ἀκήν

English (LSJ)

(cf. ἀκή B), acc. form as adverb, softly, silently, Hom. mostly in phrase ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ Il.3.95, al.; also οἱ δ' ἄλλο ἀκὴν ἴσαν 4.429.

German (Pape)

[Seite 72] (vgl. ἀκέων), still, schweigend, Hom. ἀκὴν ἴσαν Iliad. 4, 429; ἀκην ἔσαν Od. 2, 82. 4, 285; ἀκην ἐμεναι Od. 21, 239. 385; ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ, sie wurden still, schwiegen, Iliad. 3, 95. 7, 92. 398. 8, 28. 9, 29. 430. 693. 10, 218. 313. 23, 676 Od. 7, 154. 8, 234. 11, 333. 13, 1. 16, 393. 20, 320; – Orph. Arg. 829; – die Gramm. nehmen es als accus. von ἀκή = ήσυχία, dah. sp. D. auch ἀκην ἔχειν, Mosch. 2, 18; Opp. Cyn. 1, 32. Vgl. ἀκᾶ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv.
silencieusement, tranquillement.
Étymologie: cf. *ἀκέω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀκήν: (ᾰ) adv. молча, безмолвно Hom.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀκήν: (ἴδε ἐν λ. ἀκή ΙΙ), αἰτιατ. ἐν χρήσει ὡς ἐπίρρ. = ἡσύχως, σιγά, Ὅμ. τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῇ φράσει, ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ, Ἰλ. Γ. 95, καὶ ἀλλ.· ὡσαύτως, οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι ἀκὴν ἴσαν, Δ. 429.

English (Autenrieth)

adv. silent, with ἴσαν, ἔσαν, ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ, ‘were hushed’ in silence, Od. 16.393.

Greek Monolingual

ἀκὴν (Α) (αιτ. του ἀκὴ ΙΙ)
(ως επίρρ.) αθόρυβα, σιωπηλά.

Greek Monotonic

ἀκήν: (ἀκή II), επίρρ., ήσυχα, ήρεμα, σιωπηλά, σιγά, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.

Middle Liddell

[ἀκή II]
softly, silently, Il.

Translations

quietly

Arabic: بِهُدُوء‎; Armenian: կամաց, հանգիստ; Belarusian: ці́ха; Bulgarian: тихо; Catalan: silenciosament; Chinese Mandarin: 悄悄地, 安靜地, 安静地; Czech: tiše; Esperanto: silente, kviete; Finnish: hiljaa, hiljaisesti; French: paisablement, tranquillement, quiètement; Georgian: წყნარად, ჩუმად; German: ruhig, leise; Alemannic German: liis, liisli; Greek: αθόρυβα; Ancient Greek: σιγῇ, σιωπῇ, ἀκήν; Ido: silence; Japanese: 静かに; Korean: 조용하게, 조용히; Macedonian: тивко; Maori: māika; Nahuatl: yocoxquia; Northern Sami: jaska; Polish: cicho; Portuguese: silenciosamente; Russian: тихо, смирно; Sanskrit: तूष्णीम्; Scottish Gaelic: os ìosal; Serbo-Croatian: tȉho, ти̏хо; Slovak: ticho; Slovene: tiho; Spanish: mansamente, despacio; Tocharian B: ām; Ukrainian: тихо