The corpus record

ἠρεμ-έω

eremeo

to be still, keep quiet, be at rest

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Where it lives

De Insomniis 2 · 8.38/10k
De Somno et Vigilia 2 · 6.73/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 4 · 5.76/10k
De Interpretatione 1 · 1.61/10k
Metaphysics 12 · 1.53/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
Enneads 9 · 0.42/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἠρεμ-έω · ērem-eō — LSJ

to be still, keep quiet, be at rest, acquiesce

to be still, keep quiet, be at rest, opp. κινέομαι, Hp. Fract. 6, Arist. Ph. 238b23, al., Aristox. Harm. p.12 M.; τὸ ἠρεμοῦν, opp. τὸ κινούμενον, Pythag. ap. Arist. Metaph. 986a24; of the object of knowledge, Pl. Phd. 96b, Arist. APo. 100a6; ἐν τοῖς νόμοις ἠρεμοῦντες διαμένειν X. Ages. 7.3; acquiesce in a verdict, Pl. Lg. 956d; ἠ. τῇ διανοίᾳ Arr. Epict. 2.21.22: acc. to Stoics, only of animate beings, Stoic. 2.161.

2 to be unmoved, remain fixed

to be unmoved, remain fixed, μόνος οὗτος ἠ. ὁ λόγος Pl. Grg. 527b, cf. Lg. 891a.

3 refrain from

c. inf., refrain from doing . . , Luc. Jud.Voc. 4 (s.v.l.).

In the wild

ἠρεμήσαντος · ēremēsantos Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2454)
ἠρεμοῦντα · ēremounta Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 27)
ἠρεμήσαντος · ēremēsantos Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 56)
ἠρέμησεν̓ · ēremēsen Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 19)
ἠρεμοῦντι · ēremounti Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 22)
ἠρεμεῖν · ēremein Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 24)

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Where it came from

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