Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἡσυχίη ‎(hēsukhíē) (Ionic)
• ἁσυχία ‎(hasukhía) (Doric)

Noun

ἡσυχίᾱ • ‎(hēsukhíā) f ‎(genitive ἡσυχίᾱς); first declension

1. peace
   • Homer, Odyssey 18.22

     ἡσυχίη δ' ἂν ἐμοὶ καὶ μᾶλλον ἔτ' εἴη αὔριον

     I shall have more peace tomorrow if I do

   • Pindar, Olympian Ode 4.16

     καὶ πρὸς ἁσυχίαν φιλόπολιν καθαρᾷ γνώμᾳ τετραμμένον

     and whose pure thoughts are turned towards city-loving peace

2. silence, stillness, rest, quiet
   • Euripides, Alcestis 77

     τί ποθ' ἡσυχία πρόσθεν μελάθρων;

     What means this stillness before the palace?

Inflection

Descendants

• ησυχία ‎(isychía)

References

• ἡσυχία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἡσυχία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ἡσυχία» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἡσυχία in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G2271”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acquiescence idem, page 9.
  • apathy idem, page 33.
  • calm idem, page 109.
  • calmness idem, page 109.
  • composure idem, page 153.
  • content idem, page 167.
  • contentment idem, page 168.
  • coolness idem, page 172.
  • ease idem, page 259.
  • equability idem, page 280.
  • equanimity idem, page 280.
  • gentleness idem, page 357.
  • impassivity idem, page 419.
  • imperturbability idem, page 421.
  • inaction idem, page 425.
  • indifference idem, page 433.
  • leisure idem, page 485.
  • mildness idem, page 529.
  • nonchalance idem, page 559.
  • passivity idem, page 597.
  • patience idem, page 598.
  • peace idem, page 600.
  • peacefulness idem, page 601.
  • philosophy idem, page 610.
  • phlegm idem, page 610.
  • placidity idem, page 616.
  • quiescence idem, page 666.
  • quiet idem, page 666.
  • repose idem, page 697.
  • reserve idem, page 701.
  • resignation idem, page 702.
  • rest idem, page 704.
  • restfulness idem, page 705.
  • retirement idem, page 707.
  • sang-froid idem, page 733.
  • sedateness idem, page 748.
  • serenity idem, page 754.
  • sobriety idem, page 790.
  • softness idem, page 791.
  • stillness idem, page 817.
  • stoicism idem, page 819.
  • stolidity idem, page 819.
  • supineness idem, page 840.
  • tranquility idem, page 887.
  • unconcern idem, page 910.