ἀκήν
κράτιστοι δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν δικαίως κριθεῖεν οἱ τά τε δεινὰ καὶ ἡδέα σαφέστατα γιγνώσκοντες καὶ διὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων → the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it | and they are most rightly reputed valiant who, though they perfectly apprehend both what is dangerous and what is easy, are never the more thereby diverted from adventuring
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.
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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv.
silencieusement, tranquillement.
Étymologie: cf. *ἀκέω.
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.
