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σιγάω
σιγάω to be silent or still, to keep silence, Hdt., Attic; σίγα, hush! be still! Hom.:—Pass., τί σεσίγηται δόμος; why is the house hushed? Eur. trans. to hold silent, to keep secret, Hdt., Aesch., etc.:—Pass. to be kept silent or secret, Lat. taceri, Hdt., Eur., etc.; ἐσιγήθη σιωπή silence was kept, Eur.

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to be silent

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σιγάω to be silent or still, to keep silence, Hdt., Attic; σίγα, hush! be still! Hom.:—Pass., τί σεσίγηται δόμος; why is the house hushed? Eur. trans. to hold silent, to keep secret, Hdt., Aesch., etc.:—Pass. to be kept silent or secret, Lat. taceri, Hdt., Eur., etc.; ἐσιγήθη σιωπή silence was kept, Eur.
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29461
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29495
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