σιγάω
σῑγάω, Dor. 2 sg.
A). σιγῇς Ar. Ach. 778 ; Cyrenaic inf.
σιγέν Berl.Sitzb. 1927.170 ; 1 sg. opt.
σιγῷμ(
ι)
E. Hipp. 336 : fut.
-ήσομαι S. OC 113 ,
980 ,
E. Ba. 801 ,
Ar. Av. 1684 , etc.; later
-ήσω AP 9.27 (
Arch. or
Parmen.),
D.Chr. 37.42 ,
Charito 1.10 : pf.
σεσίγηκα Aeschin. 3.218 :— Pass., fut.
σιγηθήσομαι E. IT 1076 ;
σεσιγήσομαι Pl. Ep. 311c : aor.
ἐσιγήθην E. Supp. 298 ,
Aeschin. 2.86 : pf.
σεσίγημαι (v. infr.):(
σιγή):—
keep silence, used by
Hom. only in imper.
σίγα,
hush! be still! Il. 14.90 ,
Od. 17.393 ;
σιγᾶν h.Merc. 93 ,
Hdt. 8.61 ,
110 ; but freq.in
Pi., Trag., and Att., as
Pi. N. 10.29 ,
A. Pr. 200 , etc.;
ς. περί τινος E. Hipp. 312 ;
πρὸς οὓς δεῖ Pl. Phdr. 276a ;
πρὸς τοῦτο, ἐν τούτῳ,
X. Cyr. 5.5.20 ,
An. 5.6.27 .
2). metaph. of things,
σιγῶν δ’ ὄλεθρος καὶ μέγα φωνοῦντ’. . ἀμαθύνει A. Eu. 935 (anap.);
σύριγγες οὐ σιγῶσιν Id. Supp. 181 ;
σίγησε δ’ αἰθήρ E. Ba. 1084 ;
ς. πόντος, ς. ἀῆται, ἁ δ’ ἐμὰ οὐ ς. ἀνία Theoc. 2.38 :—in
E. Fr. 781.13 ,
τὰ σιγῶντ’ ὀνόματ’. . δαιμόνων seems to be =
τὰ ἄρρητα ,
secret, mystical:— Pass.,
μέμψομαι σιωπὴν ὡς ἐσιλγήθη κακῶς I shall impute as a fault that silence
was kept,
Id. Supp. 298 ; also
τί σεσίγηται δόμος Ἀδμήτου; why is it
all silent? Id. Alc. 78 ;
σιγῶντα λέγειν, λέγοντα σιγᾶν, phrases illustrating a logical fallacy,
Pl. Euthd. 300b ,
Arist. SE 166a13 .
II). trans.,
hold silent, keep secret,
Pi. Fr. 81 ,
A. Pr. 106 ,
441 ,
Ag. 36 ,
Hdt. 7.104 (s. v. l.), etc.:— Pass.,
to be kept silent or
secret,
σεσιγαμένον χρῆμα Pi. O. 9.103 ;
ὁ θάνατος .. ἐσιγήθη Hdt. 5.21 ;
σιγώμενος S. Fr. 653 ;
ἐσιγάθη δ’ ἂν ὑφορβός would never have been heard of,
Theoc. 16.54 .
ShortDef
to be silent
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
σιγάω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σιγαω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σῑγάω</span>, Dor. 2 sg. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">σιγῇς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:778" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:778/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 778 </a> ; Cyrenaic inf. <span class="quote greek">σιγέν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Berl.Sitzb.</span> 1927.170 </span> ; 1 sg. opt. <span class="foreign greek">σιγῷμ</span>(<span class="etym greek">ι</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:336" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:336/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 336 </a>: fut. <span class="quote greek">-ήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:113/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 113 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:980" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:980/canonical-url/"> 980 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:801" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:801/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 801 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1684" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1684/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1684 </a>, etc.; later <span class="quote greek">-ήσω</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.27 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arch.</span> </span> or <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Parmen.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:37:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:37.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.Chr.</span> 37.42 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0554.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0554.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Charito</span> 1.10 </a>: pf. <span class="quote greek">σεσίγηκα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:218" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:218/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.218 </a> :— Pass., fut. <span class="quote greek">σιγηθήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1076" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1076/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 1076 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σεσιγήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:311c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:311c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 311c </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐσιγήθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:298" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:298/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 298 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 2.86 </a>: pf. <span class="foreign greek">σεσίγημαι</span> (v. infr.):(<span class="etym greek">σιγή</span>):— <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">keep silence</span>, used by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> only in imper. <span class="foreign greek">σίγα</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hush! be still!</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.90 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:393" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.393/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 17.393 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σιγᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:93/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 93 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.61 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:110/canonical-url/"> 110 </a>; but freq.in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span></span>, Trag., and Att., as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 10.29 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:200" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:200/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 200 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ς. περί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:312" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:312/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 312 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς οὓς δεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:276a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:276a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 276a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς τοῦτο, ἐν τούτῳ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:5:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:5:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.5.20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:6:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:6:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.6.27 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph. of things, <span class="quote greek">σιγῶν δ’ ὄλεθρος καὶ μέγα φωνοῦντ’. . ἀμαθύνει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:935" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:935/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 935 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">σύριγγες οὐ σιγῶσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 181 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σίγησε δ’ αἰθήρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1084" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1084/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 1084 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. πόντος, ς. ἀῆται, ἁ δ’ ἐμὰ οὐ ς. ἀνία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 2.38 </a> :—in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 781.13 </span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὰ σιγῶντ’ ὀνόματ’. . δαιμόνων</span> seems to be = <span class="ref greek">τὰ ἄρρητα</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">secret, mystical</span>:— Pass., <span class="foreign greek">μέμψομαι σιωπὴν ὡς ἐσιλγήθη κακῶς</span> I shall impute as a fault that silence <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">was kept</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:298" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:298/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 298 </a>; also <span class="foreign greek">τί σεσίγηται δόμος Ἀδμήτου</span>; why is it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">all silent?</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 78 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σιγῶντα λέγειν, λέγοντα σιγᾶν</span>, phrases illustrating a logical fallacy, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:300b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:300b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 300b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg039:166a:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg039:166a.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SE</span> 166a13 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> trans., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hold silent, keep secret</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 81 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 106 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:441" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:441/canonical-url/"> 441 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 36 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.104 </a> (s. v. l.), etc.:— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be kept silent</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">secret</span>, <span class="quote greek">σεσιγαμένον χρῆμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 9.103 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ θάνατος .. ἐσιγήθη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.21 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σιγώμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:653" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:653/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 653 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐσιγάθη δ’ ἂν ὑφορβός</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">would never have been heard of</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 16.54 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}