ἡσυχάζω: Difference between revisions

|txtha=1st aorist ἡσύχασα; ([[ἥσυχος]] (equivalent to [[ἡσύχιος]])); as in Greek writings from [[Aeschylus]] [[down]], to [[keep]] [[quiet]], i. e.<br /><b class="num">a.</b> to [[rest]], to [[cease]] from labor: to [[lead]] a [[quiet]] [[life]], said of those [[who]] are [[not]] [[running]] [[hither]] and [[thither]], [[but]] [[stay]] at [[home]] and [[mind]] [[their]] [[business]]: to be [[silent]], i. e. to [[say]] [[nothing]], [[hold]] [[one]]'s [[peace]]: ἡσύχασαν καί [[οὐχ]] εὕροσαν λόγον, SYNONYMS: ἡσυχάζειν, σιγᾶν, σιωπαν: ἡσσυχάζειν describes a [[quiet]] [[condition]] in the [[general]], inclusive of [[silence]]; σιγᾶν describes a [[mental]] [[condition]] and its [[manifestation]], [[especially]] in [[speechlessness]] ([[silence]] from [[fear]], [[grief]], [[awe]], etc.); σιωπαν, the [[more]] [[external]] and [[physical]] [[term]], denotes [[abstinence]] from [[speech]], [[especially]] as antithetic to [[loquacity]]. Schmidt i., [[chapter]] 9; iv., [[chapter]] 175.]