ἡσυχία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">-ιη</b>, Dor. ἁσ-(?), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">rest, quiet</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.18.22</span>, etc.; personified in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Av.</span>1321</span> (lyr.); ἁ. φιλεῖ συμπόσιον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.48</span>: c. gen. obj., <b class="b3">ἡ. τῆς πολιορκίης</b> <b class="b2">rest from . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.135</span>; τῆς ἡδονῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>583e</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ λυπεῖσθαι</b> ibid; <b class="b3">περί τι</b> ib.c; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς εἰρήνης ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.5.25</span>: in pl., αἱ ἡ. σήπουσι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span>153c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">silence, stillness</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>77</span> (anap.); esp. of the Pythagoreans, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Vit.Auct.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> with Preps., <b class="b3">δι' ἡσυχίης εἶναι</b> keep [[quiet]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.206</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῇ ἡσυχία</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν τι</b> to keep it [[quiet]], not speak of it, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.<b class="b3">γ</b> ; <b class="b3">ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν σφέας αὐτούς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">93</span>; ἐν ἡ. διατριβειν <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.5.2</span>; ἐφ' ἡσυχίας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1517</span>; μένειν ἐπὶ ἡσυχία <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.13.2</span>; <b class="b3">κατ' ἡσυχίην πολλήν</b> quite at one's [[ease]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.208</span>, <span class="bibl">D.8.12</span>; <b class="b3">καθ' ἡσυχίαν</b> at [[leisure]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1224</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 3.48</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">διὰ σπουδῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.2.28</span>; <b class="b3">μετὰ . . ἡσυχίας</b> [[quietly]], <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hipp.</span>205</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> with Verbs, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b3">ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν</b> keep [[quiet]], be <b class="b2">at peace</b> or <b class="b2">at rest</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>38a</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.2</span>, <span class="bibl">D.4.1</span>, etc.; περὶ μὲν τῶν ἄλλων ἡ. ἦγον, ὑπὲρ δέ . . <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.49</span>; <b class="b3">κινήσεων</b> [[from]] movements, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>89e</span>; keep [[silent]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>143</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ra.</span>321</span>: pl., <b class="b3">τὰς ἡ. ἄγειν</b> or <b class="b3">ἔχειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.3.114a</span>, <span class="bibl">11.493f</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἡσυχίαν ἔχειν</b>, = [[ἡ. ἄγειν]], but generally implying less continuance, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.45</span>, <span class="bibl">7.150</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>3.2.27</span>; ἡ. ἔχειν πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Lys.28.7</span>; keep [[silent]], <b class="b3">τὰ δεινὰ ἡ. ἑκτέον</b> [[about]] them, <span class="bibl">D.58.60</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">solitude, a sequestered place</b>, h.Merc.356, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.21</span>.</span>