Ἕκηλος

at ease

Translated by Marta Steele23 Jul 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] peaceful/quiet.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἕκηλος· ἥσυχος.

Betacode

*(/ekhlos: h(/suxos.

Epic/poetic adjective: also occurs in the Doric form e(/kalos. According to Chantraine s.v., the original form may have been *ve/kalos; Hesychius gamma283 has ge/kalon˙ h(/suxon with gamma for digamma. See also epsilon 3536.
Same entry in other lexica, and cf. the scholia on Homer, Iliad 5.759, where it occurs in the nominative plural (web address 1).