ἥσυχος

A. quiet, ἥ. ἀνστρέφεται Hes. Th. 763; ἥσυχοι ἔργ’ ἐνέμοντο Id. Op. 119; ἥ . . . ὁδὸν ἔρχεο go thy way in peace, Thgn. 331; ἥ. καθεύδειν Anacr. 88; ἥ. θακεῖν, θάσσειν, S. Aj. 325, E. Hec. 35; ἥσυχοι ἔστε Hdt. 7.13, cf. 1.88; ἔχ’ ἥσυχος keep quiet, keep still, Id. 8.65, E. Med. 550; μέν’ ἥ. Ar. Av. 1199, Th. 925; γίγνεσθε E. Cyc. 94, cf. Ba. 1362; κατεθεᾶτο X. Cyr. 5.3.55; ἡσύχῳ ποδὶ χωρεῖν E. Or. [136]; ἡσύχῳ φρενῶν βάσει, i. e. in thought, A. Ch. 452; ἐν ἡσύχῳ quietly, S. OC 82; ἥ. δορί inactive with it, E. Fr. 998; τὸ ἥ. τῆς εἰρήνης, v.l. for ἡσύχιον, Th. 1.120; νοῦς ἥ. τῶν πράξεων at rest from . . , free from . ., Plot. 6.8.5.

2. quiet, gentle, of character, in Comp. ‐αιτέρα, A. Eu. 223, cf. E. Supp. 952, etc.; οἱ δ’ ἀφ’ ἡσύχου ποδὸς δύσκλειαν ἐκτήσαντο Id. Med. 217; ὄμματος παρ’ ἡ. A. Supp. 199; γλῶσσα ‐ωτέρα S. Ant. 1089; ὀργῇ ὑπόθες ἥσυχον πόδα moderate thy wrath, E. Ba. 647; τὸ ξύνηθες ἥ. their accustomed quietness, Th. 6.34; ἡσυχαίτερα less severe, Id. 3.82.

3. cautious, πρόνοια E. Or. 1407 (lyr.); of persons, Id. Supp. 509.

4. of the voice, gentle, φωνὴ ‐αιτέρα X. Cyr. 1.4.4.

5. implicit, Plot. 6.2.20.

II. Comp. and Sup. ‐αίτερος, ‐αίτατος, A. Eu.l.c., Th. 3.82, Pl. Phlb. 24c, X. Cyr. 1.4.4, 6.2.12; ‐ώτερος, ‐ώτατος, S. Ant. 1089, Pl. Chrm. 160a (nisileg. ‐ιώτατος); ‐έστατος Sch.Lyc. 3.

III. Adv. ‐χως A. Supp. 724; κάρτ’ ἂν εἶχον ἡ. E. Supp. 305; ἡ. ναίειν Id. Heracl. 7; gently, cautiously, Id. Or. 698; slowly, πορεύεσθαι X. Cyr. 5.3.53, etc.: Ion. Comp. ἡσυχέστερον Hp. Salubr. 3,5: Sup., ὡς ἡσυχαίτατα Pl. Chrm. 160a: neut. ἥσυχον, Dor. ἅσυχον, as Adv., v.l. in Theoc. 14.27: pl., ἅσυχα Id. 2.11,100, 6.12, Hymn.Is. 103. (Dor. ἁς‐ is dub., ἥσυχος, ἡσυχῆ, ἡσυχία codd. Pi., ἡσύχ‐ιμος, ‐ιος, as v.l.)