ἡσυχία
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See also: ησυχία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ἥσῠχος (hḗsukhos, “quiet”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.sy.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.syˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.syˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.syˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.siˈçi.a/
Noun
ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ • (hēsukhíā) f (genitive ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- peace
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 4.16:
- καὶ πρὸς ἁσυχίαν φιλόπολιν καθαρᾷ γνώμᾳ τετραμμένον
- kaì pròs hasukhían philópolin katharâi gnṓmāi tetramménon
- and whose pure thoughts are turned towards city-loving peace
- καὶ πρὸς ἁσυχίαν φιλόπολιν καθαρᾷ γνώμᾳ τετραμμένον
- silence, stillness, rest, quiet
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ hē hēsukhíā |
τὼ ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ tṑ hēsukhíā |
αἱ ἡσῠχῐ́αι hai hēsukhíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱς tês hēsukhíās |
τοῖν ἡσῠχῐ́αιν toîn hēsukhíain |
τῶν ἡσῠχῐῶν tôn hēsukhiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἡσῠχῐ́ᾳ têi hēsukhíāi |
τοῖν ἡσῠχῐ́αιν toîn hēsukhíain |
ταῖς ἡσῠχῐ́αις taîs hēsukhíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱν tḕn hēsukhíān |
τὼ ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ tṑ hēsukhíā |
τᾱ̀ς ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s hēsukhíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ hēsukhíā |
ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ hēsukhíā |
ἡσῠχῐ́αι hēsukhíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “ἡσυχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἡσυχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἡσυχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἡσυχία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2271 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- acquiescence idem, page 9.
- apathy idem, page 33.
- calm idem, page 109.
- calmness idem, page 109.
- composure idem, page 153.
- content idem, page 167.
- contentment idem, page 168.
- coolness idem, page 173.
- ease idem, page 259.
- equability idem, page 280.
- equanimity idem, page 280.
- gentleness idem, page 357.
- impassivity idem, page 419.
- imperturbability idem, page 421.
- inaction idem, page 427.
- indifference idem, page 433.
- leisure idem, page 485.
- mildness idem, page 529.
- nonchalance idem, page 562.
- passivity idem, page 597.
- patience idem, page 598.
- peace idem, page 600.
- peacefulness idem, page 601.
- philosophy idem, page 610.
- phlegm idem, page 610.
- placidity idem, page 616.
- quiescence idem, page 667.
- quiet idem, page 667.
- repose idem, page 697.
- reserve idem, page 701.
- resignation idem, page 702.
- rest idem, page 704.
- restfulness idem, page 705.
- retirement idem, page 707.
- sang-froid idem, page 733.
- sedateness idem, page 748.
- serenity idem, page 754.
- sobriety idem, page 790.
- softness idem, page 791.
- stillness idem, page 817.
- stoicism idem, page 819.
- stolidity idem, page 819.
- supineness idem, page 840.
- tranquility idem, page 887.
- unconcern idem, page 910.
- “ἡσυχία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011