ἡσῠχ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, Doric dialect ἁσ-(?), ἡ, rest, quiet, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.22, etc.; personified in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1321 (Lyric poetry); ἁ. φιλεῖ συμπόσιον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.48: with _genitive_ object, ἡ. τῆς πολιορκίης] Refs 8th c.BC+] rest from.. , [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.135; τῆς ἡδονῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 583e; τοῦ λυπεῖσθαι ibid; περί τι [prev. work]c; ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς εἰρήνης ἡ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.25: in _plural_, αἱ ἡ. σήπουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 silence, stillness, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 77 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the Pythagoreans, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 with Preps., δι᾽ ἡσυχίης εἶναι keep quiet, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ ἡσυχία, opposed to ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν τι to keep it quiet, not speak of it, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.γ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν σφέας αὐτούς[[ [prev. work] 93; ἐν ἡ. διατριβειν 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.5.2; ἐφ᾽ ἡσυχίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1517; μένειν ἐπὶ ἡσυχία 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.13.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἡσυχίην πολλήν quite at one's ease, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, compare 7.208, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν at leisure, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1224, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.48, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to διὰ σπουδῆς, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ.. ἡσυχίας quietly, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 205 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]