- ἥσυχος
- ἥσυχοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `quiet, silent, slow' Hes.).Other forms: also ἡσύχιος (Φ 598), ἡσύχιμος (Pi. O. 2, 32; analogical to ἡσυχία, Arbenz Die Adj. auf -ιμος 77), ἡσυχαῖος (Att.; to ἡσυχῆ)Dialectal forms: Dor. ἅσυχ- not hyperdoric, Forssman Unt. z. Spr. Indars (1966) 48ff.Derivatives: ἡσυχῆ, -ῃ̃ adv. `quiet, softly, secretly' (IA; Schwyzer 550); ἡσυχία, -ίη `rest' (σ 22); ἡσυχάζω, -άσαι `be quiet, rest, calm' (Att.) with ἡσυχαστικός `making calm' (late). The forms with -ασ- that occur rarely in the mss. are to be seen as hyperdorisms.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. A hypothesis of Osthoff and Brugmann is given in Bq, Pok. 890 and W.-Hofmann s. sinō: from the root *seh₁- in Lat. sēmen. This is now impossible as the word had ἁ̄.Page in Frisk: 1,645
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.