speechless, calm, gentle
speechless: hence, calm, gentle, ἀβάκην (Aeol. acc.) τὰν φρένʼ ἔχω Sapph. 120 L.-P.. Adv. -κέως, εὕδοντι Poet. ap. EM 2.57:—also ἀβακήμων Hsch., ἄβαξ Lex.Rhet. ap. Eust. 1494.64.
The corpus record
ἀβᾰκής
abakes
speechless
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