ἡσυχάζω

ἡσῠχ-άζω, [tense] fut.

A

-άσω Th.2.84

, AP5.132 (Maec.),

-άσομαι Luc. Gall.1

: [tense] aor.

ἡσύχᾰσα Th.1.12

: ([etym.] ἥσυχος):—keep quiet, be at rest, σὺ δ'

ἡσύχαζε A.Pr.329

, cf. 346; ἡ ἀπορία τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν the difficulty of finding rest, Th.2.49;

οἱ πολέμιοι ἡσύχαζον X.An.5.4.16

;

ἀνάγκη τὸ ἡσυχάζον ἑστάναι Pl.Prm.162e

;

τοὺς [νόμους] οὐκ ἐῶν ἡσυχάζειν ἐν τιμωρίαις Luc.Abd.19

; ἡ. πρὸς μίαν θύρην, of a lover, AP5.166 (Asclep.);

ὁ διαλεκτικὸς ἡσυχάσει S.E.P.2.239

: freq. in part.,

ἡσυχάζων προσμενῶ S.OT620

, cf. E.Or.134; ὥστε μὴ ἡσυχάσασα αὐξηθῆναι by resting from war, Th.1.12; ἡσυχαζουσῶν τῶν νεῶν ib.49;

μόλις ἡσυχάσαντες Id.8.86

;

ἡσυχάζουσαν ἔχων τὴν διάνοιαν Isoc.5.24

; τὸ ἡσυχάζον τῆς νυκτός the dead of night, Th.7.83; ἡ. ἀπό τινος keep away from . . , AP5.132 (Maec.): c. dat., suspend work on, PFay.117.23 (ii A.D.); ἀλλ' ἡσύχαζε only be tranquil, calm thyself, E.HF98, IA 973.

b ὁ -άζων, with or without λόγος, a fallacy, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.8 (pl.), Gell.1.2.4 (pl.).

II trans., bring to rest,

ἡσυχάσας τὼ δύο εἴδη, τὸ τρίτον δὲ κινήσας Pl.R.572a

.

b abs., impose silence, D.C.69.6.

2 leave unspoken,

ἃ χρὴ λέγειν Ph.1.254

, cf. 2.268;

τὰς ἀπειλάς J.AJ7.7.3

.

III [voice] Pass. in impers. sense, ἡσυχάζεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς there is quiet, LXXJb.37.17.