ἡσυχία

English (LSJ)

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 λυπεῖσθαι ibid; περί τι ib.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 εἶναι keep quiet, Hdt.1.206; ἐν τῇ ἡσυχία, opp. ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, Th.3.12; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν τι to keep it quiet, not speak of it, Hdt.5.92.γ ; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν σφέας αὐτούς ib.93; ἐν ἡ. διατριβειν Hdn.2.5.2; ἐφ' ἡσυχίας Ar.V.1517; μένειν ἐπὶ ἡσυχία Hdn.1.13.2; κατ' ἡσυχίην πολλήν quite at one's ease, Hdt.1.9, cf. 7.208, D.8.12; καθ' ἡσυχίαν at leisure, Ar.Lys.1224, Th. 3.48, etc.; opp. διὰ σπουδῆς, X.HG6.2.28; μετὰ . . ἡσυχίας quietly, E. Hipp.205 (anap.).    4 with Verbs,    a ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν keep quiet, be at peace or at rest, Hdt.1.66, Pl.Ap.38a, Isoc.6.2, D.4.1, etc.; περὶ μὲν τῶν ἄλλων ἡ. ἦγον, ὑπὲρ δέ . . Isoc.10.49; κινήσεων from movements, Pl.Ti.89e; keep silent, Hdt.5.92, E.Andr.143 (lyr.), Ar. Ra.321: pl., τὰς ἡ. ἄγειν or ἔχειν, Ath.3.114a, 11.493f.    b ἡσυχίαν ἔχειν, = ἡ. ἄγειν, but generally implying less continuance, Hdt.2.45, 7.150, X.Cyr.1.4.18, HG3.2.27; ἡ. ἔχειν πρός τινα Lys.28.7; keep silent, τὰ δεινὰ ἡ. ἑκτέον about them, D.58.60.    II solitude, a sequestered place, h.Merc.356, X.Mem.2.1.21.