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ἡσυχίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡσυχίᾱ

Structure: ἡσυχι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. peace
  2. silence, stillness, rest, quiet

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • σπουδάζοντεσ δὲ περὶ τὴν πολιτείαν οὐχ ἧττον ἢ περὶ τὴν σωτηρίαν ὅλησ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ τὴν δημοκρατίαν εἰδότεσ ἐν μὲν ταῖσ ἡσυχίαισ καὶ ταῖσ ἀσφαλείαισ αὐξομένην καὶ διαμένουσαν, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ πολέμοισ δὶσ ἤδη καταλυθεῖσαν, πρὸσ μὲν τοὺσ τῆσ εἰρήνησ ἐπιθυμοῦντασ ὡσ πρὸσ ὀλιγαρχικοὺσ ὄντασ δυσκόλωσ ἔχομεν, τοὺσ δὲ τὸν πόλεμον ἀγαπῶντασ ὡσ τῆσ δημοκρατίασ κηδομένουσ εὔνουσ εἶναι νομίζομεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 17 2:1)
  • πάσαισ δὲ ταῖσ κινήσεσι κοινὸν ἐξάλλαξισ τοῦ προϋπάρχοντοσ, ὥσπερ οὖν καὶ ταῖσ ἡσυχίαισ ἡ φυλακὴ τῶν προϋπαρχόντων. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 214)
  • ἢ οὐκ ἐν ταῖσ ἐρημίασ καὶ ἡσυχίαισ, οὐκ ἐνταῦθα μάλιστα ἀνευρήκασιν οἱ ἀνόητοι ἄνθρωποι, ὅπωσ μηδὲν διανοῶνται τῶν δεόντων, ἕτερα πολλὰ καὶ ἄτοπα διανοήματα, οἷσ ἀγαπῶσι ξυνόντεσ, τυραννίδασ τε καὶ πλούτουσ καὶ ἄλλ̓ ἄττα θαυμαστὰ ἀναπλάττοντεσ αὑτοῖσ; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 30:1)

Synonyms

  1. peace

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