ἡσῠχ-ία, Ion.
-ιη, Dor.
ἁσ-(?),ἡ,
A. rest, quiet, Od. 18.22 , etc.; personified in Pi. P. 8.1 , Ar. Av. 1321 (lyr.); ἁ. φιλεῖ συμπόσιον
Pi. N. 9.48
: c. gen. obj.,ἡ. τῆς πολιορκίης rest from . ., Hdt. 6.135 ; τῆς ἡδονῆς
Pl. R. 583e
;τοῦ λυπεῖσθαιibid;περί τιib.c;ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς εἰρήνης ἡ. D. 5.25 : in pl., αἱ ἡ. σήπουσι
Pl. Tht. 153c
.
2. silence, stillness, E. Alc. 77 (anap.); esp. of the Pythagoreans, Luc. Vit.Auct. 3 .
3. with Preps.,δι' ἡσυχίης εἶναιkeepquiet, Hdt. 1.206 ;ἐν τῇ ἡσυχία, opp.ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, Th. 3.12 ;ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν τιto keep itquiet, not speak of it, Hdt. 5.92 .γ́;ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν σφέας αὐτούςib. 93 ; ἐν ἡ. διατριβειν
Hdn. 2.5.2
; ἐφ' ἡσυχίας