γαλήνη

• γᾰλᾱ́νᾱ (gălā́nā) — Doric
• γελήνη (gelḗnē) — Aeolic

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵelh₂-, the same root of γελάω (geláō, “to laugh”). This word must originally have meant "cheerfulness"; compare also γελεῖν (geleîn, “to shine, flourish”).

γᾰλήνη • (gălḗnē) f (genitive γᾰλήνης); first declension

1. calm, stillness of wind or sea
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.452:

     πρόσθε δέ οἱ ποίησε γαλήνην

     prósthe dé hoi poíēse galḗnēn

     and he made a calm before him

   1. serenity, tranquility, calmness
2. galena, lead sulphide
3. type of antidote

• “γαλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γαλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γαλήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γαλήνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαλήνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γαλήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G1055 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • calm idem, page 109.
  • lull idem, page 504.
  • peace idem, page 600.
  • quiet idem, page 667.
  • repose idem, page 697.
  • stillness idem, page 817.
  • tranquility idem, page 887.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γαλήνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257

• IPA^(key): /ɣaˈli.ni/

γαλήνη • (galíni) f (uncountable)

1. serenity, equanimity
2. calm, quiet, peaceful