γαλήνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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; <b class="b3">οἱ δ' ἐλόωσι γαλήνην</b> [[will]] [[sail]] the [[calm sea]], 7.319; [[stillness]] of [[deep]] [[water]]s, Coluth.360; νηνεμίας τε καὶ γ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''153c; ἐν ταῖς γ. καὶ εὐδίαις [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''533b30: metaph. of the [[mind]], [[calmness]], [[serenity]], [[φρόνημα]] νηνέμου γαλάνας A.''Ag.''740 (lyr.); [[ἐν γαλήνῃ]] = [[in calm]], [[in quiet]], S.''El.''899; γ. ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ Pl.''Lg.''791a.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[lead sulphide]], [[galena]], Plin.''HN''33.95, 34.159.<br><span class="bld">III</span> name of an [[antidote]], Androm. ap. Gal.14.32. (Aeol. [[γελήνη]] (sic) acc. to Jo.Gramm.''Comp.'' 3.1; perhaps akin to [[γελάω]].)