σιγή
σιγή
.σῑγη, Doric σιγά, ἡ,
silence, σιγὴν ἔχειν to keep silence, Hdt.; σιγὴν ποιεῖσθαι to make silence, Hdt.; σιγὴν φυλάσσειν Eur.:—in pl., σιγαὶ ἀνέμων Eur.
σιγῇ, as adv. in silence, Hom.; also like σῖγα, as an exclam., σιγῇ νυν (sc. ἔστε) be silent now! Od.;also, in an under tone, in a whisper, Hdt.; σιγῇ βουλεύεσθαι Xen.
secretly, σιγῇ ἔχειν τι to keep it secret, like σιωπᾶν, Hdt.; σιγᾷ καλύψαι, στέγειν, κεύθειν Pind., Soph.
c. gen., σιγῇ τινος unknown to him, Hdt., Eur.