ἡσυχαστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡσῠχᾰ́ζω (hēsukházō, “to be at rest, keep quiet”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.sy.kʰas.tɛ̌ːs/ → /i.sy.xasˈtis/ → /i.si.xasˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.sy.kʰas.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.sy.kʰasˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.sy.xasˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.sy.xasˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.si.xasˈtis/

Noun

ἡσῠχᾰστής • (hēsukhastḗs) m (genitive ἡσῠχᾰστοῦ); first declension

1. hermite, eremite

   Synonym: ἐρημῑ́της (erēmī́tēs)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἡσῠχᾰστής; τοῦ ἡσῠχᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἡσῠχᾰστής ho hēsukhastḗs	τὼ ἡσῠχᾰστᾱ́ tṑ hēsukhastā́	οἱ ἡσῠχᾰσταί hoi hēsukhastaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἡσῠχᾰστοῦ toû hēsukhastoû	τοῖν ἡσῠχᾰσταῖν toîn hēsukhastaîn	τῶν ἡσῠχᾰστῶν tôn hēsukhastôn
Dative	τῷ ἡσῠχᾰστῇ tôi hēsukhastêi	τοῖν ἡσῠχᾰσταῖν toîn hēsukhastaîn	τοῖς ἡσῠχᾰσταῖς toîs hēsukhastaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἡσῠχᾰστήν tòn hēsukhastḗn	τὼ ἡσῠχᾰστᾱ́ tṑ hēsukhastā́	τοὺς ἡσῠχᾰστᾱ́ς toùs hēsukhastā́s
Vocative	ἡσῠχᾰστᾰ́ hēsukhastá	ἡσῠχᾰστᾱ́ hēsukhastā́	ἡσῠχᾰσταί hēsukhastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἡσυχαστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press