ἥσυχος

See also: ήσυχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Osthoff and Brugman connected this word to Latin sinō (“to permit, allow”) (assuming cognacy with Latin sēmen (“seed”)), but this is now viewed as impossible.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.sy.kʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.sy.kʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sy.xos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sy.xos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.si.xos/

Adjective

ἥσῠχος • (hḗsŭkhos) m or f (neuter ἥσῠχον); second declension

quiet, still, calm
quiet, gentle, moderate
(of persons) cautious
(of the voice) gentle

Declension

Second declension of ἥσῠχος; ἥσῠχον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἥσῠχος hḗsŭkhos	ἥσῠχον hḗsŭkhon	ἡσῠ́χω hēsŭ́khō	ἡσῠ́χω hēsŭ́khō	ἥσῠχοι hḗsŭkhoi	ἥσῠχᾰ hḗsŭkhă
Genitive	ἡσῠ́χου hēsŭ́khou	ἡσῠ́χου hēsŭ́khou	ἡσῠ́χοιν hēsŭ́khoin	ἡσῠ́χοιν hēsŭ́khoin	ἡσῠ́χων hēsŭ́khōn	ἡσῠ́χων hēsŭ́khōn
Dative	ἡσῠ́χῳ hēsŭ́khōi	ἡσῠ́χῳ hēsŭ́khōi	ἡσῠ́χοιν hēsŭ́khoin	ἡσῠ́χοιν hēsŭ́khoin	ἡσῠ́χοις hēsŭ́khois	ἡσῠ́χοις hēsŭ́khois
Accusative	ἥσῠχον hḗsŭkhon	ἥσῠχον hḗsŭkhon	ἡσῠ́χω hēsŭ́khō	ἡσῠ́χω hēsŭ́khō	ἡσῠ́χους hēsŭ́khous	ἥσῠχᾰ hḗsŭkhă
Vocative	ἥσῠχε hḗsŭkhe	ἥσῠχον hḗsŭkhon	ἡσῠ́χω hēsŭ́khō	ἡσῠ́χω hēsŭ́khō	ἥσῠχοι hḗsŭkhoi	ἥσῠχᾰ hḗsŭkhă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἡσῠ́χως hēsŭ́khōs		ἡσῠχώτερος hēsŭkhṓteros		ἡσῠχώτᾰτος hēsŭkhṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἡσυχάζω (hēsukházō)
ἡσυχαῖος (hēsukhaîos)
ἡσυχαστέος (hēsukhastéos)
ἡσυχαστής (hēsukhastḗs)
ἡσυχαστικός (hēsukhastikós)
ἡσυχάστρια (hēsukhástria)
ἡσυχάω (hēsukháō)
ἡσυχῇ (hēsukhēî)
ἡσυχία (hēsukhía)
ἡσυχικός (hēsukhikós)
ἡσύχιμος (hēsúkhimos)
ἡσύχιος (hēsúkhios)
ἡσυχιότης (hēsukhiótēs)
ἡσυχόομαι (hēsukhóomai)
ἡσυχοποιός (hēsukhopoiós)
ἥσυχως (hḗsukhōs)

Descendants

Greek: ήσυχος (ísychos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἥσυχος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 526-7