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ἕκηλος

ekelos

untroubled, at one

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1. ἔκηλος · ekēlos — Beekes

ἔκηλος [adj.] ‘untroubled, at one’s ease, quietly’. 41Ὲ *uek- ‘wish, want’> eVAR Dor. ἔκαλος. *DER Also εὔκηλος, εὔκᾶλος (IL). From it éknAla- φιλοτησία ‘of friendship’, ebxadiaἡσυχία ‘quietness’, εὐκαλεῖ' ἀτρεμίζει ‘keeps quiet’ (H.). eETYM Uncertain. The word is best taken, as per Buttmann 1825:1: 141, as Ἐρέκᾶλος (= yéxahov: ἥσυχον H.; on the digamma, see Chantraine 1942: 129f.), from *féxa in » ἑκάεργος, etc, … — [Beekes, s.v. ἔκηλος, p. 445]

2. ἕκηλος · hekēlos — Chantraine

ἕκηλος : adj., dor. ἕκᾶλος «sans souci, à son gré» notamment à propos de gens qui participent à une fête (Hom.) ; le sens secondaire de tranquillité, etc. apparaît deux fois chez Hom. et chez les poètes postérieurs ; doubliet εὔκηλος, εὔκᾶλος même sens chez les mêmes auteurs ; noter Il. 17,371 εὔκηλοι πολέμιζον. On a p.-é. en mycén. un anthroponyme eukaro = Ebx&hos (Chadwick-Baumbach, 189). Rares dérivés qui ne sont … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἕκηλος, p. 344]

3. ἕκηλος · hekēlos — Frisk

ἕκηλος, dor. ἕκᾶλος “sorglos, nach Herzenslust, unbehelligt, ruhig’, daneben in derselben Bedeutung εὔκηλος, εὔκᾶλος (beide ep. poet. seit Il.). Davon ἑκηλία' φιλοτησία, edxakia' ἡσυχία, εὐκαλεῖ" ἀτρεμίξζει H. Nicht sicher erklärt. Am ehesten mit Buttmann Lexilogus 1, 141 als *Fexälog (= γέκαλον᾽ ἥσυχον H.; zum Digamma auch Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 1291.) zu *Fexd in &xa-e6yos (8. d.) u.a. mit suffixalem -dAog, … — [Frisk, s.v. ἕκηλος, p. 509]

4. ἕκηλος · hekēlos — Frisk

ἕκηλος. Zu ἀεκήλιος 5. ἀϊκης Nachtr. ἕκητι. Zu ἀέκητι noch Bader BSL 65 (1970) 87 m. A. 6. Ἕκτωρ. Myk. e-ko-to, e-ko-to-ri-jo. — [Frisk, s.v. ἕκηλος, p. 2210]

5. ἕκηλος · hekēlos — LSJ

at rest, at oneʼs ease, at your ease, without let, hindrance, in peace, quiet, lying at rest, fallow, unmoved

at rest, at oneʼs ease, in Hom. esp. of persons feasting and enjoying themselves, οἱ δὲ ἕκηλοι τέρπονται Il. 5.759 ; ἕκηλος πῖνε Od. 21.309 ; ἕκηλοι νεκροὺς ἂμ πεδίον συλήσετε ye will plunder them at your ease, i.e. without let or hindrance, Il. 6.70 ; ἕκηλος ἐρρέτω let him be off in peace, 9.376 ; of mere inaction, quiet, only twice in Hom., ἔσθἰ ἕκηλος Od. 17.478 ; ἕκηλοι κάτθετε 21.259, cf. Theoc. 25.100 ; ἕκαλος ἔπειμι γῆρας Pi. I. 7(6).41 ; ἕ. εὕδειν S. Ph. 769 ; ἐᾶν ἕκηλόν τινα ib. 826 : n

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἕκηλος (scan p. 445; entry #1968). Root candidates: *uek-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἕκηλος (scan p. 344; entry #2365).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἕκηλος (scan p. 509; entry #1811).

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