ἀκήν
From LSJ
ἀνήρ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται → a man cleaves each to his fellow, each to one's fellow
English (LSJ)
(cf. ἀκή B), acc. form as Adv.,
A 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.
