ἥσυχος

See also: ήσυχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Osthoff and Brugman connected this word to Latin sinō (“to permit, allow”) (assuming cognacy with Latin sēmen (“seed”)), but this is now viewed as impossible.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.sy.kʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.sy.kʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sy.xos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sy.xos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.si.xos/

Adjective

ἥσῠχος • (hḗsukhos) m or f (neuter ἥσῠχον); second declension

quiet, still, calm
quiet, gentle, moderate
(of persons) cautious
(of the voice) gentle

Declension

Second declension of ἥσῠχος; ἥσῠχον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἥσῠχος hḗsukhos	ἥσῠχον hḗsukhon	ἡσῠ́χω hēsúkhō	ἡσῠ́χω hēsúkhō	ἥσῠχοι hḗsukhoi	ἥσῠχᾰ hḗsukha
Genitive	ἡσῠ́χου hēsúkhou	ἡσῠ́χου hēsúkhou	ἡσῠ́χοιν hēsúkhoin	ἡσῠ́χοιν hēsúkhoin	ἡσῠ́χων hēsúkhōn	ἡσῠ́χων hēsúkhōn
Dative	ἡσῠ́χῳ hēsúkhōi	ἡσῠ́χῳ hēsúkhōi	ἡσῠ́χοιν hēsúkhoin	ἡσῠ́χοιν hēsúkhoin	ἡσῠ́χοις hēsúkhois	ἡσῠ́χοις hēsúkhois
Accusative	ἥσῠχον hḗsukhon	ἥσῠχον hḗsukhon	ἡσῠ́χω hēsúkhō	ἡσῠ́χω hēsúkhō	ἡσῠ́χους hēsúkhous	ἥσῠχᾰ hḗsukha
Vocative	ἥσῠχε hḗsukhe	ἥσῠχον hḗsukhon	ἡσῠ́χω hēsúkhō	ἡσῠ́χω hēsúkhō	ἥσῠχοι hḗsukhoi	ἥσῠχᾰ hḗsukha
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἡσῠ́χως hēsúkhōs		ἡσῠχώτερος hēsukhṓteros		ἡσῠχώτᾰτος hēsukhṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἡσυχάζω (hēsukházō)
ἡσυχαῖος (hēsukhaîos)
ἡσυχαστέος (hēsukhastéos)
ἡσυχαστής (hēsukhastḗs)
ἡσυχαστικός (hēsukhastikós)
ἡσυχάστρια (hēsukhástria)
ἡσυχάω (hēsukháō)
ἡσυχῇ (hēsukhêi)
ἡσυχία (hēsukhía)
ἡσυχικός (hēsukhikós)
ἡσύχιμος (hēsúkhimos)
ἡσύχιος (hēsúkhios)
ἡσυχιότης (hēsukhiótēs)
ἡσυχόομαι (hēsukhóomai)
ἡσυχοποιός (hēsukhopoiós)
ἥσυχως (hḗsukhōs)

Descendants

Greek: ήσυχος (ísychos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἥσυχος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 526-7

ἥσυχος

Contents

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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