"ἡσυχία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἡσυχία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hɛː.sy.kʰí.aː/, /i.syˈçi.a/, /i.siˈçi.a/, /hɛː.sy.kʰí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)e̝.syˈkʰi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /i.syˈçi.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /i.syˈçi.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /i.siˈçi.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἥσῠχος (hḗsukhos, “quiet”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἥσῠχος|-ῐ́ᾱ|t1=quiet}} ἥσῠχος (hḗsukhos, “quiet”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱς|f|first|head=ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ}} ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ • (hēsukhíā) f (genitive ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ|ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱς}} Forms: ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ [canonical], hēsukhíā [romanization], ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἡσῠχῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἡσῠχῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἡσῠχῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἡσῠχῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἡσῠχῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἡσῠχῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], ἡσῠχῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], ἡσῠχῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. peace
    Sense id: en-ἡσυχία-grc-noun-wuEMIL9G
  2. silence, stillness, rest, quiet
    Sense id: en-ἡσυχία-grc-noun-EdSkBGFo Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 23 77 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 19 81 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἡσῠχῐ́η (hēsukhíē) [Ionic], ᾱ̔σῠχῐ́ᾱ (hāsukhíā) [Doric]

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    {
      "roman": "hēsukhíē",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ἡσῠχῐ́η"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hāsukhíā",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "ᾱ̔σῠχῐ́ᾱ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἡσυχία"
}

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