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Ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → Sile, melius vel loquere silentio → Was besser ist als Schweigen, sage oder schweig

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|Transliteration C=semnoo
|Transliteration C=semnoo
|Beta Code=semno/w
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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[make solemn]] or [[grand]], [[exalt]], [[magnify]], τὰ περὶ Κῦρον <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.95</span>; <b class="b3">ἄλλως αὐτὰ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.3.16</span>:—Med., [[hold the head high]], [[give oneself airs]], dub. cj. in <span class="bibl">Call.Com.12</span>.</span>
|Definition=[[make solemn]] or [[grand]], [[exalt]], [[magnify]], τὰ περὶ Κῦρον <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.95</span>; <b class="b3">ἄλλως αὐτὰ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.3.16</span>:—Med., [[hold the head high]], [[give oneself airs]], dub. cj. in <span class="bibl">Call.Com.12</span>.
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Transliteration A: semnóō Transliteration B: semnoō Transliteration C: semnoo Beta Code: semno/w

English (LSJ)

make solemn or grand, exalt, magnify, τὰ περὶ Κῦρον Hdt. 1.95; ἄλλως αὐτὰ σ. Id.3.16:—Med., hold the head high, give oneself airs, dub. cj. in Call.Com.12.

German (Pape)

[Seite 872] ehrwürdig machen, bes. in der Erzählung, Etwas erhabener, wichtiger machen, als es wirklich ist, ausschmücken, übertreiben, Her. 1, 95. 3, 16.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σεμνόω: μέλλ. -ώσω, κάμνω τι σεμνὸν ἢ μέγα, ἐξυψώνω, μεγαλύνω, τιμῶ, κοσμῶ, ἐκθειάζω, τὰ περὶ Κῦρον Ἡρόδ. 1. 95· ἄλλως σ. τι ὁ αὐτ. 3. 16. - Παθητ., κρατῶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑψηλά, ὑπερηφανεύομαι, Καλλίας ἐν «Πεδ.» 2.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
rendre imposant ; orner, embellir.
Étymologie: σεμνός.

Greek Monotonic

σεμνόω: μέλ. -ώσω, καθιστώ κάποιον σπουδαίο ή μεγαλοπρεπή, εκθειάζω, μεγαλύνω, κοσμώ, μεγαλοποιώ, εξωραΐζω, σε Ηρόδ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σεμνόω: (в рассказе) приукрашивать, преувеличивать, раздувать (τι Her.).

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

σεμνόω [σεμνός] eerbiedwaardig maken, verfraaien.

Middle Liddell

σεμνόω, fut. -ώσω
to make solemn or grand, to exalt, magnify, embellish, Hdt.