Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡσυχαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡσυχαῖος ἡσυχαῖη ἡσυχαῖον

Structure: ἡσυχαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poet. for h(/suxos, Soph.

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Examples

  • καὶ αἵ τε μακραὶ ἐλάσεισ μᾶλλον ἢ αἱ πυκναὶ ἀποστροφαὶ πραύ̈νουσι τοὺσ ἵππουσ, καὶ αἱ ἡσυχαῖαι μέν, πολυχρόνιοι δὲ καθέψουσι καὶ πραύ̈νουσι καὶ οὐκ ἀνεγείρουσι τὸν θυμοειδῆ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 7:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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