sēk-3

    sēk-3

    English meaning: quiet, lazy

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “nachlassen, träge, ruhig”

    Material: Gk. Hom. ἦκα ‘still, leise, sacht, weak, slow”, ἤκιστος “langsamster”, Att. ἥκιστα “am wenigsten, gar nicht”, Hom. ἥσσων, Att. ἥττων ‘schwächer, geringer”; reduced grade Hom.ἀκέων “ closemouthed “ = Adverb. ἀκήν, later as object, Dor. ἀκᾶ (instr.) “ peaceful, stillschweigend”, ἀκαλά-ρροος, ἀκαλα-ρρείτης “gentle flowing “, perhaps ἄκασκα, ἀκασκᾳ ‘sacht”; Lat. sēgnis (*sēknis) ‘slow, sleepy, idle”. extension from 2. *sē(i)- “ slacken “.

    References: WP. II 474, WH. II 510; M. Leumann, Homer. Wörter 166 f., Frisk 52.