A.“-άσω” Th.2.84, AP5.132 (Maec.), “-άσομαι” Luc. Gall.1: aor. “ἡσύχα^σα” Th.1.12: (ἥσυχος):—keep quiet, be at rest, σὺ δ᾽ “ἡσύχαζε” A.Pr.329, cf. 346; ἡ ἀπορία τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν the difficulty of finding rest, Th.2.49; “οἱ πολέμιοι ἡσύχαζον” X.An.5.4.16; “ἀνάγκη τὸ ἡσυχάζον ἑστάναι” Pl.Prm.162e; “τοὺς [νόμους] οὐκ ἐῶν ἡσυχάζειν ἐν τιμωρίαις” Luc.Abd.19; ἡ. πρὸς μίαν θύρην, of a lover, AP5.166(Asclep.); “ὁ διαλεκτικὸς ἡσυχάσει” S.E.P.2.239: freq. in part., “ἡσυχάζων προσμενῶ” S.OT620, cf. E.Or.134; ὥστε μὴ ἡσυχάσασα αὐξηθῆναι by resting from war, Th.1.12; ἡσυχαζουσῶν τῶν νεῶν ib.49; “μόλις ἡσυχάσαντες” Id.8.86; “ἡσυχάζουσαν ἔχων τὴν διάνοιαν” Isoc.5.24; τὸ ἡσυχάζον τῆς νυκτός the dead of night, Th.7.83; ἡ. ἀπό τινος keep away from . . , AP5.132 (Maec.): c. dat., suspend work on, PFay.117.23 (ii A.D.); ἀλλ᾽ ἡσύχαζε only be tranquil, calm thyself, E.HF98, IA 973.
b. abs., impose silence, D.C.69.6.
III. Pass. in impers. sense, ἡσυχάζεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς there is quiet, LXXJb.37.17.