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ἡσῠχ-άζω

esuchazo

keep quiet, be at rest

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Where it lives

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What it meant

ἡσῠχ-άζω · hēsych-azō — LSJ

keep quiet, be at rest, finding rest, by resting from war, the dead, keep away, suspend work on, be tranquil, calm thyself

keep quiet, be at rest, σὺ δʼ 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, AP 5.166 (Asclep.); ὁ διαλεκτικὸς ἡσυχάσει S.E. P. 2.239: freq. in part., ἡσυχάζων προσμενῶ S. OT 620, cf. E. Or. 134; ὥστε μὴ ἡσυχάσασα αὐξηθῆναι by resting from war, Th. 1.12; ἡσυχαζουσῶν τῶν νεῶν ib. 4

b

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

II bring to rest

trans., bring to rest, ἡσυχάσας τὼ δύο εἴδη, τὸ τρίτον δὲ κινήσας Pl. R. 572a.

b impose silence

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

2 leave unspoken

leave unspoken, ἃ χρὴ λέγειν Ph. 1.254, cf. 2.268; τὰς ἀπειλάς J. AJ 7.7.3.

III there is quiet

Pass. in impers. sense, ἡσυχάζεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς there is quiet, LXX Jb. 37.17.

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Where it came from

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