ἡσυχαστής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἡσῠχᾰ́ζω (hēsŭkhắzō, “to be at rest, keep quiet”) + -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.sy.kʰas.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.sy.kʰasˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.sy.xasˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.sy.xasˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.si.xasˈtis/
Noun
ἡσῠχᾰστής • (hēsŭkhăstḗs) m (genitive ἡσῠχᾰστοῦ); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἡσῠχᾰστής ho hēsŭkhăstḗs |
τὼ ἡσῠχᾰστᾱ́ tṑ hēsŭkhăstā́ |
οἱ ἡσῠχᾰσταί hoi hēsŭkhăstaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἡσῠχᾰστοῦ toû hēsŭkhăstoû |
τοῖν ἡσῠχᾰσταῖν toîn hēsŭkhăstaîn |
τῶν ἡσῠχᾰστῶν tôn hēsŭkhăstôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἡσῠχᾰστῇ tōî hēsŭkhăstēî |
τοῖν ἡσῠχᾰσταῖν toîn hēsŭkhăstaîn |
τοῖς ἡσῠχᾰσταῖς toîs hēsŭkhăstaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἡσῠχᾰστήν tòn hēsŭkhăstḗn |
τὼ ἡσῠχᾰστᾱ́ tṑ hēsŭkhăstā́ |
τοὺς ἡσῠχᾰστᾱ́ς toùs hēsŭkhăstā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἡσῠχᾰστᾰ́ hēsŭkhăstắ |
ἡσῠχᾰστᾱ́ hēsŭkhăstā́ |
ἡσῠχᾰσταί hēsŭkhăstaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἡσυχαστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press