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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡσυχίᾱ ἡσυχίᾱ ἡσυχίαι
Genitive ἡσυχίᾱς ἡσυχίαιν ἡσυχιῶν
Dative ἡσυχίᾱͅ ἡσυχίαιν ἡσυχίαις
Accusative ἡσυχίᾱν ἡσυχίᾱ ἡσυχίᾱς
Vocative ἡσυχίᾱ ἡσυχίᾱ ἡσυχίαι

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

  • καὶ χρὴ πάλιν κἀνταῦθα καταμαθεῖν τῆσ φύσεωσ τὴν τέχνην, ὡσ οὐ μόνον ἐνεργειῶν χρησίμων δυνάμεισ ἐνέθηκεν ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὀργάνων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ τῶν ἡσυχιῶν τε καὶ κινήσεων καιροῦ προὐνοήσατο. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 38)
  • σωφρονέστεροσ ἂν εἰή, ἐπειδὴ ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῶν καλῶν τι ἡμῖν ἡ σωφροσύνη ὑπετέθη, καλὰ δὲ οὐχ ἧττον <τὰ> ταχέα τῶν ἡσυχίων πέφανται. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 132:1)
  • πολλοὺσ δὲ τῶν ἡσυχίων κατ’ ἔχθραν καὶ μῖσοσ ἴδιον ὡσ ἀντιστασιαστὰσ ἀνῄρουν οἱ διάφοροι, καὶ πᾶσ ὁ προσκρούσασ τῳ τῶν ἐπιβούλων πάλαι τηνικαῦτα ἐπιγνωσθεὶσ ὡσ ζηλωτὴσ πρὸσ αἰκίαν ἀνήγετο. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 118:1)

Synonyms

  1. peace

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