The corpus record

γᾰλήν-η

galene · ἡ

stillness of the sea, calm

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Where it lives

Meditations 7 · 2.41/10k
Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Symposium 2 · 1.15/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Odyssey 5 · 0.58/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

stillness of the sea, calm, calm sea, stillness, calmness, serenity, calm, quiet

stillness of the sea, calm (γ. μὲν ἐν θαλάσσῃ νηνεμία δʼ ἐν ἀέρι Arist. Top. 108b25, but cf. Od. 5.452, 12.168), Hom. only in Od., λευκὴ δʼ ἦν ἀμφὶ γαλήνη 10.94; οἱ δʼ ἐλόωσι γαλήνην will sail the calm sea, 7.319; stillness of deep waters, Coluth. 360; νηνεμίας τε καὶ γ. Pl. Tht. 153c; ἐν ταῖς γ. καὶ εὐδίαις Arist. HA 533b30: metaph. of the mind, calmness, serenity, φρόνημα νηνέμου γαλάνας A. Ag. 740 (lyr.); ἐν γαλήνῃ in calm, quiet, S. El. 899; γ. ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ Pl. Lg. 791a.

II lead sulphide, galena

lead sulphide, galena, Plin. HN 33.95, 34.159.

III antidote

name of an antidote, Androm. ap. Gal. 14.32. (Aeol. γελήνη (sic) acc. to Jo.Gramm. Comp. 3.1; perh. akin to γελάω.)

In the wild

γαλάνας · galanas Aeschylus, Agamemnon 737–742
γαλήνη · galēnē Aristotle, Metaphysics book 8 (DIORISIS sentence 2175)
γαλήνη · galēnē Epictetus, Discourses 2.18 (DIORISIS sentence 3048)
Γαλάνεια · Galaneia Euripides, Helen 1 (DIORISIS sentence 972)
γαλανείας · galaneias Euripides, Heracles 400–402
γαλήνʼ · galēnʼ Euripides, Orestes *)ore/sths (DIORISIS sentence 182)

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Where it came from

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