γαλήνη
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A stillness of the sea, calm (γ. μὲν ἐν θαλάσσῃ νηνεμία δ' ἐν ἀέρι Arist.Top.108b25, but cf. Od.5.452, 12.168), Hom. only in Od., λευκ ὴ δ' ἦν ἀμφὶ γαλήνη 10.94; οἱ δ' ἐλόωσι γαλήνην will sail the calm sea, 7.319; stillness of deep waters, Coluth.360; νηνεμίας τε καὶ γ. Pl.Tht.153c; ἐν ταῖς γ. καὶ εὐδίαις Arist.HA533b30: metaph. of the mind, calmness, serenity, φρόνημα νηνέμου γαλάνας A.Ag.740 (lyr.); ἐν γαλήνῃ in calm, quiet, S.El.899; γ. ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ Pl.Lg.791a. II lead sulphide, galena, Plin.HN33.95, 34.159. III name of an antidote, Androm. ap. Gal.14.32. (Aeol.γελήνη (sic) acc. to Jo.Gramm.Comp. 3.1; perh. akin to γελάω.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 471] ἡ (eigentl. »die Glänzende«, »die heiter Strahlende«, γαλερός, ἀγλαός = ἀγαλόσ, γάλα u. s. w.; man beachte λευκὴ γαλήνη Odyss. 10, 94); 1) Wind-, Meeresstille, von Hom. an überall; Odyss. 5, 391. 12, 168 ἄνεμος μὲν ἐπαύσατο ἠδὲ γαλήνη ἔπλετο νηνεμίη; 10, 94 οὐ μὲν γάρ ποτ' ἀέξετο κῦμά γ' ἐν αὐτῷ, οὔτε μέγ' οὔτ' ὀλίγον, λευκὴ δ' ἦν ἀμφὶ γαλήνη; 5, 452 vom Flußgotte in Scheria ὁ δ' αὐτίκα παῦσεν ἑὸν ῥόον, ἔσχε δὲ κῦμα, πρόσθε δέ οἱ ποίησε γαλήνην, τὸν δ' ἐσάωσεν ἐς ποταμοῦ προχοάς; 7, 319 οἱ δ' ἐλόωσι γαλήνην, werden bei Windstille, auf ruhigem Meere fahren; neben νηνεμία Plat. Theaet. 153 c; übertr., Ruhe, Heiterkeit, Soph. El. 887; γαλήνην ἡσυχίαν τε ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἀπεργάσασθαι Plat. Legg. VII, 791 a; βίου Luc. Al. 61; öfter bei Sp., z. B. Plut. Num. 20. – 2) Bleierz, ἱBleiglanz, Plin. H. N. 33, 6. – 3) ein Gegengift, Galen.
