ἡσυχάζω

A. ‐άσω Th. 2.84, AP 5.132 (Maec.), ‐άσομαι Luc. Gall. 1: aor. ἡσύχασα Th. 1.12: (ἥσυχος):—keep quiet, be at rest, σὺ δ’ 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.49; μόλις ἡσυχάσαντες Id. 8.86; ἡσυχάζουσαν ἔχων τὴν διάνοιαν Isoc. 5.24; τὸ ἡσυχάζον τῆς νυκτός the dead of night, Th. 7.83; ἡ. ἀπό τινος keep away from . . , AP 5.132 (Maec.): c. dat., suspend work on, PFay. 117.23 (ii A.D.); ἀλλ’ ἡσύχαζε only be tranquil, calm thyself, E. HF 98, IA 973.

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

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

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

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

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