The corpus record

γᾰλην-ίζω

galenizo

calm, still

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What it meant — LSJ

calm, still

calm, still, esp. waves or winds, Hp. Vict. 3.71, E. Fr. 1079.

2 become calm, to be calm, tranquil

intr., become calm, prob. in Hp. Morb.Sacr. 13; to be calm or tranquil, Alex. 178.6, Ph. 1.354; τὸ γαληνίζον τῆς θαλάττης Arist. Pr. 936a5:—so in Med., Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.98.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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