σῖγα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv., ([[σιγή]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[silently]], used in Trag. (and late Ep., A.R.1.267), σῖγ' ἔχοντες S.Ph.258; σῖγ' ἔχουσα πρόσμενε Id.El.1236; ἀλλὰ σῖγα πρόσμενε ib.1399; ἄκουε σῖγα Id.Fr.815; κάθησο σῖγα Ar.Ach.59: also as an [[exclamation]], σῖγα = [[hush]]! [[be still]]! A.Ag.1344; so [[οὐ σῖγα]]; Id.Th.250; [[οὐ σῖγ' ἀνέξει]]; S.Aj.75; the public crier proclaiming [[silence]] said [[σῖγα πᾶς]] (sc. [[ἔστω]]), Ar.Ach.238, cf. E.Hec.532; σῖγα κηρῦξαι στρατῷ Id.Ph. 1224.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[under one's breath]], [[in a whisper]], [[quietly]], [[secretly]] (cf. [[σιγή]] ''ΙΙ''), τὰ δὲ σῖγα τις βαΰζει A.Ag.449; σῖγ' ἐπέρχεται φάτις S.Ant.700; σῖγα σήμαινε Id.Ph.22; σῖγα μὲν ἡρώεσσιν ἐκέκλετο Orph.A.702; [[πῶς]] αἱ πατρῷαί σ' ἄλοκες φέρειν . . σῖγ' ἐδυνάθησαν; S.OT1212.

|mdlsjtxt=[[σιγή]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[silently]], [[σῖγα]] ἔχειν to be [[silent]], Soph.; [[κάθησο]] [[σῖγα]] Ar.; [[alone]], [[σῖγα]] [[hush]]! be [[still]]! Aesch.:—the [[public]] [[crier]] proclaiming [[silence]] said [[σῖγα]] πᾶς (sc. ἔστὠ Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> under one's [[breath]], in a [[whisper]], [[secretly]], Aesch., Soph.