήσαντο Id. Med. 217; ὄμματος παρʼ ἡ. A. Supp. 199; γλῶσσα -ωτέρα S. Ant. 1089; ὀργῇ ὑπόθες ἥσυχον πόδα moderate thy wrath, E. Ba. 647; τὸ ξύνηθες ἥ. their accustomed quietness, Th. 6.34; ἡσυχαίτερα less severe, Id. 3.82.
      • 3 cautious, πρόνοια E. Or. 1407 (lyr.); of persons, Id. Supp. 509.
      • 4 of the voice, gentle, φωνὴ -αιτέρα X. Cyr. 1.4.4.
      • 5 implicit, Plot. 6.2.20.
    • II Comp. and Sup. -αίτερος, -αίτατος, A. Eu. l.c., Th. 3.82, Pl. Phlb. 24c, X. Cyr. 1.4.4, 6.2.12; -ώτερος, -ώτατος, S. Ant. 1089, Pl. Chrm. 160a (nisi leg. -ιώτατος) ; -έστατος Sch. Lyc. 3.
    • III Adv. -χως A. Supp. 724; κάρτʼ ἂν εἶχον ἡ. E. Supp. 305; ἡ. ναίειν Id. Heracl. 7; gently, cautiously, Id. Or. 698; slowly, πορεύεσθαι X. Cyr. 5.3.53, etc.: Ion. Comp. ἡσυχέστερον Hp. Salubr. 3, 5: Sup., ὡς ἡσυχαίτατα Pl. Chrm. 160a: neut. ἥσυχον, Dor. ἅσυχον, as Adv., v.l. in Theoc. 14.27: pl., ἅσυχα Id. 2.11, 100, 6.12, Hymn.Is. 103. (Dor. ἁσ- is dub., ἥσυχος, ἡσυχῆ, ἡσυχία codd. Pi., ἡσύχ-ιμος, -ιος, as v.l.)

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