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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

  • φ σὺ οἶδασ τὴν ἀνάγκην μου, ὅτι βδελύσσομαι τὸ σημεῖον τῆσ ὑπερηφανίασ μου, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ μου ἐν ἡμέραισ ὀπτασίασ μου. βδελύσσομαι αὐτὸ ὡσ ράκοσ καταμηνίων καὶ οὐ φορῶ αὐτὸ ἐν ἡμέραισ ἡσυχίασ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 4:37)
  • τῶν δὲ κατὰ τόπον στρατηγῶν Τιμόθεοσ καὶ Ἀπολλώνιοσ ὁ τοῦ Γενναίουσ, ἔτι δὲ Ἱερώνυμοσ καὶ Δημοφῶν, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ Νικάνωρ ὁ Κυπριάρχησ οὐκ εἴων αὐτοὺσ εὐσταθεῖσ καὶ τὰ τῆσ ἡσυχίασ ἄγειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:2)
  • ὁ προσέχων αὐτῇ οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ ἀνάπαυσιν, οὐδὲ κατασκηνώσει μεθ̓ ἡσυχίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 28:16)
  • καὶ πρὸσ τὴν ἐργασίαν τὸ μὲν δυνάμενον ἑδραῖον εἶναι, πρὸσ δὲ τὰσ ἔξωθεν θυραυλίασ ἀσθενέσ, τὸ δὲ πρὸσ μὲν τὰσ ἡσυχίασ χεῖρον, πρὸσ δὲ τὰσ κινήσεισ ὑγιεινόν· (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 19:1)
  • ὁ δὲ τᾶσ ἡσυχίασ βίοτοσ καὶ τὸ φρονεῖν ἀσάλευτόν τε μένει καὶ συνέχει δώματα· (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. peace

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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