ἡσυχάζω
hesychazo
keep quiet, be at rest
Appears 24 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἡσυχάζω, fut. -άσω 2.84, AP 5.132 (), -άσομαι Gall. 1: aor. ἡσύχᾰσα 1.12: (ἥσυχος):—A. keep quiet, be at rest, σὺ δʼ ἡσύχαζε Pr. 329, cf. 346; ἡ ἀπορία τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν the difficulty of finding rest, 2.49; οἱ πολέμιοι ἡσύχαζον An. 5.4.16; ἀνάγκη τὸ ἡσυχάζον ἑστάναι Prm. 162e; τοὺς [νόμους] οὐκ ἐῶν ἡσυχάζειν ἐν τιμωρίαις Abd. 19; ἡ. πρὸς μίαν θύρην, of a lover, AP 5.166 (); ὁ διαλεκτικὸς ἡσυχάσει P. 2.239: freq. in part., ἡσυχάζων προσμενῶ OT 620, cf. Or. 134; ὥστε μὴ ἡσυχάσασα αὐξηθῆναι by resting from war, 1.12; ἡσυχαζουσῶν τῶν νεῶν ib.49; μόλις ἡσυχάσαντες 8.86; ἡσυχάζουσαν ἔχων τὴν διάνοιαν 5.24; τὸ ἡσυχάζον τῆς νυκτός the dead of night, 7.83; ἡ. ἀπό τινος keep away from . . , AP 5.132 (): c. dat., suspend work on, 117.23 (ii A.D.); ἀλλʼ ἡσύχαζε only be tranquil, calm thyself, HF 98, IA 973. b. ὁ -άζων, with or without λόγος, a fallacy, 2.8 (pl.), 1.2.4 (pl.). II. trans., bring to rest, ἡσυχάσας τὼ δύο εἴδη, τὸ τρίτον δὲ κινήσας R. 572a. b. abs., impose silence, 69.6. 2. leave unspoken, ἃ χρὴ λέγειν 1.254, cf. 2.268; τὰς ἀπειλάς AJ 7.7.3. III. Pass. in impers. sense, ἡσυχάζεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς there is quiet, Jb. 37.17.
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