γαληνίζω
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English (LSJ)
A calm, still, esp. waves or winds, Hp.Vict.3.71, E.Fr.1079. 2 intr., become calm, prob. in Hp. Morb.Sacr.13; to be calm or tranquil, Alex.178.6, Ph.1.354; τὸ γαληνίζον τῆς θαλάττης Arist.Pr.936a5:—so in Med., Xenocr. ap. Orib.2.58.98.
German (Pape)
[Seite 471] windstill machen, beruhigen, Hippocr.; erheitern, Eur. frg. Stob. flor. 113, 5; – intrans., ruhig, heiter sein, Alexis bei Ath. IX, 421 e; καὶ χαίρειν Plut. non posse 4; vgl. B. A. 32.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γαληνίζω: ποιῶ γαλήνιον, καθησυχάζω, κατασιγάζω· ἰδίως τὰ κύματα ἢ τοὺς ἀνέμους, Ἱππ. 369. 54, Εὐρ. Ἀδήλ. 47. 2) ἀμετάβ., εἶμαι γαλήνιος, ἥσυχος, Ἄλεξ. Παρασ. 1 (ἔνθα ἴδε Meineke)· τὸ γαληνίζον τῆς θαλάττης Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 23. 41·― οὕτω παρ᾽ Ἰατρ. Ξενοκρ. Matthaei σ. 22.
